Id like to see all of the drivers that were not in the right lane recieve tickets. The law is posted about every half mile "slower traffic yield right"
I believe the speed limit at 55 is a good thing for the environment and economy. Driving at 55 is the optimal speed to drive at if you want maximum fuel efficiency. Burning less gas means and increase in economy and a decrease in CO2 emmisions. People who drive fast are just in a hurry, have no patience, and are reckless. If you are driving in like that you shouldn't be driving in the first place.
@desertsoldier22 Tell that to the dumbass cops, 'just obey the law' do-gooders, and wannabe judges who think "if its the law, it must be obeyed and you're an evil commie 'lib' who loves to drive 90 in a 35 while drinking and smoking pot if you disagree with me or the system in any way". Idiots want so badly to think that our system is 'great' that they become completely delusional in supporting it....that's why they tear people apart who complain about the system...also to pad their egos.
Well..the speed limit is set at the 85th percentile of driver's speeds...while its the 90-95th percentile of drivers in terms of speed who are the best/safest drivers (meaning they hit the least number of things)... Seems stupid that the best drivers are the ones who get in trouble.
The 55-65mph limit on just about every highway is just stupid. Going 80-90mph is common, even on the busy CA highways where the posted limit is 65.
Dude, not cool. You hipsters are lucky that only other people's property got damaged.
There are almost as many impatient drivers as there are clowns who cruise in the passing lane. If my days in ATL are recalled correctly, quite a few of those impatient drivers are potentially violent people.
This serves to remind me that rubes don't necessarily hate smart people, they hate sucker-clowns who act smart.
Next time you jeopardize other people's safety, learn how to edit, fucknutz.
@proaudiohd Slower traffic to right, meaning slower than the speed limit. There really should be no need to go faster than the speed limit. Maybe to pass some big truck with stones falling off behind it, but even then that still is breaking the speed limit. Slower does not equal the speed limit, however this is how people drive.
@proaudiohd On most State Highways it's not a law for slower traffic to keep right just a courtesy. However, if you are going the speed limit and get over for someone to pass you are actually getting over to allow them to break the law. Think about it.
You were not obeying the law. Left lanes are only for passing. If you are in the left-most lane for an extended period you WILL be pulled over and you WILL get a ticket.
@captainLAGER Seriously, do you not get the point of this video? Yeah the editing was pretty sub-par, but that "poor guy" broke his mirror because he was impatient and wanted to break a stupid law that should have been changed a LONG time ago. Also, how are they hippies for shedding light on a big issue? Get your facts straight before bashing other people who actually give a care in this world.
Way to prove and academic point, you sociopathic motherfuckers. 55 mph laws are based on 1950s safety and 1960s efficiency. Look to the German autobahn for a model of how things should be for modern cars. You are extremely lucky nobody followed you down the offramp to give you some combination of a beatdown and/or run you off the road into a telephone pole.
@chromal According to cops and dumbass neo-conservatives, you're just a whining liberal who is mad they got a ticket for not agreeing with their system and licking their boots.
technical this is obstructing the flow of traffic and yes that is illegal, also it is illegal to block off the road in a moving road block scenario such as you did, it is legal to speed if thoes around you are speeding, i have been ticketed for it and let off but cops dont care due to the fact that the court fee is the same price as a ticket
You Americans are obsessed with speed limits. Lack of lane discipline is far more dangerous than any level of speed. Most production cars can safely handle speeds over 130kph. Speed does not kill. it is the sudden stop. You can just as easily die at 100kph mph than at 200kph. Instead of being a bunch of punk activist you might want to pop your heads up and take a look at what has been tried and what works. You need unlimited speed sections, better roads and drivers, not slower speed limits
I never speed but speeders are a good thing for traffic. If everyone went the speed limit it would clump up. Having people going different speeds keeps it mixed and spread out. Not clumping up and keeping your speed up by slowing down earlier are the tricks to no traffic.
I find it very interesting that these students, who are oh so concerned about safety, spent pretty much the entire time they were driving either reading from papers they had on their steering wheels or looking at the cars to their rear or along side of them.
Nothing like self-absorbed children who know better than everyone else what everybody else should be doing.
If anything, this film has convinced me that speed limits need to be more strongly enforced, not adjusted to fit the whims of drivers. Thanks for proving that people are willing to risk their LIVES -- and the lives of other drivers around them -- to shave a measly five minutes off their travel time.
If you change the speed limit to 75 mph, you think everyone will be content to obey the NEW limit? FUCK THAT, they'll just start going 85-90 mph. People are just too damn impatient.
@aKegofMeat Not so. Have you ever driven on interstate highways? A lot of people are doing 75 mph in a 65 mph road. When you cross over to a state where the speed limit is 75 mph, most people don't change their speed (in my experience). That's a comfortable speed for those types of roads, apparently for most people.
There will always be a guy doing 20 mph over the posted limit. Don't let that distract from the real issue.
@LedgemDK Our highways were designed for 75 to 80 miles per hour. This means the sight distance, horizontal and vertical curvature and super elevation was built and designed for 75 to 80+ miles per hour. The design vehicle was based on a typical 1940 - 1950's automobiles. Since today's vehicles handle and stop better than anything in 1950 you could drive 120mph with ease. However stubborn Americans do not give way to faster traffic like Europeans do.
"(d) No two vehicles shall impede the normal flow of traffic by traveling side by side at the same time while in adjacent lanes, provided that this Code section shall not be construed to prevent vehicles traveling side by side in adjacent lanes because of congested traffic conditions.
Last modified: April 25, 2006"
- So it all depends on what you consider "normal flow" to be. If that is in excess of the posted speed limit then the limit should be in question.
Over-exaggerating everything, self-righteous mindset pissing everyone off that probably had things to do and not be part of these 'artistic' kids video project for school.
@gabru678 You mad bro? People that are angry over this are exactly those types of people who fly down the road doing 85+ in a 55 or 60 zone. I can understand wanting to get somewhere fast, I've been running behind on getting to work a few times myself but when you endanger another human beings LIFE at the expense of a few minutes less travel time you are not fit to be called a human being.
@mavyt you are part of the problem. There is very little difference between an accident at 60 and 80. Move out of the way and let people pass. Just because you don't think it is safe doesn't mean that you are qualified to make that judgement for others. One could argue that going over 40 mph isn't safe.
Just make the drivers test 3 times harder and you don't need a speed limit and you can still have one if the safest roads in the world. Just look at the Autobahn. Speed doesn't kill. Stupidity does!
You aren't proving anything, you're just out there blocking lanes to provoke people. The speed limit law does not imply drive the exact same speed in all lanes. In fact there are laws against what you did.
A speed limit would imply an upper bounds, so in the non law breaking world some cars would go slower, others at the limit - allowing people to pass.
With all the giggling in this video it seems like the true intent was to annoy and to have passive aggressive power trips over people.
@poopsmell65 If there is a law against it then the DOT doesn't know about it.... The Atlanta Journal quotes a spokesman for the DOT as saying that if the students weren’t blocking emergency vehicles and were going the speed limit, “they didn’t do a thing wrong.”
Interesting point. I definitely agree that there are times where speed limits should be re-evaluated. Just so you know though, the Georgia code 40-6-40 (d) specifically prohibits blocking traffic like that, so it would've been justified for a cop to pull you over and give you a ticket. Not that I really care. I liked the video.
I like this test, speed doesn't kill, like most people say these new cars have greater technology to help us. But we gotta maintain our cars, can't tell you how many cars have bald tires and shot brakes that's what can cause an accident. Plus people on cell phones, eating, putting on makeup, etc. People just don't know what to do on the road, like not obeying the keep right except to pass lane. Look at the autobahn, I bet they don't have as many accidents as we do.
I think you are dangerous because you don´t teach anything at anybody. You just play with your cars in a highway like other sick men driving at 100 mph. And worst you enjoy it.
I think you are dangerous because you don´t teach anything at anybody. You just play with your cars in a highway like other sick men driving at 100 mph. And worst you enjoy it.
I think you are dangerous because you don´t teach anything at anybody. You just play with your cars in a highway like other sick men driving at 100 mph. And worst you enjoy it.
