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minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·19 hours agoYou are right about American freeways. City roads tend to have a lower speed limit that is probably appropriate and it would be unsafe to go faster. Rural America will have little roads with deer and intersections at blind curves and say 55 mph seems about right.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 hours ago Rural America will have little roads with deer and intersections at blind curves and say 55 mph seems about right. And the residents will do 65 on them and complain about the tourists who do 45. I know, I’ve been both.
minus-squarePedestrianError :vbus: :nblvt:@towns.gaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours ago@Semi_Hemi_Demigod @jj4211 And US insurance companies will consider it not your fault if you wreck your car by hitting one of the deer, as if it’s not possible to slow down and take precautions when and where deer are likely to be present.
minus-squarehumblearrogant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 hours agoI have noticed the opposite, having driven in multiple countries. American urban speeds are dangerously higher while the highway speeds are set lower.
You are right about American freeways. City roads tend to have a lower speed limit that is probably appropriate and it would be unsafe to go faster.
Rural America will have little roads with deer and intersections at blind curves and say 55 mph seems about right.
And the residents will do 65 on them and complain about the tourists who do 45. I know, I’ve been both.
@Semi_Hemi_Demigod @jj4211 And US insurance companies will consider it not your fault if you wreck your car by hitting one of the deer, as if it’s not possible to slow down and take precautions when and where deer are likely to be present.
I have noticed the opposite, having driven in multiple countries. American urban speeds are dangerously higher while the highway speeds are set lower.