Simple solution to gas shortage. National speed limit to 45 mph. SAVE LIVES TOO

Text Drivers are Killers said:
The huge drop in highway fatalities happened the very year the 55 speed limit was enacted. Had nothing to do with equipment.
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Might have had to do with that people were restricted to only a half tank of gas, bitch!

There were gas lines halfway around the block everywhere, and you could only buy half a tank.

Yeah, Carter was real bad with that, but Biden is worse! :eek:
 
T. A. Gardner said:
No, he's saying the road is designed to allow drivers to safely drive at 80 mph or more. That is, they have grades, curves, and other design features that allow high speeds to be used by the average driver.
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They actually de-banked 41 in FL. It was built rated for 83 or so.
 
Text Drivers are Killers said:
Back in 1974 we lowered speed limits to 55 nationally to save gas and it also caused highway fatalities to immediately drop by 9,000 a year. It's a great idea but the auto industry opposes it and they pay the media to brainwash the moron american into thinking he a has the "right" to drive 80 mph. Car crashes mean car sales.
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LOL. How does that even work? It takes the same amount of work to travel at the same distance. :palm:
 
45 is too slow.

America despised it when the national limit was 55.
You REALLY think they will be okay now with 45?

Also, you try and drive 45 on I-80 through Iowa?
You'll drop dead from boredom.
 
Matt Dillon said:
Might have had to do with that people were restricted to only a half tank of gas, bitch!

There were gas lines halfway around the block everywhere, and you could only buy half a tank.

Yeah, Carter was real bad with that, but Biden is worse! :eek:
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Carter was bad with that because his policies also caused high gas prices, and then he instituted price controls, causing shortages instead of higher prices.
 
AProudLefty said:
LOL. How does that even work? It takes the same amount of work to travel at the same distance. :palm:
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Not quite. The difference is small, but it's there.

There are two main coefficients of drag imposed on a moving car. Both act as forces being applied to the mass of the car to cause deceleration (actually an acceleration).

These are road drag (the friction of the tires as they rotate, flex, contact and release the road pavement, axle friction, etc.; and aerodynamic drag (the car is also moving through the air).
Best mileage is when these two are essentially balanced.

At slow speeds, road drag is prevalent. As the car speeds up, road drag actually begins to reduce, since tire flex and road friction is reduced (even the effects of axle drag is decreased, due to the characteristics of grease at high speeds). It also means aerodynamic drag increases.

At higher speeds, aerodynamic drag is prevalent. At such speeds, you can actually feel the car 'flying' instead of just rolling along.

At 55mph, the transition begins. You can feel it as the uneven behavior of the car (depending on local breezes and road surface variations). Mileage is worse.

At too slow a speed, mileage is worse.
At higher speeds, mileage actually improves, as the car transitions more to aerodynamic drag. The best mileage is when you feel the vehicle smoothly 'flying' at the minimum speed to do so. Typically, this is around 60mph to 65mph for most cars.

Forcing lower speeds to 'save fuel' is itself fascism. Who is the government to tell me if I want to save fuel or not? If I want to drive faster and use more fuel to do it, that's MY choice, NOT the government's!. Remember, it is MY fuel that I buy. I own it. I can do what I want with it.

The ONLY thing about any speed limit is safety, and only related to the road itself, NOT due to some political or economy managing from the government!

It the road is built to handle 80mph, I should be able to drive 80mph.
 
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