[email protected] said: (quoted from post at 14:26:38 03/10/08) One other thing that one must think of when looking at the safety aspect of this thread. Someone said that 55 saves lives. Well lets look at it another way. That comment was made back in the 70's and 80's and was indeed very true with the vehicles in that day. But, with todays airbags and the additional "crumple zones," todays cars are safer at any speed. When you look at things in a different direction, it will make sense. In the 80's most cars didn't have an airbag for the driver or any other safety devices other than lap belts. So in fact, a 30 mile per hour hit on the front end would place the drivers face directly into the steering wheel. Serious injury would occur as well as possible death. In the 2000's we have airbags that blast you away from the steering wheel as the steering wheel collapses away while the shoulder harness keeps you in place. So, are we safer at lower speeds or do we have safer cars for higher speeds. I personally see safer cars for higher speeds. 55 might save lives, but its the car that is going to save you at any speed. Its a fact that todays cars are alot safer than previous years.
Sorry, despite all the advances it is still much safer to drive 55 than 80. Probably even safer with all everything you mentioned.
Also keep in mind the roads in many areas are made to be driven on at roughly 55mph, and sometimes even that is too fast (sharp curves can get still a little hairy at that speed) Then you factor in foreign objects (deer, loose livestock, other vehicles pulling out in front of you...) that you can avoid with much greater control at lower speeds.
Newer cars are much safer and handle much better than they did back in the day, but when you run at the same speed as back then it multiplies their advantages. Plus even new cars are not even crash tested at 55mph, it is either 35 or 45 (I don't remember which) You can go on Youtube.com and watch video of most cars during their crash tests, and you can imagine what would happen if they almost doubled the forces envolved. They might do good at whatever the reletively low speed they test them at, but IMO opinion too far above that and it is still a crapshoot as there are so many other variables that ramming half the front end of a car into a wall doesn't do squat for.
Just plan ahead and give yourself time to get there, not to mention as your speed doubles your drag quadruples which does nothing to help your fuel economy.
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