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I had an interesting thought the other night. A friend of mine is a very good driver, at relatively high rates of speed...we got to where we needed to go and back in half the normal time.

I checked up via Google, and there's a bit of a grassroots movement to increase the current speed limits into the high 80s - low 90s in most states. Montana experimented with an autobahn-style system in the late 90s, but special interest groups took care of that one in short order.

The one interesting concept I came upon was turning the speed limits into speed advisories. The concept would go as follows. You're free to drive as fast as you want, but the highways would have posted advisories recommending how fast you should go. Say on I-95 for example...on a sunny day, the advised speed is 90...you're free to go 90+ of course, but it's advised to go 90 to keep witht the flow of traffic...on a rainy day, the advised speed goes to 60 maybe. You can still haul ass at 90 though.

Here's the trick, if you get into an accident, or cause an accident going faster than the advised limit, it's your own damn fault, and insurance will not cover any damages or deaths or lawsuits resulting from your recklessness.

Face it, the speed limits as they are now are not for safety reasons....55 and 65 are ridiculously slow speeds, and only serve as revenue generators for the state/county/city...people do 75-85 on average, and only get snagged when the cop is feeling itchy, or you're guilty of Driving While (insert minority group here).

Yeah, I know, I don't even own a vehicle, but when I did, what irritated me the most were these damning limits, especially at 3 AM when there's a huge highway all to myself.