By all means, who wants to be courteous these days. I assume you never use on-ramps...
The person driving 120 is risking the lives of everyone else around them that is driving a 100 mph. Excessive Speed differential greatly increases the risk for accidents. My tolerance level is very short for SELFISH Drivers. There is no "your lane " on the turnpike because I have paid tolls to use all the lanes and have a reasonable expectation to have safe driving conditions and that includes the passing lane. I'm glad when the OHP nails the driver that is unnecessarily risking the lives of everyone else on the turnpike.
" Drivers who speed and drive in a “careless or wanton manner” can be convicted of “reckless driving.” A standard first offense carries five to 90 days in jail and/or $100 to $500 in fines. (Okla. Stat. Ann. tit. 47, § 11-901 (2017).)"
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The Autobahn has proven this to be false.
"GW Autobahn Rule 5: Obey the speed limit!
Contrary to popular myth, there are speed limits on the autobahn. While there are still a few stretches of autobahn where it is legal to put the pedal to the metal and drive at top speed, those sections are limited, and growing more limited by the year.* While it may be legal, it may not be wise. You will also see square blue signs with white numbers reading “130” in Germany. That means 130 km/h (80 mph), the recommended top speed on the German autobahn (and the legal maximum speed on motorways in most European countries). The legal speed limit is a black number on a round white sign outlined in red (see sign images below). Sometimes there are also overhead electronic signs indicating the speed limit and warnings. Many autobahn sections have limits of 120 km/h (75 mph), 110 km/h (68 mph) or lower, especially in urban areas. Germany uses unmarked police cars and automated roadside radar/photo devices that take pictures of violators. Yes, you will see scofflaws who blatantly exceed the posted limit, but it can be expensive if you join them and get caught. – See more about speed limits below."
NASCAR Proves my above posting #42 every weekend. Speed differential causes problems on the race track or the interstate.
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Clowns who think they own the road cause way more problems than speed differential. Stay in your lane and there won’t be problems.
Also like NASCAR you "oughtta be able ta gettem loose and puttem inta th wall."
I agree with your premise that the speed is not inherently unsafe. The Germans do it quite well. But...
To be fair, their standards for road surfaces, material, and designs (length of straight sections, curves, grades, ingress/egress) are vastly different than our state, federal, and interstate highways and even turnpikes.
There’s zero way our current infrastructure could support any speeds and traffic remotely similar.
And that’s not even touching the licensing and driver training requirements and penalties for violations and accidents.
Irony...
Yeah the drivers who think that posted speed limits are for everyone else but them.
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