You were actually breaking the law. (1) Keep to the right except to pass; (2) Slower traffic keep right; (3) Impeding traffic; (4) Arguably, Creating a public disturbance.
@tsilb !) is not always a law, just a courtesy. 2) They weren't going slower than the people next to them; they were going the same speed. 3) Traffic was moving along AT THE SPEED LIMIT, so buy law, this was not impeding traffic. 4) That's the point: obeying dumb ass laws creates public disturbances.
@khmacdonald713 Hey bro, you got 4+ vehicles/drivers manipulating highway traffic for the purposes of a video documentary. You'd need to check local laws but this is considered stunt driving in a lot of jurisdictions.
Over 95% of motor vehicle accidents (MVAs, in the USA, or Road Traffic Accidents, RTAs, in Europe) involve some degree of driver behavior combined with one of the other three factors. Drivers (i.e., sociopathicregret) always try to blame road conditions, equipment failure, or other drivers for those accidents. When the facts are truthfully presented, however, the behavior of the implicated driver is usually the primary cause. Most are caused by excessive speed or aggressive driver behavior.
@jhawkridge Excessive speed is fine, but don't mix that up with just 'speed'. There is no such thing as just 'speed' being a factor in an accident unless its something like a deer jumping in front of your car, in which case its stupid to drive 100 mph on a deer infested country road in the middle of the night with your brights off (and probably still stupid with them on, though a bit less). But that scenario is the driver's problem, since hitting a deer in a low car at 80 mph can kill you
If you actually read statistics, German accident death rates per _ miles traveled are less than here, and that includes many foreign drivers. Their system works. There are pile ups and reckless drivers everywhere. There will always BE reckless drivers....to a point. But there's no reason why "80 mph is bad" except social conditioning. If you're able to handle 80 and the conditions are good enough, there's no reason youd have a greater chance than someone who can handle 70 who is going 70.
@sociopathicregret ccording to the Federal Highway Administration, speeding causes as many as one-third of fatal accidents each year. Although progress has been made in the area of drunk driving, no progress has occurred in the area of speed-related accidents. Speeding isn't just driving faster than the posted speed limit; driving faster than conditions permit is also considered speeding and causes accidents.
@sociopathicregret In 1998, nearly 42,000 people were killed in traffic crashes and almost 3.2 million more were injured, at a cost of over $150 billion. Speed - defined as exceeding the posted speed limit or driving too fast for conditions - is a factor in nearly one third of all fatal crashes.
@jhawkridge Statistics like this use weasel words and don't differentiate between 'driving too fast for conditions' is correlated with 'driving above the posted speed limit'. Occasionally thats true, like in a severe rainstorm or a snow storm. There's zero evidence whatsoever that exceeding the posted speed limit causes accidents. There's no evidence that speed limits change actual traffic speeds. There's only evidence that 'reckless driving' is stupid and causes accidents.
@jhawkridge The main reason the speed limit thing you're saying doesn't work is because speed limits are often set arbitrarily based on politics. Traffic engineering fundamentals state that the 85th percentile speed of traffic is the PRIMARY concern in determining speed limits. 85th percentile speed limits are safest. Current speed limits are less safe. Low speed limits result in a few law abiding citizens disrupting the whole traffic flow and result in chaos.
@jhawkridge The 85th percentile speed limit on many East coast highways is about 80 or 85 mph. Setting the speed limits at those speeds would do little to change most drivers, but this tends to bring the faster and slower drivers a little closer to the middle as slower drivers feel a little more comfortable speeding up, and faster drivers aren't so angry and aggressive about the speed differentials which jam things up, so they run more with the flow of traffic. 85th % limits improve traffic flow
@sociopathicregret Research by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) found that when speed limits were raised by many states in 1996, travel speeds increased and motor vehicle fatalities went up significantly on Interstate highways in those states.
@jhawkridge This study was primarily used to back the 55 - safety correspondence, but unfortunately it takes some things out of context and uses isolated examples rather than the whole picture. Traffic fatalities decreased or stayed the same at worst in the nation overall. Research also shows that the vast majority of drivers drive the same speed regardless of the posted speed limit; hence no reason why a speed limit change would affect speeds. Not to mention that correlation is not causation.
@jhawkridge They should implement a variable speed limit system on I-95 and I-295 here. No limit in minimal traffic and good conditions, 85 mph in normal traffic (except 75 or 80 in areas where the road is rougher like Philly), and reduced speeds of 75, 65, 55 etc dependin on weathr and traffic conditions. 75 on the Delaware bridge instead of the pathetic 50, also variable. Set up squads of troopers to hand out huge tickets to tailgaters and aggressive drivers. 2-3 of them and license taken
@sociopathicregret I completely guarantee you that if this system were set up in various places, traffic deaths would drop enormously. An urban freeway was changed from 55 to 70 in Michigan and aggressive driving incidents almost completely went away because all of traffic started flowing much much more smoothly. You really gotta read up on this issue more before you make assumptions, try the national motorists association (NMA)
@jhawkridge A caveat however; traffic speeds do go up over time with better vehicle features. Cars now have superior breaking and electronic steering that they didn't have in the 55 era, hence faster speeds.
@sociopathicregret Speed reduces the amount of available time needed to avoid a crash, increases the likelihood of crashing and increases the severity of a crash once it occurs.
@jhawkridge Likelihood of a crash occurring ONLY if exceeding the safe speed for conditions, but this rarely means the speed limit, particularly when you're talking about 4 lane roads 800 feet from the back of a school posted 25 mph or 5 lane highways posted 55 for congestion, but safe at far faster when there's little congestion. Excessive speed is the factor, not *speed*. If you study transportation engineering, you will realize that 'speed' as a factor means a lot of things.
@jhawkridge It hardly means that "the driver crashed because they were exceeding the posted speed limit", it means that they were "presumed to be exceeding the speed limit" at the time of the accident, presumed to be driving too fast for conditions, and in general its a 'factor' ticked off in police reports indiscriminately and incredibly vague.
@jhawkridge 80 mph? You kidding? The driver was probably doing 70+ (possibly close to 80). The driver of the car that flipped was going at least 110, maybe more. He also wasn't paying attention enough, or tried to do some stupid shit like passing on the shoulder. He wasn't in control of his car. For his attention level he should have been driving slower. But that doesn't mean that NOBODY can drive 80, or 100, or 120 mph safely in any situation or that 55 is safer or scientifically engineered.
No. You are wrong. Increased speed increases both the risk of accident and the severity of the accident. There is a HUGE difference between going 55 and going 75. All your arguments "depend", "depend", "depend". Sure, everything "depends" on something else, but how many times in life are the conditions perfect???
Moreover, how many times are conditions in life not perfect? Get my point?
@jhawkridge It increases the severity, not the risk. The conditions don't need to be perfect, just good enough. 80 mph is not dangerous; speed limits in Europe are 75 and 80 on most highways. Western speed limits are higher, even when the conditions are identical to eastern ones. Not to mention that the autobahn has no speed limit in most places and a much lower accident rate than US highways even with crappier Austrian drivers flooding it.
@jhawkridge Not to mention that our highways (particularly on the costs) are much wider and often of better quality than those in Europe. Theres more congestion, yes, but there are times when theres little congestion to justify the lower speed limit which was put in place because of congestion problems. Blanket speed limits dont work. As for the idea that 'higher speed limits mean more deaths', why stop at 55? Why not 25? 15? 2? Why does anyone have the right to draw the line at __ risk is okay?
@sociopathicregret OK. This is going nowhere. You win. Feel better? Just keep telling yourself that speed has no effect on accidents. Just because someone can drive well at 80 mph under "good" conditions, doesn't mean that accidents won't happen. But, you know better, so get out there and go get 'em tiger!
@jhawkridge Travel is a right, driving is travel and a *conditional* right, provided that you can demonstrate adequate ability to maneuver a car as to be safe on the roads. This is going nowhere? Maybe you should be open minded enough to change your views. I used to believe what you did. Accidents do happen, but speed alone has no affect on accidents except for making them worse if they do happen. All the examples you showed me were 'reckless driving'. Speed limits are usually set politically
@sociopathicregret NO. You are absolutely wrong, driving is a privilege, which is why our tax dollars maintain the roads. Travel can be done by foot. Have at it.
