Re: 85 MPH speedometers

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Re: 85 MPH speedometers

The Ghost In The Machine

03 Jun 2006 17:00

>> > > It's insane that they read anything over 60.
>> >
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> There's no magic in a number, "laura".

Indeed; around here we drive 80+ routinely -- on a road that's specified
65. (Except when a highway patrol cruiser is wandering about.)

Of course, we do pay for it; accelerating to 80 mph costs half again as
much gas, as both initial acceleration (KE = 1/2 m v^2) and drag are
proportional to the square of the velocity.

Also, 55 mph did save lives but it annoyed the hell out of everybody for
awhile. :-) But if one wants "barely moving", try 5 mph, which is about
2.24 m/s.

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Alan Baker	31 May 2006 19:03
> > > It's insane that they read anything over 60. > > > > 60 is barely moving ! > > Only a psychopath with no conception of right and wrong would say that. Sorry, but it's true. On German autobahns, they travel far faster -- many up to twice as fast -- and in just as much safety. There's no magic in a number, "laura".

Laura Bush murdered her boy friend	31 May 2006 18:02
> > It's insane that they read anything over 60. > > 60 is barely moving ! Only a psychopath with no conception of right and wrong would say that.

Pooh Bear

31 May 2006 16:13

> >In the late 70s and 80s, most (all?) cars had speedometers that would only
> >go up to 85. Were they mandated by the government? What year did they come
> >out? Why 85? At the time the maximum speed limit was 55.
>
> It's insane that they read anything over 60.

60 is barely moving !

> Someday GM is gonna get sued over this.

No they're not.

> Somebody will get killed by a speeder doing 80 and
> the victim's family will sue GM for selling cars that encourage
> speeding.

Go boil your head in a vat of acid you freak.

Graham

laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE

31 May 2006 15:08

>In the late 70s and 80s, most (all?) cars had speedometers that would only
>go up to 85. Were they mandated by the government? What year did they come
>out? Why 85? At the time the maximum speed limit was 55.

It's insane that they read anything over 60. Someday GM is gonna get
sued over this. Somebody will get killed by a speeder doing 80 and
the victim's family will sue GM for selling cars that encourage
speeding.

Ronnie Dobbs	31 May 2006 10:26
In the late 70s and 80s, most (all?) cars had speedometers that would only go up to 85. Were they mandated by the government? What year did they come out? Why 85? At the time the maximum speed limit was 55.

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