Comments on: Florida’s Highway Speed Limit May Increase To 75 MPH

By: 1-56

1-56 — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 18:29:37 +0000

I do not like the alligator alley. (I-75 from us 27 to collier blvd) TOO LONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Coronel Lee

Coronel Lee — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:00:22 +0000

Driving 10 mph over the speed limit and being passed all the time. Heck the reasoning is everyone is driving 10 over the limit so will raise the limit by 5 mph. Ya’ll needed to drive pedal to the floor and text and pretend your driving NASCAR!

By: WarEagle007

WarEagle007 — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 16:18:13 +0000

I’m all for raising the speed limits everywhere. If you aren’t comfortable doing 75 then stay in the right hand lane and let us who are drive on! Stay save and put the pedal to the metal!

By: 429SCJ

429SCJ — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 13:02:38 +0000

@Troubled, ” I am already being passed at 65mph, like I am sitting still”.

I used to share those same feelings that you are now experiencing, until I went and did something about it.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 06:39:17 +0000

CONTEMPLATING:
“But here’s the reasoning:

845 miles / 70 mph = 12.07 hours (more than half a day)
845 miles / 75 mph = 11.27 hours (less than half a day)”

Of course, you’d have to fill up on the run to keep average speed the same as maximum speed or call time refuelling not part of travel time.

David for exciting times

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 06:30:19 +0000

REGARDING:
“In any relatively modern vehicle the danger is not the speed it is traveling, they are all safely capable of much faster speeds. The real danger is the speed difference,”

Nah, speed is still a major factor. People are nearly never killed while driving 45 mph. People are frequently killed driving faster than that because we can’t bring ourselves to go so slowly.

Further, kinetic energy increases with the square of the velocity.
75 versus 65 has about 33% more energy to kill those involved in a collision.
75 versus 55 has about has about 86% more energy.
75 Versus 45 has about 2.78 times as much energy.

And of course there is the reaction time.
If something goes wrong or if the driver is distracted, the car goes much farther if it is going much faster, making a collision more likely in the first place.

Give us robot cars which are always paying attention and ready to respond in milliseconds and the danger of faster driving would be offset by reduced likelihood of a collision in the first place.
Until then we are just deciding we don’t mind the extra deaths as long as we get to go faster.

David for better drivers
even if they are made of silicon

By: SHO-NUFF

SHO-NUFF — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 05:01:54 +0000

RE: Molino Jim
“I guess that means you could drive 75 to 80 on h’way 97 and pass on the hills and curves north of Dixie Feed Mill.”

It happens now on Hwy 97.

Interstate Hwy’s were designed for high speed travel. 4 lanes with a wide median, on and off ramps to merge and gradual curves. 75 MPH is a safe speed, or faster.
Hwy 29 or worse, Hwy 97 present blind hills, sharp curves, school bus stops, driveways, farm equipment and occasional livestock and deer. Not good places for high speed travel.

I don’t understand why vehicle crashes are called “accidents”. 99% of wrecks have a root cause directly related to the driver. Rarely is it the fault of the road, like a pot hole or the road surface failed. And rarely the fault of the vehicle, like a tire blow out or brake failure, though this was more common years ago.

Drivers either exceed there capabilities of controlling whatever they are driving, or distracted.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 04:08:08 +0000

In any relatively modern vehicle the danger is not the speed it is traveling, they are all safely capable of much faster speeds. The real danger is the speed difference, if everyone is moving at basically the same speed, and of course safe distances, and only using the left lane to pass, it will usually be fine. The 15mph sudden slow down when 90% of the traffic is doing 80…. That causes trouble.

By: molino jim

molino jim — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:53:34 +0000

I guess that means you could drive 75 to 80 on h’way 97 and pass on the hills and curves north of Dixie Feed Mill.

By: SHO-NUFF

SHO-NUFF — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:04:42 +0000

I was under the impression years ago when the max speed limit was 55 MPH, it was in place to save on fuel economy.
Doesn’t fuel cost more now than it did back then? Or do the newer vehicles get better mileage at 75 instead of 55 MPH?