@jhawkridge Correction: Crash risk is elevated for those traveling faster or slower than the flow of traffic, which may or may not be t the posted speed limit. As for below, the government maintains its roads to be used by all able citizens, hence driving is not something that should be taken away arbitrarily without justifiable reason. Everyone has the *right* to use the roadways provided they demonstrate competency in piloting a vehicle, though the govt fails since the tests are too easy.
@jhawkridge No, which is why I don't drive beyond my abilities, but driving 80 or 90 mph on a wide open highway with good visibility isn't going to increase my chance of crashing at all. It would make the crash worse if it DID happen, but since when is that a good criterion for anything? Who gives someone the right to set the danger threshold at 65 mph? How about 50 mph? 40? 30? At 20 there'd probably be practically NO deaths!
You guys are IDIOTS im surprised there were no accidents, what if someone had gotten hurt, bet you guys would have felt REAL stupid, and liable no doubt, not for going 55 but for blocking all those lanes, just stupid, just got to the end, and you were dangerous because you blocked all the lanes, not because you went 55, dumb a
As a pretty gentle driver, I personally don't like to drive that fast. I usually drive with the flow of traffic or a little slower. I prefer around 70/75 on the highways, not 90. That said, too many people assume everyone is like them; some people are more alert with fast reflexes. When I was a more energetic person, I had little problem with 85 on the highway. And no, I never tailgated people or drove like an asshole. I'd continue to drive 75 on the highway even if the limit was raised 30 mph..
If they made the speed limit 65, everyone would go 80-85 and it wouldn't make things safer. Look at the crazies in this video swerving to the right to get around someone who's slower and tailgating all the cars in front of them. Impatience is the bigger problem here.
@jetman1287 Wrong, people drive the speed they're comfortable at regardless of the speed limit. Make the speed limit 80 and traffic will flow more smoothly, then pull over all the tailgaters
"the right of a citizen to travel the public highways and transport his property there on is not a mere privilege which a city may prohibit or permit at will but a common law right which he has under the pursuit of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness. "
"the assertion of federal rights when plainly and reasonably made is not to be defeated in the name of local practice" Davis v Welsher
"the claim and exercise of a constitutional right cannot be converted into a crime." Miller v US
American citizens due indeed have the inalienable right to use roadways in an UNRESTRICTED manor as long as they are not damaging the property or rights of others.
"the right to travel is part of the liberty of which the citizen can not be deprived without due process under the 5th amendment."
Kent v Dules
They break the law to collect revenue, end of story!!
If more and more people started to do this, and CLOGGED THE "HIGHWAY" BY FOLLOWING THE LAWS, it could really create a problem which it's only solution would be to raise the speed limit. Then all drivers would benefit.
Ironically, what we need is this:
WE NEED MORE PEOPLE NOT BREAKING THE LAW (speed limit), SO WE CAN CHANGE THE SPEED LIMIT.
This is the kind of stuff (laws, speed limits) that works for the government because PEOPLE ARE STUPID. Intelligent people would do what this guys do.
The reason the speed limits have to stay so low is because there are so many people out there who flat out can not drive. The machines are set up to handle speed well above most posted limits. However, the abilities are no where near that. Until drivers tests become more up to date and require actual skill to get, then we shall have to live with it.
I love the vid! And agree that a lot of speed limits are just traps. But in some states, not allowing a faster vehicle to pass (even if they are breaking the speed limit) is considered obstructing traffic (could be a doctor or some other emergency situation).
Also, 25 mph might not seem fast at all, but try running top speed into a brick wall! You can run maybe 16 mph tops. Now think about what it would feel like to get hit by a car at 25 mph! Now imagine getting hit at 55! 65!! 75!!!!!
@deliciousmorton accidents don't just happen to pedestrians, although there are people who walk on freeways, and there are roads that are not freeways where the speed limit is 55 or more. The point is getting hit by a car WILL hurt!
@jhawkridge True, getting hit by a car will hurt. Hitting a pedestrian at 25 mph is enough to kill the person. Hitting a pedestrian at 65 mph won't make the person more dead than hitting them at 25 mph.
@jhawkridge To hit a pedestrian at a speed, you not only have to be driving too fast for your capability (this varies, and most people do not); you have to be inattentive, miss environmental cues, and you likely would have been driving a lot faster than 25 if you hit them at 25 mph because you'd take a lot of speed off. Someone was going about 45 100 or so feet behind me and rear ended me at only 10-15 mph. It has little to do with the speed limit.
@sociopathicregret yes and accidents happen. People walk out into the street without any clues, bicycles encounter obstacles that motorists don't pick up on.... Drivers are distracted by (#1) cell phones, pretty girls, missed turns, etc... I don't get your point either.
My point is that 2 tons of steel (and plastic) can do some damage at almost any speed.
Also if you hit something at 25, that means you are going 25 ("you'd take a lot of speed off" ???)
I think you misunderstood. If you hit something going 25, it means that BEFORE you hit the brakes, you were probably going 55 in a typical inattentive driver scenario. Therefore, putting the speed limit arbitrarily low doesn't mean that people are going to hit people going '35 instead of 25'; youd have to be going about 65 mph initially to hit someone going 35. Many roads are open enough with good visibility so that if you're an attentive driver, you WON'T hit someone.
@sociopathicregret You presume that drivers that hit people and objects react fast enough to hit the brakes. Many do not, and it doesn't matter anyway. However you look at it, vehicles are potentially dangerous. Alert, polite respectful drivers still often hit pedestrians who suddenly dart out into the street. And when that happens, there is little time to hit the brakes and slow down first.
@jhawkridge I think you would find that most drivers that hit pedestrians are doing one of the following: Driving far too fast in a highly pedestrian dense area where pedestrians are actually out in large numbers; driving too fast in poor visibility (curves, weather, or otherwise), inattention/talking on the cell phone, etc. There are flukes, but that's the vast majority. Modern cars take off a lot of speed while braking....more than you might think. Think 60-0 in about 120 feet, less for 60-25
@sociopathicregret If there's good visibility...a pedestrian CANNOT just jump out in front of you, because if attentive you can see far enough. If you're in a narrow street with tons of parked cars, yes that can happen, though you usually still have some time because pedestrians tend not to go when you're literally *right* there as much as a little further back (its much easier to tell that a car is right there as opposed to coming). In those narrow crowded places driving fast is stupid...
@sociopathicregret You make a lot of presumptions about visibility, stopping distances, road conditions, etc., and you seem to be OK with the few deaths caused by what you infer as exceptions. I'm still not sure what your point is.
@jhawkridge Accidental deaths are inevitable. As long as cars move at all faster than about 25, they will happen. Not to mention that if a pedestrian breaks the traffic rules when crossing and just runs out into the road out of nowhere, it is their fault, not the driver. But the majority of pedestrian accidents aren't like that. The vast majority of accidents are 'crashes' because they are completely avoidable. The point...setting limits low serves no purpose because speed alone isnt a problem.
@sociopathicregret I agree with all you said, except the last bit. Slower driving seed means more time to react, more time to be aware of what's going on around you. Hey, I don't like the speed limits on some roads, and I've gotten my share of tickets, but just because we don't like it, it doesn't mean that driving faster is as safe as driving slower. How can you imply such a thing???
@sociopathicregret I agree with all you said, except the last bit. Slower driving speed means more time to react, more time to be aware of what's going on around you. Hey, I don't like the speed limits on some roads, and I've gotten my share of tickets, but just because you or I don't like it, it doesn't mean that driving faster is as safe as driving slower. How can you imply such a thing???
@jhawkridge Depends on where it is, and it depends on the person and vehicle. Driving over a certain threshold, which varies from driver to driver, is dangerous because you don't have enough time to react. But there's no need to drive 55 on an open highway, not to mention that its safer to go with the flow of traffic. Speed alone isn't a problem, its misuse of speed. Driving faster is as safe or safer than driving slower in many circumstances, but only to a certain point depending on the above.
@sociopathicregret Driving where you don't expect to see pedestrians is just as dangerous if not more so, just for the fact that you do not expect to see them.
