Never speed in Virginia.

[lowthreeohz]

Virginia is for lovers?

That what the license plates say..

[TRAILBLAZER]

[helosailor]

Yet another reason I'm glad I avoided getting stationed there...

[Sean88gt]

Someone warn SEB!

[racrguy]

And it has nothing to do with "some shitbox that may fall apart".

It's about surroundings, road structure, speed zone studies, the ability to react...etc etc. speed differentials are what kill so having an asshole going 95 when others are going 55 is a massive safety concern. Even professional drivers have this concern on closed courses when running a multi class event.

Did you seriously not know that?

Raising and lowering speed limits has no effect on the average speed, but you will always have the subset of people that go the speed limit no matter what, so raising the speed limit to a more reasonable number will reduce the speed differential.

http://www.ibiblio.org/rdu/sl-irrel.html

Edit: not raise the speed limit to a reasonable number, but the one that more closely matches the average speed limit.

[1carcrazyguy]

Dude gets busted for 93 in a 55... Who cares, right? ....Ends up having to spend 3 days in jail for reckless driving. He was in a ZL1, btw, not some shitbox that would fall apart at those speeds.

Seems logical to me. Tell the "prestigious" ZL1 driver to stop breaking the law. Just like the rest of us driving "normal" cars.

[racrguy]

Seems logical to me. Tell the "prestigious" ZL1 driver to stop breaking the law. Just like the rest of us driving "normal" cars.

Not all cars and drivers are created equal.

[Baron Von Crowder]

Seems logical to me. Tell the "prestigious" ZL1 driver to stop breaking the law. Just like the rest of us driving "normal" cars.

didnt ready the article, eh?

[1carcrazyguy]

didnt ready the article, eh?

Nope...did not ready it.

[Baron Von Crowder]

Nope...did not ready it.

read that though, huh?

[Ruffdaddy]

Raising and lowering speed limits has no effect on the average speed, but you will always have the subset of people that go the speed limit no matter what, so raising the speed limit to a more reasonable number will reduce the speed differential.

http://www.ibiblio.org/rdu/sl-irrel.html

Edit: not raise the speed limit to a reasonable number, but the one that more closely matches the average speed limit.

Yeah...speed zone study lol...

Raising it because some asshat is going 95 doesn't help because not many people are that comfortable at that speed.

[1carcrazyguy]

read that though, huh?

Cliff notes and pictures....that is where it is at.

[racrguy]

Yeah...speed zone study lol...

Raising it because some asshat is going 95 doesn't help because not many people are that comfortable at that speed.

I said the average speed, not the maximum speed. Did you read the paper?

[Baron Von Crowder]

Cliff notes and pictures....that is where it is at.

hmm, well I guess ignorance is bliss. He's an automotive journalist participating in a press event. He had a GM rep riding shotgun when he romped on it at the wrong place and time.

[Ruffdaddy]

I said the average speed, not the maximum speed. Did you read the paper?

What in the hell do you think plays into a speed zone study????