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Re:Life expectancy declines seen in U.S. and other high-inco... by volkl48 on Thursday August 23, 2018 @02:06AM (#17824962)
The socially agreed upon limit, is the speed of traffic. That is after all, the speed society is driving.

The legal limit often has no relation to it and no basis in science or common sense. Not to mention a failure to account for progress in vehicle development, tire technology, etc.

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Re:Life expectancy declines seen in U.S. and other high-inco... by Fire-Dragon-DoL on Saturday August 25, 2018 @12:30AM (#17839548)
There are various streets where the social limit is higher than the legal one. In Rome there is a place where the speed limit is 50km/h but everyone (literally) drives at 90 km/h. When someone drives at 50 on thay street it endangers the whole traffic.
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Re:Life expectancy declines seen in U.S. and other high-inco... by bopbop on Thursday August 23, 2018 @09:09AM (#17826911)
That would only be true if the whole of society was driving and we took an average.

The socially agreed upon limit is the legal limit.

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