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Re:Tesla Completes L.A.-to-New York Electric Model S Drive C... by encoderer on Monday January 27, 2014 @04:28PM (#7133364)
Aside from perhaps Montana/etc I've never seen a highway with a single 75MPH speed limit. There is always a lower limit for big trucks, usually 55 or 65mph. You in a Tesla driving 65 in the right lane is not going to affect traffic much. In the wide open spaces, there's enough room it doesn't matter. In cities, there's enough traffic to push realized speeds below posted limits anyway.
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Re:Tesla Completes L.A.-to-New York Electric Model S Drive C... by protomyth on Monday January 27, 2014 @04:51PM (#7133531)
"Aside from perhaps Montana/etc I've never seen a highway with a single 75MPH speed limit"

Well, South Dakota I-90 where Tesla put their chargers is a single 75mph on a very busy two lane interstate with a lot of truck traffic.

Minnesota is a single 70mph on I-90. Thinking about it, I haven't seen a split speed limit in the upper plains.

"You in a Tesla driving 65 in the right lane is not going to affect traffic much."

"In the wide open spaces, there's enough room it doesn't matter."

You are going to be a nice blocker in traffic that generally flows along at 75 - 85 mph. It is a very busy truck corridor and you going 65mph is going to be a problem.

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Re:Tesla Completes L.A.-to-New York Electric Model S Drive C... by pnathan on Monday January 27, 2014 @05:40PM (#7133895)
Utah has an 80 MPG speed limit north-south. It's really quite fun rolling along at 80-85. I would hate to come across someone rolling at 60, it starts to become a hazard at that kind of delta between vehicles.
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