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Only if you want to die!

The standard highway speed is 15mph over the speed limit here in CA.

If you follow the speed limit, you’ll be going too slow to effectively maneuver or see incoming cars and increase chances of a crash.

Ergo: break the law or die.

> The standard highway speed is 15mph over the speed limit here in CA.

Depends entirely where in California. LA is a good 15-20 mph over, San Diego is more like 10-15 mph over, and the South Bay Area is more like 0-5 mph over (which drove me crazy coming from LA)

The pandemic was amazing for traffic. Flying up the 101 to SF at 95mph.

(Source: from LA)

That's why the Cannonball Run article has a chapter [0] dedicated to the pandemic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_challenge#Durin...

Agreed more or less (lived in all 3), although South Bay can be a tossup. I've felt slow doing 80 and fast doing 70.

Google Maps claims that much of the bay’s 101 is 55 mph. I don’t know if I believe that, but if true then it’s standard to do 20 above here.

Is there any evidence of this?

These days, there are more drivers and fewer cops to make the boogeyman of a random speed trap seem like a possibility. Showing that there is a cop ahead would work better, I imagine. One of the reasons why people drive recklessly is because they don't think any cops are around to bust them

Yes, I considered it

Try complying when you live in a corrupt country and the legal speed drops from 60 to 50 just on that specific 10 meters conveniently by a speed camera

Because all laws are rational and make sense.

One law that does make sense is that drivers should not be playing with their phone while operating a car. Speed and distracted driving are leading factors in fatal crashes. Car crashes are leading cause of non-disease related death in the US (after guns and suicide).

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