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Comment by ZanyProgrammer | Hacker News Reader

That's the bog standard response when anyone gets pulled over for speeding.

along 101 between sf and southbay, 80 is normal flow in left most lanes (or should be unless some asshat in a prius is smugly going 65 while 25 cars are flashing their brights in vain and forced to dangerously weave across 3 lanes to pass)

and for those who drive 101, please be considerate and keep up, or keep right.

And the reason for that response is that US speed limits tend to be unreasonably low for a given road when driving a modern car.

And I suppose like every good software engineer on HN, you are an expert in civil and transportation engineering?

What's engineering got to do with it? Maximum speed limits are set by law, not by science. Heck, sometimes road engineers push for higher speed limits. http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2011/09/be-...

Engineers design roads around traffic speeds - a higher intended traffic speed has ramifications for how the road is designed and built.

Sounds like somebody likes to sit in the left lane at 65, "because it's the legal maximum!"

The end result is, someone was ticketed for speeding-BFD. It inevitably happens to most drivers, and its not the end of the world, especially because if you can afford Glass, you're probably going to be able to afford a ticket. Only on HN do we have people second guessing the entire concept of speed limits, and making all sorts of excuses for something so trivial as a speeding ticket being given out.

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