Two points here:
1. A five MPH amount over the maximum at those speeds is well over for many who shouldn’t be driving that fast anyway. And I have no idea as to your skills or the people around you.
2. You stated: “I went that route a few years ago. I think it was 85. On cruise control at 100 getting passed.” If the guy next to you jumps off a cliff to get there faster, do you join him? And I think I understand you said you were on Cruise control at 100? That’s 25% more than the max limit Oklahoma is looking at.
The public roadways kill a lot of people each year. And the two biggest reasons are excessive speed and driving impaired. It’s one thing to move with the flow of traffic and another to let the idiot go by you doing it even more above the speed limit that you are. It easily comes down to not who was worse, but that both are wrong. And it may not be because of your abilities to driving but the lack of those around you that lack them that can get you or yours hurt.
I asked a CHP a couple of years ago what he did when all the traffic was flowing 5 to 15 MPH over the limit. His answer, “I get off the road and wait for the cleanup call.”
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“. A five MPH amount over the maximum at those speeds is well over for many who shouldn’t be driving that fast anyway.”
And well under what many are comfortable with. One is not forced to drive at the max speed limit. Conservatives decide on their on comfort level.
“You stated: “I went that route a few years ago. I think it was 85. On cruise control at 100 getting passed.” If the guy next to you jumps off a cliff to get there faster, do you join him? And I think I understand you said you were on Cruise control at 100? That’s 25% more than the max limit Oklahoma is looking at.”
100 on an almost empty interstate is not. jumping off a cliff. If it were legal, I would be safe and comfortable cruising at 140 under those conditions.
“And it may not be because of your abilities to driving but the lack of those around you that lack them that can get you or yours hurt.”
It’s called defensive driving. One anticipates the other driver doing the unexpected. One of the reasons I drive a performance car.
“I asked a CHP a couple of years ago what he did when all the traffic was flowing 5 to 15 MPH over the limit. His answer, “I get off the road and wait for the cleanup call.””
Studies show that speed is not a major cause of accidents. Variation in speed results in higher accident rates.