@jhawkridge And of course, most people drive slower in areas with very poor visibility. But the real road problems are tailgating, driver inattention, intoxication, unsafe lane changing, and driving too fast for the conditions. None of that has to do with exceeding an arbitrary speed limit of 55 on an open highway. Not to mention that many speed limits contradict each other; the same type of road will be posted 25, 35, and 45 in 3 different places.
@sociopathicregret But you are correct here, from another driver's point of view, other drivers who are tailgaters, inattentive, uncooperative, clueless and downright impolite, are problems on the road. But they aren't always the sole cause of accidents.
@jhawkridge The causes of the vast majority of accidents are what I outlined, plus some responsibility falls on pedestrians to not just 'jump out in the road from behind a stand of trees' or something. In that case, its really the pedestrians fault. You'll find that most people slow down when bikers or pedestrians are near the road.
just do what every one els does and obay the law...or speed its simple..by the way we have done this in the uk many many times over the price of fuel so its nothing i havnt seen before your not that good
I only came here to comment on the video, and I just have to say I hate the video. Not because of what they did though, but because of their 2 minutes worth of commenting so that we are forced to listen to their side and have to follow their mind set, and the editing at the end.
Why can't you just do this, and just let the people choose what to think, instead of forcing your opinions on other people?
@tpmc12 I've seen emergency vehicles make their way through stand still traffic jams with without incident. That was in a traffic jam where the vehicles weren't moving. In this case, all of the vehicles are moving. Emergency workers have dealt with worse.
I thought this idea was great. And fuck anyone who thinks that this idea was lame. Anyone who can't see the genius in this obviously never really got ticketed before. The laws need to be changed and sometimes doing something like this is the only way to make the point.
That was pretty lame. Driving the speed limit is one thing, but deliberately driving in formation like is asinine and doesn't prove anything other than you guys have too much time on your hands. That and you are looking to get hurt. With all the crazy drivers out there, I'm surprised you didn't get run off the road or a gun pointed in your direction.
As a fellow Georgia driver, I agree that maybe our laws could use some reworking (other than the super speeder law). But the main issue here is that people need to learn how to drive.
Well, they did change the law. They enacted the super speeder law to give you an additional $200 ticket (the first time, goes up from there) if you do over 85 on any highway- otherwise known as the flow of traffic.
make another one without it going backwards every 5 seconds
josephvanorsby78 1 week ago
Id like to see all of the drivers that were not in the right lane recieve tickets. The law is posted about every half mile "slower traffic yield right"
aitkenkingfish 1 month ago
I believe the speed limit at 55 is a good thing for the environment and economy. Driving at 55 is the optimal speed to drive at if you want maximum fuel efficiency. Burning less gas means and increase in economy and a decrease in CO2 emmisions. People who drive fast are just in a hurry, have no patience, and are reckless. If you are driving in like that you shouldn't be driving in the first place.
dawodchatha 2 months ago
I <3 you guys. :-D
fickeuchdochalle 3 months ago
only white people would do something like this..
bluers8 5 months ago
@desertsoldier22 Tell that to the dumbass cops, 'just obey the law' do-gooders, and wannabe judges who think "if its the law, it must be obeyed and you're an evil commie 'lib' who loves to drive 90 in a 35 while drinking and smoking pot if you disagree with me or the system in any way". Idiots want so badly to think that our system is 'great' that they become completely delusional in supporting it....that's why they tear people apart who complain about the system...also to pad their egos.
sociopathicregret 5 months ago
I would repeat this experiment in Toronto, but leave the left lane open.
I would bet that cops will line up and pull over anyone that passes the pace cars and hand out speeding tickets.
That would perfectly illustrate everything that's wrong with the posted speed limits.
SEBBARU 6 months ago
WHY WOULD YOU VOTE FOR - OR OBEY A GOVERNMENT THAT MAKES YOU DRIVE AT 55MPH ON A FREEWAY???
In Europe the Freeway limits range from 70mph to unlimited...
upforlastnameleft 7 months ago
Well..the speed limit is set at the 85th percentile of driver's speeds...while its the 90-95th percentile of drivers in terms of speed who are the best/safest drivers (meaning they hit the least number of things)... Seems stupid that the best drivers are the ones who get in trouble.
The 55-65mph limit on just about every highway is just stupid. Going 80-90mph is common, even on the busy CA highways where the posted limit is 65.
Cosmo1093 7 months ago
im lucky i didnt have to work that day.
bcatz454 8 months ago
Dude, not cool. You hipsters are lucky that only other people's property got damaged.
There are almost as many impatient drivers as there are clowns who cruise in the passing lane. If my days in ATL are recalled correctly, quite a few of those impatient drivers are potentially violent people.
This serves to remind me that rubes don't necessarily hate smart people, they hate sucker-clowns who act smart.
Next time you jeopardize other people's safety, learn how to edit, fucknutz.
ManFromSaturn 8 months ago
Way too many cuts, poor editing. Also you guys should be given a ticket. The law is slower traffic move right.
proaudiohd 8 months ago
@proaudiohd Slower traffic to right, meaning slower than the speed limit. There really should be no need to go faster than the speed limit. Maybe to pass some big truck with stones falling off behind it, but even then that still is breaking the speed limit. Slower does not equal the speed limit, however this is how people drive.
MonopolyBag 7 months ago
@MonopolyBag - If other cars wish to pass, you need to move right and let them. That is the law and it applies regardless of speed or speed limits.
proaudiohd 7 months ago
@proaudiohd On most State Highways it's not a law for slower traffic to keep right just a courtesy. However, if you are going the speed limit and get over for someone to pass you are actually getting over to allow them to break the law. Think about it.
gacaptain 5 months ago
Terrible video. Great story!
RobRoyRed42 8 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
You were not obeying the law. Left lanes are only for passing. If you are in the left-most lane for an extended period you WILL be pulled over and you WILL get a ticket.
JimmyDThing 8 months ago
I thought i've heard that if there's 5 or more cars behind you because you're going too slow, you can get a ticket?
Ultimatt19 8 months ago
next time edit the video first, then you can have crack.
isti82 8 months ago
Fuck me that's some bad editing.
interesting idea, not being the the US im not sure on legality or anything like that..
celeda1 8 months ago
Terrible video, terrible idea. Can you retroactively fire the editor?
Also, you motherfuckers made some poor guy crash his car. Burn in hell, stupid hippies.
captainLAGER 8 months ago
@captainLAGER Seriously, do you not get the point of this video? Yeah the editing was pretty sub-par, but that "poor guy" broke his mirror because he was impatient and wanted to break a stupid law that should have been changed a LONG time ago. Also, how are they hippies for shedding light on a big issue? Get your facts straight before bashing other people who actually give a care in this world.
Jumbojet776 7 months ago
If you don't live in Georgia, you would realize how dangerous this is.
biceryen 8 months ago
Comment removed
Rattis86 8 months ago
Way to prove and academic point, you sociopathic motherfuckers. 55 mph laws are based on 1950s safety and 1960s efficiency. Look to the German autobahn for a model of how things should be for modern cars. You are extremely lucky nobody followed you down the offramp to give you some combination of a beatdown and/or run you off the road into a telephone pole.
chromal 8 months ago
@chromal According to cops and dumbass neo-conservatives, you're just a whining liberal who is mad they got a ticket for not agreeing with their system and licking their boots.
sociopathicregret 5 months ago
O_o no coment
RealProdigy 8 months ago
technical this is obstructing the flow of traffic and yes that is illegal, also it is illegal to block off the road in a moving road block scenario such as you did, it is legal to speed if thoes around you are speeding, i have been ticketed for it and let off but cops dont care due to the fact that the court fee is the same price as a ticket
vincemargiotta 9 months ago
You should have all been cited for impeding traffic.
desertsoldier22 9 months ago
@desertsoldier22 The idiots who put up the 55 mph limit should be cited for endangering motorists.
sociopathicregret 5 months ago 2
You Americans are obsessed with speed limits. Lack of lane discipline is far more dangerous than any level of speed. Most production cars can safely handle speeds over 130kph. Speed does not kill. it is the sudden stop. You can just as easily die at 100kph mph than at 200kph. Instead of being a bunch of punk activist you might want to pop your heads up and take a look at what has been tried and what works. You need unlimited speed sections, better roads and drivers, not slower speed limits
desertsoldier22 9 months ago
Comment removed
sociopathicregret 5 months ago
This is a ridiculously poorly edited video. Important point, annoying video.
drumkenoaf 9 months ago
well a funny idea but i don't see the point and the editing is downright retarded
flipperwhipper 9 months ago
I never speed but speeders are a good thing for traffic. If everyone went the speed limit it would clump up. Having people going different speeds keeps it mixed and spread out. Not clumping up and keeping your speed up by slowing down earlier are the tricks to no traffic.
dogtato 9 months ago
Cool idea and point. But the video editing on this is atrocious! Please, whoever edited this video, never make another film again.
xamindar 9 months ago 55
@xamindar My thoughts exactly!
