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Old 02-02-2014, 09:33 AM   #1
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Sadly, this probably won't end well.

Some idiot will crash at speed, the Helen Lovejoys will come out in force and the party will be over.

There's just no chance of being grown up the real risks of driving fast, these days.
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Old 02-02-2014, 09:43 AM   #2
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Sadly, this probably won't end well.

Some idiot will crash at speed, the Helen Lovejoys will come out in force and the party will be over.

There's just no chance of being grown up the real risks of driving fast, these days.
I would agree. You got have the discipline that the Germans do to have no speed limits and not have a few idiots ruin it for the many. Hope I am wrong as think it pretty damn cool. Here in the US we could never have no speed limit roads. No discipline and folks too busy to be bothered paying attention to driving.
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Didn't Montana used to have no speed limits? I believe the feds made them impose one.

Also the PA turnpike did not have a speed limit when it first opened.
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Old 02-02-2014, 10:19 AM   #4
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Montana: No Speed Limit Safety Paradox


Here is what the Montana data shows. (chart below) After all the politically correct safety programs were in place and fully operational, complete with federal safety funds, more laws and citations being issued. Here are the results.

1. After the new Speed Limits were established, interstates fatal accidents went up 111%. From a modern low of 27 with no daytime limits, to a new high of 56 fatal accidents with speed limits.

2. On interstates and federal primary highways combined, Montana went from a modern low of 101 with no daytime limits, to a new high of 143 fatal accidents with speed limits.

3. After a 6 year downward trend in the percentage of multiple vehicle accidents on its 2 lane primary highways, multiple vehicle accident rates increased again.
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Old 02-02-2014, 12:31 PM   #5
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Sadly, this probably won't end well.

Some idiot will crash at speed, the Helen Lovejoys will come out in force and the party will be over.

There's just no chance of being grown up the real risks of driving fast, these days.
As I said in my first post, prior to 2007, there were NO speed restrictions in the Australian Northern Territory on any road once outside the the town / city limits.
But, like Montana, the Federal Government bowed to safety lobby groups without considering the fatality statistics which were very low.
Nobody condones street racing, but the roads up there are pretty desolate - reminds me of the film The Worlds Fastest Indian where New Zealander Bert Munroe was "testing" his Bonneville speed record Indian along a deserted piece of blacktop on the US highway with the cops looking on......
No speed limits then!
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