Why can cars exceed the maximum speed limit?
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The extra power is there for climbing hills, mountain roads, and pulling trailers etc etc, NOT for speeding.
free will
To be able to over take safely.
It is not the car.
It is the driver that exceeds the limit.
Because some roads dont have a speed limit in some places like an alto barn in Germany
Speed limits are different all around the world, and why would you buy a car that can ONLY do 60?
i always though it the max is 70mph y make them go faster than that? but i think u'd appreciate the extra power if u were trying 2 avoid an accident or some kind of danger.
because it would mean i would only be able to 70 on the way to work instead of 140
good question
Would you want to drive a car that is going flat out at 70mph?
The engine would be constantly on the brink of maximum work if it was only capable of 70mph
sometimes we need to exceed the limit to pass other vehicles. Also, not all countries have the same speed limit..and finally, it gives the car the power we need to accerlate out of danger because sometimes the gas pedal is just as necessary for safety as is the brake pedal.
Speed Limits differ from country to country. A car that maybe set for the correct limit in one country would be able to speed whilst driving through a country with a lower limit.
Germany for example has no max speed limit on the motorway, however most German made cars are limited to a top speed of 155mph.
Plus even if you couldn't exceed 70mph in a car you would still be able to speed in areas set with lower limits, such as built up areas where speeding is a lot more dangerous.
Your in the middle of no where, wife in the car suddenely goes into labour or someone is seriously taken ill and you have to drive to hospital at 60 mph! Sometimes you need the speed.
Speed limit's change from state to state. Safety. Sometimes you have to go faster to keep from being in a accident. Having a vehicle being able to go over 90 miles per hour is crazy.
i guess if you think about it if we all had a set standered, speed on our cars how would say i was going 30mph, and the car in front was doing 30mph, how the hell would i be able to overtake another car. i guess also if you think about it the emergency services sometimes have to exceed the maximum speed limit, in order to do their job effectively,because if a police car was fitted with the maximum speed limit it would not be able to respond to a incident in minimum time.
Perhaps they should be fitted with a maximum speed limiter?
Or with a Sat-Nav type thing that warns you when you exceed the limit?
.to give the police somebody to chase..
no, seriously. It it was set to say 70 mph, everybody would sit with their foot welded to the floor.all doing 70, thought would no longer be an issue - just blindly following the numpty in front.
Imagine getting 'stuck' behind somebody doing 68mph - the overtake might take half a mile to complete. I'd rather 'blip' upto a sensible speed to safety overtake them quickly, smoothly and not freak THEM out by having another car alongside for such as extended period.
Damn good question , i know what your getting at here! Why not govern cars to the national speed limit maximums?
I'm glad they dont! as i'm a speedster it's the one thing that keeps me young! The governments could'nt restrict vehicles, if they did the consumption of fuel would drop the floor and hold back MASSIVE tax revenues! They want you at those fuel pumps as often as possible !!
Because people want cars that can accelerate rapidly. That requires a powerful engine and power can also be used for speed.
There are cars that will not exceed the speed limit by much, but they are underpowered and also will not accelerate quickly. That makes it difficult to pass another car or to merge onto the interstate.
I am forty, with some 23 years of fairly high-mileage driving behind me. I have never had an accident, and have a clean licence. I respect, religiously, the 20, 20 and 40 mph limits, but national limit areas I use my discretion. The police turn a blind eye to anyone in the South of the country driving at up 90 mph on the motorways, and believe me there would be chaos if there was a zero-tolerance, stop-and-fine-them-at-71 mph-approach. I've been in cars with off-duty coppers, who have been driving at over 100mph. The speed limit shoud be proportionate to driver ability, experience and testing.
I long ago passed the Institute of Advanced Motorists' Advanced Driving Test, I have experience of race-tracks and rally stages.
Years ago, I would drive regularly at 115-120, on my commute. And if I'm clean and sober, alert, relaxed, experienced, and my car is capable, well-maintained, with excellent brakes and suspension, my driving is always safe, curteous and professional, then what's the problem, exactly? In France, Belgium and Australi, when I've been trying to cover a lot of ground quickly, I've had long stretches of 130-145. No bother, no problem.
Why not have to breathe into an intoximeter before the car will start? Drink-drivers cause death and injury, along with - statistics say - young men showing off with friends. 78% of young males will have an accident in the first year of driving.
I didn't.
If your in the freeway, with little or no trafic, you can speed. But you'r taking the chance of getting a ticket. So why speed?
A car that tops out at 55 miles an hour is still a menace if you are doing that speed in a crowded parking lot.
Well, first off you have to identify the maximum legal speed limit. In the US, the highest posted limit is 80 MPH on some rural interstates in West Texas. In Montana, there are no daytime speed limits on rural interstates.
Then there is the issue of emergency situations when higher than legal posted speeds can be justified. Have you ever been chased down the road by some maniac trying to run you off the road? I have and can tell you it's a terrifying situation. Or rushing a child to the hospital following a drug overdose. Been there, done that too.
Or how about passing on a two-lane highway? I drive to work along a rural two-lane highway and often have to pass slow-moving trucks or construction equipment. The legal limit is 60 but you need to get back onto your side of the road as quickly as possible for obvious safety reasons so a burst up to 80 or so is completely reasonable. At least the judge thought so when he dismissed the ticket! (Lucky me that he drives the same road!)
Then there is also the issue of freedom of choice. If I choose to exceed the speed limit I take the risk of having to pay extra for the privilege. It's all a game and as long as I don't put anyone else at risk (DUI, etc.) there is no harm caused.
they can't it is against the law in this country and plus you are more than 10 times likely to be killed if you do as you won't be able to control the car
it is not cars.It is the drivers who exceed the limit.
Because you may want to use it on a race track or off road and have some FUN without being dictated to. People like taking risks, and always will. Also, have you ever been stuck behind 2 trucks with speeed limiters trying to overtake each other? If cars were the same, the country would grind to a halt.
Insomniac, you got it spot on.
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