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Regarding your point number two about facts omitted - Yes there are States where limits were raised that did see an increase in accidents, but those were not isolated or shown to be from areas where the limits were raised, and furthermore, those States still show better performance than States that chose not to raise their speed limits (less of an increase in accident rates is still a positive result as compared to peer States). Lastly, the congestion you speak of could be a direct result of the enforcement of those extra low arbitrary speed limits. Raise the speed limits; lower congestion; lower accident and fatality rates. How much is attributable to less congestion vs increased speeds; hard to say, but a positive result would still be positive. Certainly better than what were doing now.
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2022 Wrangler Sahara 4Xe, 2023 Toyota Tacoma SR 4WD
My first selection was a 2005 LaSabre Limited 53k miles. $4600. Nice car, roof, leather etc. saw it and made an offer that was accepted. Then the fun began. The car was titled in Florida in the deceased husband's name. Normally, in New York the law says that ownership transfers automatically to the spouse. But this is NY State and nothing is ever simple. Seems that NY considers a Florida title some sort of bogus document and requires a complete probate procedure with named executor and testamentary letters. Since this estate never went to probate it would have cost the 92 yo widow thousands. Her son tried to get me to accept various alternate solutions but none of them would fly with the DMV gate keepers. When he started to suggest things that I wasn't even sure we're legal I bowed out. Big disappointment since I really liked the car.
Second choice turned out to be one block over from my mechanic. 2001 LaSabre Custom 43k miles. $3000. Lower trim level but the milage was attractive. Called the number listed. No callback. Emailed. No response. Called again. No callback. Frustrating but this is Craigslist so I guess the flakes aren't just buyers. Anyway, the ad is still up there so who knows. I won't hold my breath.
The search for the cheap, low-mile unicorn continues. Stay tune.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
Read more: http://www.scottgottlieblaw.com/2016/05/increased-speed-limits-also-mean-increased-fatalities/#ixzz4K9zTkkEu
I'll leave it to you to skim the footnotes.
Statistics from several states which implemented higher speed limits seem to back up these notions (...my viewpoint...). A five-year study conducted in California concluded that higher speed limits in the state did not result in increases in car accidents, while here in New York, the 1995 speed limit increase to 65 miles per hour for highway traffic actually resulted in a 4 percent decrease in the state’s overall crash rate.
Now, no way you should, but if the wife or son did, and got it valid in their names, much easier for them to sell.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2018 VW Passat SE w/tech, 2016 Audi Q5 Premium Plus w/tech, 2006 Acura TL w/nav
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2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
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I'm not saying 95% of Americans can go 100 MPH everywhere. I'm talking about out on the open highway, such as between Escondido and Riverside on I15, between Barstow and Baker on I15 going out towards Vegas.
We can and should increase training, education, and enforcement of laws where safety is an element of the crime and a hazard is created.
Leaving a mile of space between cars such as air traffic does is absurd, as cars going 100 MPH isn't anywhere near flight travel speed.
NHTSA has issues too, as they presume and equate drunk driving and speeding to be equal offenses, and often lump them together to make their case that speeding is evil - Example below from their link:
In 2013, almost 3 in 4 (74%) of speeding drivers involved in fatal crashes between midnight and 3 a.m. were alcohol-impaired (blood alcohol concentration [BAC] of .08 g/dL or higher) compared to 43 percent of non-speeding drivers.
http://www.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/Safety1nNum3ers/august2015/S1N_Aug15_Speeding_2.html
So in other words, at least between midnight and 3 AM they unfairly blame speeding as a cause of death when it was actually drunken driving at least 74% of the time. The two are so unrelated that lumping them together is purely mythical. All they are showing is that drunk drivers tend to speed. That doesn't make speeding bad. They are falsely inflating their numbers, and they do this all the time. Speeding is there default go-to blame game no matter what the real cause of the accident is. For example, if the accident scene shows no braking occurred prior to colliding into the back of a semi-truck parked on the side of the road, does it really matter if they were going 5 over the limit rather than the speed limit? The cause of the accident was failure to yield and brake for an obstacle in front of them, not speeding.
Only if you can show someone was braking for XXX feet, and had they not been speeding they'd of avoided the collision due to shortened braking distance could speeding even BEGIN to be a causal factor in an accident.
Going too fast for conditions is different than speeding, and again, often gets lumped in to drive the agenda forward.
So where's your study from the National Institute of Man's God Given Right to Speed Association?
Their Answers Averaged Out: 93 mph.
Seems like you have alternated between old-man cars and fun cars in your time; no offense.
Also, I'm guessing the VW experience caused enough problems that it drove you to Domestic cars in search of cheaper operating costs??? I wonder if your GTI had been flawless if you'd of been a repeat customer.
