[zebra]

Originally Posted by The Boat

speed limits don't save lives when no one follows them...

80mph is slow.

iF You cared about saving lives you would support banning all cars and forcing people to ride around at 10 mph in giant doughnuts!!!

for one, 80mph is not slow for a public road! many older vehicles don't even like going that fast. my last explorer was in great running condition & it still acted like it was gonna hate me for trying to drive that fast in it.

safety - watch a wreck at 80mph or higher. then watch a similar wreck at 55mph. that can make a drastic difference... especially when it involves two vehicles traveling towards each other. at 55, the combined impact speed is 110. at 80, that's the same as one car hitting a wall at 160. don't tell us that excessive speed don't mean the difference between living & dying in many cases.

just for reference, here's a mercades (some of the 'safest' cars out there) that hit a tree at 130


or a 100+ mph head-on collision that put the guy in the hospital for weeks


ps - if you want to be that extreme, you should also stop people from using electricity, going swimming, building a campfire when it gets cold...