Showing posts with label speed limits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label speed limits. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

speed limits - and why you can drive a bit faster than them

So this is an op-ed piece, take it for what its worth - less than 2 cents - and in no way represents sound legal advice.  It comes from hours of driving a two lane road to work, a road with only a few passing opportunities and a 55 speed limit.  Some drivers really try to stick to the 55 speed limit, others (like me) prefer the 60-65 range.  Those aiming for 55 often slow down for turns and hills resulting in a mismatch between expectations and reality for people like me (that's my polite way of saying that they're blocking the fucking road)

I want to use totally infallible logic to explain why doing more than the speed limit is OK, and why it should be expected and why most people should do it.  I realize that of course this might seem a little odd considering the speed limit is supposed to be the "Maximum" permissible speed - so let me explain.

I want to get where I'm going before this sign rusts away to nothing