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There has almost never been a greater disaster then what "Rails to Trails" is doing to a lot of the countryside, farmers, and small communities :frowning: But that's another thread. Still, the comparison with the autobahn, etc. is non-sensical; Europe doesn't have remotely the amount of...

Realize also, that the structural integrity of a NASCAR / CART type car is far greater then what you're driving on the road. And the raceways are banked in such a way to provide flush zones and a continued forward movement. The walls are designed where they "relax" backwards rather then...

I was wrong. It is reckless endangerment. My bad!

Good friend is hiway patrol. It has happened recently, I'll find a case. The argument made before the court is a simple one: a person travelling greater then 110MPH now is openly risking the lives of others on the hiway and acts as an "endangerment".. Let me put it this way: you fire a...

It's attempted vehicular manslaughter; it is a felony, and you can/will be charged in KS, it's happened numerous times :)

BTW, in an interesting twist on this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/arti...259138,00.html

*laugh* It's the 6000SUX.. it gets 6 gallons per the mile. If you got popped here in Kansas doing 142, they'd nail you on manslaughter charges. You don't have to hit someone, it's just that your risk factor to someone else is there.. it's the same as randomly firing a gun off in a field of...

Agreed. I know very many able people at 85. I'll tell you a goofy story, though: years ago, I was hospitalized (comatose) for a while, immediately after rehab, they just handed me back my licence. Within 2 months, I racked up 3 tickets.. 95/60, 90/60, 92/65. I had never received a ticket...

I've never really figured out the "perk" either. I drive a four hour drive twice a month. It's 228 miles. It's 4 hours because I generally stop to eat. But at 70MPH, if I didn't stop, it'd be: 3 hrs. 15 min (rough) If I drove 80MPH, it would be: ~2hrs. 51 minutes I would save...

Well, there are some problems with doing that. Let's say the speed limit for a semi is 60. The speed limit for a car is 90. A car will misinterpret the amount of time it will take them to catch a semi, and their skills to navigate around them will be greater.. it will also increase likelihood...

Add in this fact: To stop a double tractor trailer truck containing a full load at 90 mph is estimated at 380 feet, if you want to prevent "whipping" which means the back trailer whipping around a front trailer. Causing the vehicle to "buckle up" 380 feet, even for the best of drivers, is too...

You're assuming people are all driving newer cars in good shape. Come out this way, and pick me out a 1986 Ford F150 that's going to haul 90MPH. Or, better example.. people like my parents who are still driving a handicap conversion 1992 Full-size Chevy Van. If that vehicle can do 90 after...

Ding Ding Ding. More then that, it's not just the condition of the car, but the output of the car.. at a certain point a vehicle travels you reach it's ideal speed, a speed at which resistance and force measure out and you get your best gas mileage.. but when you start really plunging it...