Originally Posted by
Americanada
I would hate it if this became the norm. Forget about trying to justify why any one would drive over the posted speed limit (I lived in a city where some of the local highway system has the same posted speed limit as back alleys and elementary school zones , within the same city !! - So, of course you'd drive faster on the highway than the posted speed limit).
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There are jurisdictions, including the entire state of California, which have laws requiring drivers to keep pace with other traffic, and you cannot be ticketed for driving over the speed limit if other traffic was flowing at 15 or 20 miles over posted, and you were matching them. So yes, there is a legal justification for driving over the speed limit.
Also, IIR, Montana removed all speed limits for their very rural highways, briefly a few years back, before the HTSA threatened to withdraw highway funds to Montana if they did not impose a speed limit. So, Montana imposed a speed limit for those highways, but I think that it is still 100 MPH in some places in Montana. Didn't Texas set very high speed limits in some areas a few years back also?
Originally Posted by
traveldealer
where would i find another key?
Sometimes? I'm trying to remember that last time I didn't have a pocket bulging set of 2-3 keys plus keyless fob!
+1, Most of the time I have had 2-3 keys, plus fob, or on the keyless ignitions, have had as many as three fobs!
Originally Posted by
weaverjf
Wow, don't drive in New England, you'll be run off the road for holding up traffic. Normal rush hour speed is 85.
This is true in many areas of the country, including both the Baltimore Beltway and the Washington, DC beltway.
Originally Posted by
IAHtraveler
I think this requires at least one (if not multiple) of the following:
1. Downhill
2. Wind at your back
3. Limited weight in the car (no luggage, small driver, gas tank < 1/4, etc)
4. Being pushed by anything
Originally Posted by
pinworm
It can go about 129mph when it reaches terminal velocity after sending it over a very high cliff or pushing out of an airplane.
Originally Posted by
WIRunner
It is a Cobalt. I'm sure it would find a way to slow itself down on the way.
ROFLMAO!! Hilarious! (Fortunately, as a CC member, I have never had the "pleasure" of renting a Chevy Cobalt!)