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To: Red Badger

Older interstates were never designed for these much higher speeds or the larger vehicles, SUVs to tandem trucks, that we see now.

That is a problem, especially when people choose to drive like maniacs.


5 posted on 08/07/2019 9:52:39 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds)
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To: mewzilla

I read once that the US Interstate system was patterned after the German Autobahn.

It was primarily designed for speeds of 100+ MPH to move military equipment, men and goods in a time of war...................


6 posted on 08/07/2019 9:55:44 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: mewzilla

I was going with the traffic at 95mph in the ‘fast’ lane on I-75 when passed by a Prius going in the ‘slow’ lane.


19 posted on 08/07/2019 10:11:30 AM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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