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Originally Posted by Luftwaffel
Okay, 11 over. I exaggerated by 5 MPH. I'm pretty familiar with how they do business regardless. The point is that Virginia's traffic laws are beyond absurd and the population largely lives in fear of a traffic ticket from just doing the speed limit, so most people (moreso outside of NoVA) drive 3-5 under.
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What really pisses me off that they are targeting people who on a limited access carefully designed highways drive at a speed which would get you rear-ended on a European motorway.
At the same time they don't allow speed cameras. OK, I know that no driver likes speed cameras, and too often they are used mostly for profit. But they are one of very few devices that can actually make people slow down in an effective way.
What is a bigger treat to safety, someone going 83 in 65 in I-95 express lanes, or and idiot from doing 43 on a 25-mph neighborhood street, with pedestrians, joggers, bicycles, kids, people backing from their driveways.