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What does acceleration speed have to do with speed limits or with your argument? Is accelerating from 0 to 60 in 3.8 seconds illegal?

Yes it is. Look under the highway statutes under unlawful show of speed (usually applied to acceleration and associated with screeching tires and smoke). It has to do with the marketing of speed. Please explain to me why car manufacturers advertise their zero to sixty times with such emphasis. Does it have anything to do with safety? (I'll give you a hint, watch any street racer movie).

Please explain to me why car manufacturers advertise their zero to sixty times with such emphasis. Does it have anything to do with safety?

It proabably has something to do with performance.

On a side note - are you Ralph Nader, or just an impersonator? ;-)

Yes it is. Look under the highway statutes under unlawful show of speed (usually applied to acceleration and associated with screeching tires and smoke)

Actually, most sports cars capable of 0-60 in 4 seconds or so can do it without screeching the tires at all. The contact patches are usually wide enough, and most vehicles nowadays have traction control which would prevent any breaking of traction and tire screeching anyway.

lease explain to me why car manufacturers advertise their zero to sixty times with such emphasis. Does it have anything to do with safety?

It has everything to do with safety. There are two-lane highways that include legal passing zones. Of necessity, when utilizing the passing zone, one may encounter oncoming traffic that is sufficiently far away, and with such an approach velocity as to allow a pass to be safely made, within the posted speed limit, but a finite time window is available.

If your car can accelerate from S1 (below the speed limit) to S2 (the speed limit) in a short enough time, you can accomplish the pass safely. If your car cannot, then the pass cannot be safely made.

If your estimation of the oncoming car's velocity of approach is in error, then you MAY even find the need to exceed the speed limit, particularly if the discovery is made at the point of commitment. If an officer of the law detects your excursion above the speed limit, please be prepared to pull over and take your ticket.