guys go 55 (the speed limit) in atlanta, in all the lanes Options

[Clint]

jesus, did a few of you even listen to what their point of doing this was ? It wasn't to create a traffic jam, in fact there was no traffic jam, just a lot of cars going the speed limit. Their point was to show how ridiculous the 55mph speed limit was on that particular road. And how can you call that impeding traffic when the cars were all going the speed limit.

Not speeding does not equal impeding traffic. Now going 55 in a 70 in a left hand lane = impeding traffic.

[John6.7]

Not speeding does not equal impeding traffic.

not getting out of the way of faster cars is impeding traffic.

[Rocky]

Here's something to ponder, in Houston, if you are in the fast lane and not going 90 you will be run off the road. However, there are police up and down the beltway and they never pull these people over, why? Because they are going with the flow of traffic.

What these kids did, while funny, is pretty stupid. They created a major traffic jam that could have been relieved had people been allowed to pass. Doing something like this in Houston would get you shot, literally.

Texas law states that you are to go with "the flow of traffic" but that doesn't mean everybody can legally fly at 90.


Just because some cops don't act on something doesn't imply that it is "ok"

[Clint]

not getting out of the way of faster cars is impeding traffic.

incorrect.

[woody]

that is completly...badass

This post has been edited by woody: Mar 2 2006, 12:18 AM

[woody]

ya, if the law says speed limit 55...then that's the speed limit.
there's also (at least a texas) a minimum speed d (45?)
so you have to go at least 45 and not more than 55 in the given case...

is it illegal to go over 55...yes.
if it 'slows' down traffic...well it shouldn't slow down traffic cause they can't be doing more than 55..

[Divergent Realit...]

the only people in the video directly impacted were the people directly behind the wall and those to maybe 50 feet back. you can see it in the video, after a point it filters to look like normal traffic, just going 55. it didnt look much different from the opposite lane of the highway.

[schwab]

either way, the point was the speed limit needs to be raised