NicleT 6 months ago
I find it very interesting that these students, who are oh so concerned about safety, spent pretty much the entire time they were driving either reading from papers they had on their steering wheels or looking at the cars to their rear or along side of them.
Nothing like self-absorbed children who know better than everyone else what everybody else should be doing.
sngaines9282 9 months ago
Bravo. You proved it! The speed limits are out of date.
To all the haters: if the speed limits were totally enforsed on everyone, you'all would be the first to bitch.
Safe driving, safe distances, and we could all go faster (like we already do)
2morowMan 9 months ago 2
If anything, this film has convinced me that speed limits need to be more strongly enforced, not adjusted to fit the whims of drivers. Thanks for proving that people are willing to risk their LIVES -- and the lives of other drivers around them -- to shave a measly five minutes off their travel time.
If you change the speed limit to 75 mph, you think everyone will be content to obey the NEW limit? FUCK THAT, they'll just start going 85-90 mph. People are just too damn impatient.
aKegofMeat 9 months ago 3
@aKegofMeat People already do 85-90. Have you ever driven in Atlanta? I lived there and I drove 75 and still had cars fly by me.
CaribbeanCharacter1 9 months ago
@aKegofMeat Not so. Have you ever driven on interstate highways? A lot of people are doing 75 mph in a 65 mph road. When you cross over to a state where the speed limit is 75 mph, most people don't change their speed (in my experience). That's a comfortable speed for those types of roads, apparently for most people.
There will always be a guy doing 20 mph over the posted limit. Don't let that distract from the real issue.
LedgemDK 9 months ago 2
@LedgemDK Our highways were designed for 75 to 80 miles per hour. This means the sight distance, horizontal and vertical curvature and super elevation was built and designed for 75 to 80+ miles per hour. The design vehicle was based on a typical 1940 - 1950's automobiles. Since today's vehicles handle and stop better than anything in 1950 you could drive 120mph with ease. However stubborn Americans do not give way to faster traffic like Europeans do.
blackjackmoon1 5 months ago 2
@blackjackmoon1 Exactly. It really comes down to driver attitudes. Passing on the right is basically unthinkable on the autobahn.
DrSanjayRape 3 months ago
Georgia code 40-6-40 (d) states-
"(d) No two vehicles shall impede the normal flow of traffic by traveling side by side at the same time while in adjacent lanes, provided that this Code section shall not be construed to prevent vehicles traveling side by side in adjacent lanes because of congested traffic conditions.
Last modified: April 25, 2006"
- So it all depends on what you consider "normal flow" to be. If that is in excess of the posted speed limit then the limit should be in question.
NimrodClover 9 months ago
@NimrodClover the film was made in 2006, this code was most likely added in response to their film
rangerd7 9 months ago
WOW
are these kids assholes or what?
Over-exaggerating everything, self-righteous mindset pissing everyone off that probably had things to do and not be part of these 'artistic' kids video project for school.
gabru678 10 months ago
@gabru678 WOW
u mad or what?
TheSaltyJohnson 10 months ago
@TheSaltyJohnson Yea, but its not just me but pretty much everyone that saw and commented on this video as well.
gabru678 10 months ago
@gabru678 You mad bro? People that are angry over this are exactly those types of people who fly down the road doing 85+ in a 55 or 60 zone. I can understand wanting to get somewhere fast, I've been running behind on getting to work a few times myself but when you endanger another human beings LIFE at the expense of a few minutes less travel time you are not fit to be called a human being.
mavyt 9 months ago
@mavyt you are part of the problem. There is very little difference between an accident at 60 and 80. Move out of the way and let people pass. Just because you don't think it is safe doesn't mean that you are qualified to make that judgement for others. One could argue that going over 40 mph isn't safe.
espedid 8 months ago 2
@espedid The part about the accidents being the same at 60 and 80 mph is BS, but setting speed limits politically and arbitrarily is also BS.
sociopathicregret 5 months ago
Just make the drivers test 3 times harder and you don't need a speed limit and you can still have one if the safest roads in the world. Just look at the Autobahn. Speed doesn't kill. Stupidity does!
dominick253 10 months ago
@dominick253 It must be heart breaking to know that the autobahn has enforced speed limits that can change in response to traffic speed and density.
mark4931 9 months ago
I hope you sent this to someone that can change the speed limit.... Like maybe the mayor or state rep.
MrFreshens 10 months ago
Fucking art students creating traffic jams. Editing was shit
Theonlyuberpickle 10 months ago
You aren't proving anything, you're just out there blocking lanes to provoke people. The speed limit law does not imply drive the exact same speed in all lanes. In fact there are laws against what you did.
A speed limit would imply an upper bounds, so in the non law breaking world some cars would go slower, others at the limit - allowing people to pass.
With all the giggling in this video it seems like the true intent was to annoy and to have passive aggressive power trips over people.
poopsmell65 11 months ago
@poopsmell65 If there is a law against it then the DOT doesn't know about it.... The Atlanta Journal quotes a spokesman for the DOT as saying that if the students weren’t blocking emergency vehicles and were going the speed limit, “they didn’t do a thing wrong.”
jmyler 10 months ago
Interesting point. I definitely agree that there are times where speed limits should be re-evaluated. Just so you know though, the Georgia code 40-6-40 (d) specifically prohibits blocking traffic like that, so it would've been justified for a cop to pull you over and give you a ticket. Not that I really care. I liked the video.
stuffzor 11 months ago
Who the hell edited this hunk of shit
Vaziki 1 year ago
Wow. Arts students have a lot of time for random acts of smuggery.
enterthekraken 1 year ago
Comment removed
TheNYCutube 1 year ago
I like this test, speed doesn't kill, like most people say these new cars have greater technology to help us. But we gotta maintain our cars, can't tell you how many cars have bald tires and shot brakes that's what can cause an accident. Plus people on cell phones, eating, putting on makeup, etc. People just don't know what to do on the road, like not obeying the keep right except to pass lane. Look at the autobahn, I bet they don't have as many accidents as we do.
TheJumper01 1 year ago
After all the set up, it would have been nice to see the final result without all the rewinding crap.
JonLeibow 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
I think you are dangerous because you don´t teach anything at anybody. You just play with your cars in a highway like other sick men driving at 100 mph. And worst you enjoy it.
cantaoustuzaguet 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
I think you are dangerous because you don´t teach anything at anybody. You just play with your cars in a highway like other sick men driving at 100 mph. And worst you enjoy it.
cantaoustuzaguet 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
I think you are dangerous because you don´t teach anything at anybody. You just play with your cars in a highway like other sick men driving at 100 mph. And worst you enjoy it.
cantaoustuzaguet 1 year ago
Comment removed
cantaoustuzaguet 1 year ago
Comment removed
cantaoustuzaguet 1 year ago
good work.
mouldghe 1 year ago
Holy crap, someone put a cork in that vampire wanna be's mouth.
