blue92lx
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- First Name
- Adam
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- Jun 13, 2021
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- Florida
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It's just as dangerous to drive too slow as it is too fast. Speed of traffic is more important than x amount above or below the legal limit. And of course 100mph on a regular highway with traffic is just stupid too, I see people do that here in FL weaving through traffic and I have to shake my head every time. Just waiting for someone to flip their car so I can drive by them upside down shaking my head at them.A lot of BEVS have low top speeds, of course if your Volvo you try and pass it of as a safety feature. While most people won't go near the top speed it is one of those paper specs that people look at so while 113mph is not ground breaking it is inline with a lot of other BEVs so is fine, it looks worse on paper for the GT with a lowly 124mph which is a bit pathetic by todays performance trim standards. even tesla knew this and aimed for the 150mph ball park that people expect.
As to actually driving at that top speed, most people doing higher speeds are on the interstate with visibility for miles, sure lane discipline in the USA is not great but as you can over take on both sides on these shore its not an issue, but the highways are built for high speeds with most sates having 75 to 85 mph speed limits which really isn't that fast for todays cars.
Naturally each state and country are free to make laws for what they feel is safe, and I will stick to them but I tend to a bit when the narrative is that speed x is dangerous at all times yet y is fine, when in reality it is inappropriate speed for the conditions that is the issue as there are plenty of times when going speed limit is dangerous.
It always reminds me of my European roads trips back in the day where one moment I would be legally and safely doing 165mph down the autobahn and be one of the slow cars lol, Then once I got off the ferry and driving back towards home on a similar stretch of motorway with a similar amount of traffic in the UK I would be going along at 70mph and anything above would be considered dangerous with impending doom seconds away.
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