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If you get tickets, you are not obeying the law, you are endangering your life and the lives of your passengers, and, most importantly, you are endangering me. I would love to see a police officer sit outside your house and ticket you the moment you depart your residence. He may save a life each and every time he/she gave you a ticket.
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You have missed my point - which is that driving 45 on 4-lane divided highways is still a very safe speed. Just because some arbitrary decision was made to post the speed limit at 35 does not mean that the road is unsafe to be driven at any higher speed. Following your logic, all of the other 4-lane divided highways around the country where people are driving the speed limit are all driving unsafely since the speed limits are above 35.
Higher speeds are not by themselves unsafe. What is unsafe is driving above the speed that is warranted for the road and the conditions. In the case of Morse and Buena Vista south of 466, they can easily accomodate safe driving at 45 MPH.
Lest you misunderstand me even more, I am not advocating breaking the law - just questioning the rationale of the law.