I'll bet he spends more time doing his eyeliner than he does thinking about what comes out of his mouth.
damarei 1 year ago
You were actually breaking the law. (1) Keep to the right except to pass; (2) Slower traffic keep right; (3) Impeding traffic; (4) Arguably, Creating a public disturbance.
tsilb 1 year ago
@tsilb !) is not always a law, just a courtesy. 2) They weren't going slower than the people next to them; they were going the same speed. 3) Traffic was moving along AT THE SPEED LIMIT, so buy law, this was not impeding traffic. 4) That's the point: obeying dumb ass laws creates public disturbances.
khmacdonald713 1 year ago 20
@khmacdonald713 Hey bro, you got 4+ vehicles/drivers manipulating highway traffic for the purposes of a video documentary. You'd need to check local laws but this is considered stunt driving in a lot of jurisdictions.
zaq101 8 months ago
10/10 for the idea, MINUS 23000 for editing.
rndnum 1 year ago 2
Over 95% of motor vehicle accidents (MVAs, in the USA, or Road Traffic Accidents, RTAs, in Europe) involve some degree of driver behavior combined with one of the other three factors. Drivers (i.e., sociopathicregret) always try to blame road conditions, equipment failure, or other drivers for those accidents. When the facts are truthfully presented, however, the behavior of the implicated driver is usually the primary cause. Most are caused by excessive speed or aggressive driver behavior.
jhawkridge 1 year ago
@jhawkridge Excessive speed is fine, but don't mix that up with just 'speed'. There is no such thing as just 'speed' being a factor in an accident unless its something like a deer jumping in front of your car, in which case its stupid to drive 100 mph on a deer infested country road in the middle of the night with your brights off (and probably still stupid with them on, though a bit less). But that scenario is the driver's problem, since hitting a deer in a low car at 80 mph can kill you
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
If you actually read statistics, German accident death rates per _ miles traveled are less than here, and that includes many foreign drivers. Their system works. There are pile ups and reckless drivers everywhere. There will always BE reckless drivers....to a point. But there's no reason why "80 mph is bad" except social conditioning. If you're able to handle 80 and the conditions are good enough, there's no reason youd have a greater chance than someone who can handle 70 who is going 70.
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
@sociopathicregret ccording to the Federal Highway Administration, speeding causes as many as one-third of fatal accidents each year. Although progress has been made in the area of drunk driving, no progress has occurred in the area of speed-related accidents. Speeding isn't just driving faster than the posted speed limit; driving faster than conditions permit is also considered speeding and causes accidents.
jhawkridge 1 year ago
@sociopathicregret In 1998, nearly 42,000 people were killed in traffic crashes and almost 3.2 million more were injured, at a cost of over $150 billion. Speed - defined as exceeding the posted speed limit or driving too fast for conditions - is a factor in nearly one third of all fatal crashes.
jhawkridge 1 year ago
@jhawkridge Statistics like this use weasel words and don't differentiate between 'driving too fast for conditions' is correlated with 'driving above the posted speed limit'. Occasionally thats true, like in a severe rainstorm or a snow storm. There's zero evidence whatsoever that exceeding the posted speed limit causes accidents. There's no evidence that speed limits change actual traffic speeds. There's only evidence that 'reckless driving' is stupid and causes accidents.
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
@jhawkridge The main reason the speed limit thing you're saying doesn't work is because speed limits are often set arbitrarily based on politics. Traffic engineering fundamentals state that the 85th percentile speed of traffic is the PRIMARY concern in determining speed limits. 85th percentile speed limits are safest. Current speed limits are less safe. Low speed limits result in a few law abiding citizens disrupting the whole traffic flow and result in chaos.
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
@jhawkridge The 85th percentile speed limit on many East coast highways is about 80 or 85 mph. Setting the speed limits at those speeds would do little to change most drivers, but this tends to bring the faster and slower drivers a little closer to the middle as slower drivers feel a little more comfortable speeding up, and faster drivers aren't so angry and aggressive about the speed differentials which jam things up, so they run more with the flow of traffic. 85th % limits improve traffic flow
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
@sociopathicregret Research by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) found that when speed limits were raised by many states in 1996, travel speeds increased and motor vehicle fatalities went up significantly on Interstate highways in those states.
jhawkridge 1 year ago
@jhawkridge This study was primarily used to back the 55 - safety correspondence, but unfortunately it takes some things out of context and uses isolated examples rather than the whole picture. Traffic fatalities decreased or stayed the same at worst in the nation overall. Research also shows that the vast majority of drivers drive the same speed regardless of the posted speed limit; hence no reason why a speed limit change would affect speeds. Not to mention that correlation is not causation.
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
@jhawkridge They should implement a variable speed limit system on I-95 and I-295 here. No limit in minimal traffic and good conditions, 85 mph in normal traffic (except 75 or 80 in areas where the road is rougher like Philly), and reduced speeds of 75, 65, 55 etc dependin on weathr and traffic conditions. 75 on the Delaware bridge instead of the pathetic 50, also variable. Set up squads of troopers to hand out huge tickets to tailgaters and aggressive drivers. 2-3 of them and license taken
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
@sociopathicregret I completely guarantee you that if this system were set up in various places, traffic deaths would drop enormously. An urban freeway was changed from 55 to 70 in Michigan and aggressive driving incidents almost completely went away because all of traffic started flowing much much more smoothly. You really gotta read up on this issue more before you make assumptions, try the national motorists association (NMA)
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
@jhawkridge A caveat however; traffic speeds do go up over time with better vehicle features. Cars now have superior breaking and electronic steering that they didn't have in the 55 era, hence faster speeds.
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
@sociopathicregret Speed reduces the amount of available time needed to avoid a crash, increases the likelihood of crashing and increases the severity of a crash once it occurs.
jhawkridge 1 year ago
@jhawkridge Likelihood of a crash occurring ONLY if exceeding the safe speed for conditions, but this rarely means the speed limit, particularly when you're talking about 4 lane roads 800 feet from the back of a school posted 25 mph or 5 lane highways posted 55 for congestion, but safe at far faster when there's little congestion. Excessive speed is the factor, not *speed*. If you study transportation engineering, you will realize that 'speed' as a factor means a lot of things.
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
@jhawkridge It hardly means that "the driver crashed because they were exceeding the posted speed limit", it means that they were "presumed to be exceeding the speed limit" at the time of the accident, presumed to be driving too fast for conditions, and in general its a 'factor' ticked off in police reports indiscriminately and incredibly vague.
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
80mph not dangerous? Watch this!
youtube.com/watch?v=W1sM5I7HeCQ
jhawkridge 1 year ago
@jhawkridge 80 mph? You kidding? The driver was probably doing 70+ (possibly close to 80). The driver of the car that flipped was going at least 110, maybe more. He also wasn't paying attention enough, or tried to do some stupid shit like passing on the shoulder. He wasn't in control of his car. For his attention level he should have been driving slower. But that doesn't mean that NOBODY can drive 80, or 100, or 120 mph safely in any situation or that 55 is safer or scientifically engineered.
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
No. You are wrong. Increased speed increases both the risk of accident and the severity of the accident. There is a HUGE difference between going 55 and going 75. All your arguments "depend", "depend", "depend". Sure, everything "depends" on something else, but how many times in life are the conditions perfect???
Moreover, how many times are conditions in life not perfect? Get my point?
jhawkridge 1 year ago
@jhawkridge It increases the severity, not the risk. The conditions don't need to be perfect, just good enough. 80 mph is not dangerous; speed limits in Europe are 75 and 80 on most highways. Western speed limits are higher, even when the conditions are identical to eastern ones. Not to mention that the autobahn has no speed limit in most places and a much lower accident rate than US highways even with crappier Austrian drivers flooding it.
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
@jhawkridge Not to mention that our highways (particularly on the costs) are much wider and often of better quality than those in Europe. Theres more congestion, yes, but there are times when theres little congestion to justify the lower speed limit which was put in place because of congestion problems. Blanket speed limits dont work. As for the idea that 'higher speed limits mean more deaths', why stop at 55? Why not 25? 15? 2? Why does anyone have the right to draw the line at __ risk is okay?