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Most speeding-related fatalities occur in crashes on non-interstate highways. Of those who die in run-off-the-road crashes, consistently more were speeding on curves than not speeding. The greatest proportion of speeding-related fatal crashes occur between midnight and 3 a.m.
To me running off the road on a curve is a driver error and/or mechanical car failure unrelated to speeding (more like driving too fast for conditions). For example, you have either exceeded the car and/or the driver's capabilities for that turn, and that is a driver error unrelated to speeding. That same car with a professional driver could potentially navigate that turn safely at the same exact speed, and vice versa, that same turn could be navigated in my TTS at that speed with almost any driver, while a bus fully loaded during a thunderstorm downpour on bald tires might not regardless of the driver.
http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/t/speed/qanda
What was the effect of the national maximum speed limit of 55 mph?
The National Research Council attributed 4,000 fewer fatalities to the decreased speeds in 1974 compared with 1973 and estimated that returning the speed limits on rural portions of the interstate highway system to pre-1974 levels would result in 500 more fatalities annually, a 20-25 percent increase on these highways. 12
Notice they claim 500 more fatalities without mentioning that vehicle miles traveled went up at a greater ratio than the increase in fatalities. What does that mean? In fact, fatality RATES went down, but you wouldn't know it from reading IIHS's website unless you are educated about this trickery beforehand.
same with the claim about 4,000 fewer fatalities; they don't mention that miles traveled went down in '74.
Bottom line, if they are not using a rate like fatalities per million miles traveled; don't buy it.
The VW was actually a great car, no real issues with it, and I loved driving it. I was living downtown then though and wasn't using it all that much, so I decided to sell it. Wish I still had it.
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What are radar detectors?
Radar detectors are radio receivers tuned to the frequency range used by police radar guns. Radar detectors are bought and sold for the sole purpose of helping speeders avoid speeding tickets.
As a radar detector owner I can categorically state they are 100% wrong. The detector is an informational device giving a driver greater information about his surroundings (that could and do impact the driving around them), thereby increasing my own personal safety levels.
For example, I will often hear radar (that can't be seen) with the detector, which alerts me to the fact that cars may bunch up and brake in front of me for no other reason than there is a cop ahead. I'm given an early warning system. It is simply another tool and gauge to better inform the driver about their surroundings; a definite safety device.
Some drivers choose to be informed, educated, and welcome devices that give them additional information. Others like the IIHS, prefer drivers remain ignorant, and just stick their heads in the sand, and pay for the speeding ticket.
Would you rather be blindfolded and drive through a space 50' wide with one 3' wide tree somewhere in the path at 100 MPH, or drive through that same 50' wide space with (5) five 3' wide trees somewhere in the path at 55 MPH? Risks and balances...
1) http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/26/2627.asp (US Dept. of Transportation Study confirms Speed not a significant Causal factor in collisions).
2) http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/24/2442.asp (Purdue Univ. Study - Higher Interstate Speed Limits are Safe)
There are prominent links within the links above to the actual study (both from 2008 coincidentally).
Meanwhile, IIHS says things like stopped or slowing traffic making turns disproves the Solomon curve while failing to mention that our Interstates don't have cars slowing or stopping to make a turn?????!!!!???
Using the absolute safest or most dangerous intersection in a Florida city to compare to a red-light camera'd intersection in Chicago isn't above the IIHS either. How a camera in Chicago would be relevant to an intersection in Florida or CA is beyond me.
The car is also as important as the term, I guess. For a new Civic or Accord, they hold value so well that it might be cheaper to buy. But for German cars that depreciate like week old bread, or some Korean and domestic cars, leasing might be cheaper for those who don't want to keep a car greater than maybe 5-8 years. And for those,late model mint condition used is probably a good value.
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2022 Wrangler Sahara 4Xe, 2023 Toyota Tacoma SR 4WD
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Oh for the good old days of posting.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
I get that it's not for everybody. I lease my cars since I have "car ADD" (wife's term), but are buying hers as the plan is to keep it for 10+ years.
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In the past, leasing is more expensive than buying, was true.
Now, it's a bit fuzzier with 84 and 96 month loans.
That being said every year we have a family reunion in the Dells. It's just under 200 miles from me, all but 5 miles Interstate highways and takes under 3 hours. doing 75 will save you maybe 20-22 minutes over 65. Now one year I decided to take it slow, no interstate highways all back roads. All my starts were very mellow and I stayed within a few miles of the speed limit. Just relaxed and enjoyed a slow ride. It took me an extra hour but taking it easy and not rushing myself made the trip more relaxing and I arrived more relaxed tham I did when I was rushing there.
There is a zen in driving that you must experience.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
Most leases don't go beyond 48 months - and, we recommend nothing more than 36 months unless there is a compelling reason to go longer.
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