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Old 09-22-2015, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles View Post
Probably, but side striping was introduced as a safety idea. Part of the argument against striping was based on the concept that it would not improve safety, but regulating speed by impairing a vehicle would, in the belief that speed was the major cause of safety issue, not visibility. So while it probably deserves it's own thread, it also has relevance to this one.
I'm with Mleeja...very little relevance. Speed limits never have and never should (imo of course) be a factor in the performance of any vehicle.

Safe passing is a legitimate reason to moderately and briefly exceed the speed limit. Emergencies is another. But even without these situations, governing the vehicle based on a somewhat arbitrary, variable, and very possibly changing speed limit is a very bad idea.