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
@sociopathicregret Why does anyone have the right to drive at all? Actually, it is a privilege, NOT a right.
jhawkridge 1 year ago
@sociopathicregret No one was injured in this accident.
youtube.com/watch?v=EitmqUwtukc
Does that mean no one will ever get hurt in a 259 car pile upon the autobahn???
jhawkridge 1 year ago
@sociopathicregret OK. This is going nowhere. You win. Feel better? Just keep telling yourself that speed has no effect on accidents. Just because someone can drive well at 80 mph under "good" conditions, doesn't mean that accidents won't happen. But, you know better, so get out there and go get 'em tiger!
jhawkridge 1 year ago
@jhawkridge Travel is a right, driving is travel and a *conditional* right, provided that you can demonstrate adequate ability to maneuver a car as to be safe on the roads. This is going nowhere? Maybe you should be open minded enough to change your views. I used to believe what you did. Accidents do happen, but speed alone has no affect on accidents except for making them worse if they do happen. All the examples you showed me were 'reckless driving'. Speed limits are usually set politically
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
@sociopathicregret NO. You are absolutely wrong, driving is a privilege, which is why our tax dollars maintain the roads. Travel can be done by foot. Have at it.
jhawkridge 1 year ago
In 1998 the United States Department of Transportation reviewed the effects of speed on car accidents and discovered the following:
Crash risk is elevated for those who are traveling either slower or faster than the speed limit.
The likelihood of injury increase dramatically as speed increases beyond the traffic average.
jhawkridge 1 year ago
@jhawkridge Correction: Crash risk is elevated for those traveling faster or slower than the flow of traffic, which may or may not be t the posted speed limit. As for below, the government maintains its roads to be used by all able citizens, hence driving is not something that should be taken away arbitrarily without justifiable reason. Everyone has the *right* to use the roadways provided they demonstrate competency in piloting a vehicle, though the govt fails since the tests are too easy.
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
@sociopathicregret Here's your safe European drivers:
youtube.com/watch?v=Jhgv3czBBSM&feature=related
youtube.com/watch?v=KbdH-J6UoYI
youtube.com/watch?v=oHzozs64kYc
jhawkridge 1 year ago
@jhawkridge Okay, that happens to every single European driver. Yeah, right.
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
@sociopathicregret Not every driver, but it does happen, that's the point. Do you want to be the that it DOES happen to?
jhawkridge 1 year ago
@jhawkridge No, which is why I don't drive beyond my abilities, but driving 80 or 90 mph on a wide open highway with good visibility isn't going to increase my chance of crashing at all. It would make the crash worse if it DID happen, but since when is that a good criterion for anything? Who gives someone the right to set the danger threshold at 65 mph? How about 50 mph? 40? 30? At 20 there'd probably be practically NO deaths!
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
You guys are IDIOTS im surprised there were no accidents, what if someone had gotten hurt, bet you guys would have felt REAL stupid, and liable no doubt, not for going 55 but for blocking all those lanes, just stupid, just got to the end, and you were dangerous because you blocked all the lanes, not because you went 55, dumb a
bimmeracer325is 1 year ago
That's why I support higher highway speed limits (80 to unlimited) even if I wouldn't reach them....
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
As a pretty gentle driver, I personally don't like to drive that fast. I usually drive with the flow of traffic or a little slower. I prefer around 70/75 on the highways, not 90. That said, too many people assume everyone is like them; some people are more alert with fast reflexes. When I was a more energetic person, I had little problem with 85 on the highway. And no, I never tailgated people or drove like an asshole. I'd continue to drive 75 on the highway even if the limit was raised 30 mph..
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
its people like you that make traffic
footballfan190 1 year ago
88 people who got stuck in traffic that day
TheMiamifuentes 1 year ago
If they made the speed limit 65, everyone would go 80-85 and it wouldn't make things safer. Look at the crazies in this video swerving to the right to get around someone who's slower and tailgating all the cars in front of them. Impatience is the bigger problem here.
jetman1287 1 year ago
@jetman1287 Wrong, people drive the speed they're comfortable at regardless of the speed limit. Make the speed limit 80 and traffic will flow more smoothly, then pull over all the tailgaters
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
Great idea. Too bad it didn't change the speed limit.
ssarfati1 1 year ago
I like the cute girl near the end who didn't do anything.
theguyi26 1 year ago 2
NIIIICE "obediance" good job representing the intelligence of your university
theguyi26 1 year ago
We just need to upgrade our roads to autobahns. Simple idea, expensive to implement. Would solve a lot of issues though.
Bmr4life 1 year ago
Thompson v Smith:
"the right of a citizen to travel the public highways and transport his property there on is not a mere privilege which a city may prohibit or permit at will but a common law right which he has under the pursuit of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness. "
"the assertion of federal rights when plainly and reasonably made is not to be defeated in the name of local practice" Davis v Welsher
squillyb7718 1 year ago
@squillyb7718
"the claim and exercise of a constitutional right cannot be converted into a crime." Miller v US
American citizens due indeed have the inalienable right to use roadways in an UNRESTRICTED manor as long as they are not damaging the property or rights of others.
"the right to travel is part of the liberty of which the citizen can not be deprived without due process under the 5th amendment."
Kent v Dules
They break the law to collect revenue, end of story!!
squillyb7718 1 year ago
If more and more people started to do this, and CLOGGED THE "HIGHWAY" BY FOLLOWING THE LAWS, it could really create a problem which it's only solution would be to raise the speed limit. Then all drivers would benefit.
Ironically, what we need is this:
WE NEED MORE PEOPLE NOT BREAKING THE LAW (speed limit), SO WE CAN CHANGE THE SPEED LIMIT.
This is the kind of stuff (laws, speed limits) that works for the government because PEOPLE ARE STUPID. Intelligent people would do what this guys do.
luisdlcz 1 year ago
hippies....
MatthewShultz 1 year ago
I'd be just glad you didn't get shot.
The reason the speed limits have to stay so low is because there are so many people out there who flat out can not drive. The machines are set up to handle speed well above most posted limits. However, the abilities are no where near that. Until drivers tests become more up to date and require actual skill to get, then we shall have to live with it.
hankwvu 1 year ago
nidhi is hawwwwt
kronicmnemonik 1 year ago
Honestly I would take the curb lane to get in front of them, then slow down to 25, see how you douchebags like it.
Shadow14l 1 year ago
@Shadow14l
Honestly, you didn't get the point. . .
xmrgamerx 1 year ago
@Shadow14l what would be the point of that? how are they douchebags for not speeding?
hungryhhippo 1 year ago
@Shadow14l They where driving the posted speed. I don't see the problem.
startreking2007 1 year ago
@startreking2007 read Georgia Code Section 40-6-40(b):
Bmr4life 1 year ago
@Shadow14l either way, you're still driving slower than usual.
deliciousmorton 1 year ago
Comment removed
jhawkridge 1 year ago
I love the vid! And agree that a lot of speed limits are just traps. But in some states, not allowing a faster vehicle to pass (even if they are breaking the speed limit) is considered obstructing traffic (could be a doctor or some other emergency situation).
Also, 25 mph might not seem fast at all, but try running top speed into a brick wall! You can run maybe 16 mph tops. Now think about what it would feel like to get hit by a car at 25 mph! Now imagine getting hit at 55! 65!! 75!!!!!
jhawkridge 1 year ago
@jhawkridge typically, pedestrians are not allowed on highways, so i don't see how getting hit by a vehicle travelling 55,65, or 75 mph. would apply.
deliciousmorton 1 year ago
@deliciousmorton accidents don't just happen to pedestrians, although there are people who walk on freeways, and there are roads that are not freeways where the speed limit is 55 or more. The point is getting hit by a car WILL hurt!
What's your point?
jhawkridge 1 year ago
@jhawkridge True, getting hit by a car will hurt. Hitting a pedestrian at 25 mph is enough to kill the person. Hitting a pedestrian at 65 mph won't make the person more dead than hitting them at 25 mph.
deliciousmorton 1 year ago
@deliciousmorton 8^O That's the point you're trying to make??????
PLEASE don't reply to me again! Thanks!
Driving at 65 as compared to 25 increases the chances that you will hit a pedestrian or another vehicle increases exponentially!
jhawkridge 1 year ago
@jhawkridge To hit a pedestrian at a speed, you not only have to be driving too fast for your capability (this varies, and most people do not); you have to be inattentive, miss environmental cues, and you likely would have been driving a lot faster than 25 if you hit them at 25 mph because you'd take a lot of speed off. Someone was going about 45 100 or so feet behind me and rear ended me at only 10-15 mph. It has little to do with the speed limit.
