If the speed limit for driving is a max of 70, why do they make cars to go faster?
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because ppl have emergencies and not all places have a 70 mph speed limit
Safe overtaking.
Because if a car was only tuned to go at 70 mph, it wouldn't be very powerful and would take time to accelarate to top speed. A car that goes 200 mph may never be allowed to go that fast, but you won't find yourself trundling along the motorway, having just pulled on, at 30 mph and being a danger to yourself and everyone around you.
Plus what happens if you wanted to visit the Autobahn?
so their cars appeal to all the arseholes out there who think life is infallible.
Just to show off to other rival companies.
SO YOU CAN BREAK THE LAW AND HELP COPS GET PAID
if all cars done 70mph.the dream machines what the rich and famous drive wouldnt be hear.so the car companys are mafia in a way.
Nobody whats to purchase a car that can only go 70 mph. if so, everyone who be driving Yugo's still. It a matter of responsibility and obeying the law not to drive past the limit. over 10 to 15 mph that is :-)
Because 70 is not the maximum everywhere. Some places in the U.S. are 80 and higher. Some places, like Germany's autobahn do not have limits.
havent got an amnswer but i have an opinion, youre right, i think its silly. i have a friend who owns a subaru and drives around at 120 miles an hour.the annoying thing is hes never had a speeding ticket.!
its not illegal to have a car built to go faster, so bottom line is, the faster the car , the more money people pay for it
Because they can.
Well they do this to make it more appealing to the younger driver's and sometimes cars can be entered into races where they may be flexible with speeds we have the same thing australia
except in the Northern Parts where there is no speed limit so a car that can go 260kmph would be great
one reason is that an internal combustion engine woks most efficiently at half its maximum speed
Speed limits are different around the world, on certain german autobahns there is no limit. So buy a Bugatti Veyron go to Germany and do 240MPH legally on the public road. I kid you not!
so people can get in more car crashes and get tickets.
Ugh because the speed limit is not 70 everywhere. Have you ever heard of the autobahn in Germany? CHeck out this website..
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/germa.
Why do chickens have wings?
They cant fly!
This isnt a very original question,probably been on here a 1000 times.70mph isnt the limit everywhere.
You need the extra power to be able to accelerate out of trouble on motorways when inexperienced or thoughtless drivers pull out in front of you without indicating .
Brands Hatch? Silverstone? Donington Park? I could end there, but I think there's more I need to point out.
Yes, the speed limit is 70, but that limit was set back in the '60s, when your car would probably struggle to make 60, unless you happened to have an AC Cobra.
A modern car, with disc brakes, ABS, modern aerodynamics, radial-ply tyres, and improved reliability can cope rather well with 70, probably a walk in the park for many.
I think many of us know very well what speed is dangeerous, without a car being physically resticted by a nannying device, or by engineering. I'm sure many drivers are far more clever than they're ever given credit for.
As for those who can't be described as above, shouldn't we be increasing police patrols? Speed cameras aren't as useful as the 'Cash Production Partnerships' would have you think.
And thre's those who take their car to race tracks for 'track days' How would that be if your car was resticted to 70, in an environment where you could probably safely reach speeds over 100, and maybe then some more. Still, I suppose in this age, it's 'anti social' and wrong to get any pleasure from driving.
Oh, and before I forget, if you were to limit cars to 70 by gearing, how efficient would a car's engine be, screaming it's nuts off at maximum revs in top gear at the maximum speed limit? And how uncomfortable would that be? It probably wouldn't last long either.
That is cuz,we break limit,and get ticket,and from that income ,they make new roads, hahaha
The simple answer is to sell them.
If you think about it they are now just selling the 0-30mph in 1 seconds.
A Ford Anglia can do 70MPH, it takes as the highway code states 315ft from 70-0, a Ferrari 430 can do 195MPH, stopping from 122-0 takes 315ft. So if that Ferrari's doing 70MPH, and so is the Anglia, which car would you feel is more likely to avoid hitting you if you slipped and fell in front of it?
Furthermore you can drive these cars fast. Take them to a track day. Its fantastic fun, even people who don't much like driving have fun at them.
There is no EU speed limit.
Cars have got faster because of legislation, particularly crash testing and pedestrian safety, the pedestrian considerations have lowered bonnet lines improving aerodynamics while crash tests have added 25% weight to most cars in requiring greater strength and airbags etc, the result is that enough power for 0 to 60 in 8.4 secs got you 115 mph in 1985 and 125 mph in 2005.
I addition enough power for 70 in still air will get you 90 slightly down hill and 55 into a headwind.
My Ariel Motorbike has a 70 mph top speed on the level in still air yet struggles to maintain 55 up the hills on the M40 through the Chilterns but manages 80 plus downhill effortlessly. it is too slow to use safely on the motorway.
Actually you should check your speedometer against the 100 metre posts on the Motorway, you will probably find it shows 65 when you take 60 secs for 1600 metres which is within 1% of a mile, and would need to show 76 to be doing 70.
Some cars are 10 mph out and you find their owners winding everyone else up driving down the outside lane at 62 mph absolutely convinced they are saving everyone trying to overtake from a speeding fine for exeeding 70. Pillocks.
its simple- if the engine's top speed was 70mph- the engine would be working at full strength, meaning engine wouldnt last very long due to the forces involved.
if a engine could do 150mph and u do up to 70mph- it will significately give the engine a longer life span.
good example- a running at full speed is short but jogging u could run a marathon.
Now THAT's a good question. Couldn't they put limiters on the engines or something?
Just to impress people into buying the cars. But at the end of the day it is up to the driver to make sure they are driving at a safe speed.
so car companies can show what they do
Bugatti have made a 252mph car that costs us £820,000 but it costs them £1,000,000 to make so its just to show what they can do
Because speed and power sells cars. If all the cars out there could only do 70 the manufacturers wouldn't make any money in the top end cars.
Well, it relates to better technology and marketing. A car that is manufactured at a maximum speed of 70 mph does not sell better than one that can go 120 mph. It gives the buyer a sense of a better bang for the buck. Another thing is that if you have a car that can only go so fast, the person wouldn't really be happy compared to someone who has a faster car. Even if car manufacturers don't intend for their customers to drive over the speed limits, every consumer likes to know they have the privilege and capacity to, in essence, be "better."
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