Radoslaw, it seems to me two things are going on here. One is simply a mistake of fact: Speed limits are ~not~ a good candidate for standardization. An upper limit of 120mph would be possible in Texas but insane in North Carolina. You said pretty much the same thing in your original post: In Poland you use 140kph, but in Germany they use...nothing, I guess, except the local policeman's judgement as to whether you're driving safely. Why then do you say it should be different here? I'm guessing you're thinking of the USA as being a single country in the same way Poland is a single country (so why can't the US have a single speed limit like Poland?). But the USA has almost (not quite) the area of Europe. Of course its geography varies considerably, and its speed limits should do the same.
The other thing you're ignoring is the issue of sovereignty. I'm guessing you're thinking of the USA as a single country, and assuming the national government can (and should) impose a standardized speed limit on its subdivisions. But as I said in another post, we are a collection of states, not of provinces; the federal government wasn't given that authority. Of course the states can individually agree on standardized rules for some things (not speed limits), IF THEY CHOOSE TO - just as Poland can agree to use the same electrical standards as other sovereign nations, for convenience. But Poland has the authority to decide that - and I'm sure there are subjects on which Poland has decided not to go along with everyone else in EU, for reasons that no doubt seem good to Poland. --- Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 /* Miss Manners has also observed that when children are truly allowed to express their preferences, uninfluenced by the dreary adult expectation that they must all be artistic and original little noble savages, they come out resoundingly in favor of rigid traditionalism. The devotion to ritual exhibited by the average toddler in regard to his bedtime routine would make a nineteenth-century English butler look like a free spirit. -from "Miss Manners' Guide to Rearing Perfect Children" by Judith Martin */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 09:27 So they make pointless differences because they can. Bingo. You know we (Poland) are independent country and we have some kind of states (województwo), but driving rules are common and much more similiar to other countries in EU than your states one to another. And we have the same voltage and frequency as the rest of Europe. Why there is no 135V in Texas and 50Hz in Dakota? That would prove "certain powers" of those states. Again: standarization is good thing. You have a lot of de facto standards which are good or not necessarily needed. Speed limits and other driving rules are good candidates for standarization. > > --- On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 7:16 AM R.S. <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Federal limits, state limits... This is something I don't understand. >> Standarization is good thing and common rules are easier to follow. >> I just checked - 85mph in Texas, even for trucks. And 55mph in District >> of Columbia (not to mention Guam). From the other hand Residential Areas >> limits vary from 15 to 55mph. >> Howeve it is matter of simple table with different values for each row >> (state), because the columns (rules) vary also. That lead to confusion. >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: R.S. >>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2020 7:23 AM >>>> >>>> My opinion: I like american cars and roads. However I don't understand >>>> common speed limit 55 mph which is in my opinion too low for the road >>>> on desert. >>>> >>>> BTW: Here in Poland default limit on highway is 140 km/h. However in >>>> Germany default is ...your sanity. No speed limit. Most cars have >>>> factory limit at 250 km/h, but not luxury ones. And yes, it is legal >> to drive 300 km/h Of course this is for highways only. And speed limit >> signs may reduce it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