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
@sociopathicregret yes and accidents happen. People walk out into the street without any clues, bicycles encounter obstacles that motorists don't pick up on.... Drivers are distracted by (#1) cell phones, pretty girls, missed turns, etc... I don't get your point either.
My point is that 2 tons of steel (and plastic) can do some damage at almost any speed.
Also if you hit something at 25, that means you are going 25 ("you'd take a lot of speed off" ???)
jhawkridge 1 year ago
I think you misunderstood. If you hit something going 25, it means that BEFORE you hit the brakes, you were probably going 55 in a typical inattentive driver scenario. Therefore, putting the speed limit arbitrarily low doesn't mean that people are going to hit people going '35 instead of 25'; youd have to be going about 65 mph initially to hit someone going 35. Many roads are open enough with good visibility so that if you're an attentive driver, you WON'T hit someone.
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
@sociopathicregret You presume that drivers that hit people and objects react fast enough to hit the brakes. Many do not, and it doesn't matter anyway. However you look at it, vehicles are potentially dangerous. Alert, polite respectful drivers still often hit pedestrians who suddenly dart out into the street. And when that happens, there is little time to hit the brakes and slow down first.
jhawkridge 1 year ago
@jhawkridge I think you would find that most drivers that hit pedestrians are doing one of the following: Driving far too fast in a highly pedestrian dense area where pedestrians are actually out in large numbers; driving too fast in poor visibility (curves, weather, or otherwise), inattention/talking on the cell phone, etc. There are flukes, but that's the vast majority. Modern cars take off a lot of speed while braking....more than you might think. Think 60-0 in about 120 feet, less for 60-25
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
@sociopathicregret If there's good visibility...a pedestrian CANNOT just jump out in front of you, because if attentive you can see far enough. If you're in a narrow street with tons of parked cars, yes that can happen, though you usually still have some time because pedestrians tend not to go when you're literally *right* there as much as a little further back (its much easier to tell that a car is right there as opposed to coming). In those narrow crowded places driving fast is stupid...
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
@sociopathicregret You make a lot of presumptions about visibility, stopping distances, road conditions, etc., and you seem to be OK with the few deaths caused by what you infer as exceptions. I'm still not sure what your point is.
jhawkridge 1 year ago
@jhawkridge Accidental deaths are inevitable. As long as cars move at all faster than about 25, they will happen. Not to mention that if a pedestrian breaks the traffic rules when crossing and just runs out into the road out of nowhere, it is their fault, not the driver. But the majority of pedestrian accidents aren't like that. The vast majority of accidents are 'crashes' because they are completely avoidable. The point...setting limits low serves no purpose because speed alone isnt a problem.
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
@sociopathicregret I agree with all you said, except the last bit. Slower driving seed means more time to react, more time to be aware of what's going on around you. Hey, I don't like the speed limits on some roads, and I've gotten my share of tickets, but just because we don't like it, it doesn't mean that driving faster is as safe as driving slower. How can you imply such a thing???
jhawkridge 1 year ago
@sociopathicregret I agree with all you said, except the last bit. Slower driving speed means more time to react, more time to be aware of what's going on around you. Hey, I don't like the speed limits on some roads, and I've gotten my share of tickets, but just because you or I don't like it, it doesn't mean that driving faster is as safe as driving slower. How can you imply such a thing???
jhawkridge 1 year ago
@jhawkridge Depends on where it is, and it depends on the person and vehicle. Driving over a certain threshold, which varies from driver to driver, is dangerous because you don't have enough time to react. But there's no need to drive 55 on an open highway, not to mention that its safer to go with the flow of traffic. Speed alone isn't a problem, its misuse of speed. Driving faster is as safe or safer than driving slower in many circumstances, but only to a certain point depending on the above.
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
Comment removed
jhawkridge 1 year ago
@sociopathicregret Driving where you don't expect to see pedestrians is just as dangerous if not more so, just for the fact that you do not expect to see them.
jhawkridge 1 year ago
@jhawkridge In open visibility, you can see pedestrians much further away. It's not like they just run towards your car at 50 mph.
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
@jhawkridge And of course, most people drive slower in areas with very poor visibility. But the real road problems are tailgating, driver inattention, intoxication, unsafe lane changing, and driving too fast for the conditions. None of that has to do with exceeding an arbitrary speed limit of 55 on an open highway. Not to mention that many speed limits contradict each other; the same type of road will be posted 25, 35, and 45 in 3 different places.
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
@sociopathicregret But you are correct here, from another driver's point of view, other drivers who are tailgaters, inattentive, uncooperative, clueless and downright impolite, are problems on the road. But they aren't always the sole cause of accidents.
jhawkridge 1 year ago
@jhawkridge The causes of the vast majority of accidents are what I outlined, plus some responsibility falls on pedestrians to not just 'jump out in the road from behind a stand of trees' or something. In that case, its really the pedestrians fault. You'll find that most people slow down when bikers or pedestrians are near the road.
sociopathicregret 1 year ago
just do what every one els does and obay the law...or speed its simple..by the way we have done this in the uk many many times over the price of fuel so its nothing i havnt seen before your not that good
britdemo 1 year ago
I only came here to comment on the video, and I just have to say I hate the video. Not because of what they did though, but because of their 2 minutes worth of commenting so that we are forced to listen to their side and have to follow their mind set, and the editing at the end.
Why can't you just do this, and just let the people choose what to think, instead of forcing your opinions on other people?
pirajacinto4 1 year ago
Wow, what incredible douchebags.
FarKalkir 1 year ago
The way traffic (specifically how people brake) works, there were people behind you were going 25-35 MPH.
Did you guys think what would happen if there were an emergency?
tpmc12 1 year ago
@tpmc12 I've seen emergency vehicles make their way through stand still traffic jams with without incident. That was in a traffic jam where the vehicles weren't moving. In this case, all of the vehicles are moving. Emergency workers have dealt with worse.
deliciousmorton 1 year ago
love the video -- I would re mix the audio track to balance the voices and the music though -- I had to adjust the volume constantly
still though - very cool video.
Camper1234599 1 year ago
I thought this idea was great. And fuck anyone who thinks that this idea was lame. Anyone who can't see the genius in this obviously never really got ticketed before. The laws need to be changed and sometimes doing something like this is the only way to make the point.
jonesrbd 1 year ago 5
Comment removed
jonesrbd 1 year ago
That was pretty lame. Driving the speed limit is one thing, but deliberately driving in formation like is asinine and doesn't prove anything other than you guys have too much time on your hands. That and you are looking to get hurt. With all the crazy drivers out there, I'm surprised you didn't get run off the road or a gun pointed in your direction.
duckstermcquack 1 year ago
nice work, i agree 100% with your idea
Neaishqs 1 year ago
Another group did the same between Lansing,MI and Detroit in the '70's. Going the speed limit, they got ticketed for " obstructing traffic".
2161jeff 1 year ago 4
This comment has received too many negative votes show
that was the most stupid idea any one could ever have you didnt even have a plan just drive like a bunch of assholes? wtf
thisaintron 1 year ago
As a fellow Georgia driver, I agree that maybe our laws could use some reworking (other than the super speeder law). But the main issue here is that people need to learn how to drive.
tiger7577 1 year ago
They do know that the point of those extremely straight multilane highways is that you can safely go a lot faster than you could otherwise, right?
I mean, even Arkansas has the speed limit of such roads up to 75mph.
trlkly 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Ball busters. You could have caused an accident. If I need to pass you, then move the f**k over. Left laners unite!
yagwyag 2 years ago
Well, they did change the law. They enacted the super speeder law to give you an additional $200 ticket (the first time, goes up from there) if you do over 85 on any highway- otherwise known as the flow of traffic.
sweetdaddydelicious 2 years ago
This is fucking awesome! Great work guys!
xavierboy24 2 years ago 2
@xavierboy24 They should do it again but with few hundred people to really fuck things up. That might actually cause a mini riot lmao.
prooc 2 years ago
hahahah that was fkn great
69gringo69 2 years ago