If the government doesn't want us speeding. Why do manufacturers still produce vehicles that go over 100/mph. Or rather, why did they even produce cars to go that fast in the first place?
If the government doesn't want us speeding. Why do manufacturers still produce vehicles that go over 100/mph. Or rather...
To run from tornadoes, duh.
>Why do manufacturers still produce vehicles that go over 100/mph. Or rather, why did they even produce cars to go that fast in the first place?
Because the government telling private companies what to do is Communism.
>emissions
This almost baited me hard.
God Emperor Trump will defund the EPA.
Exactly.
Stay wrong drugfag
muh corporations right lmao?
It would be extremely difficult to build something that doesnt break the speed limit.
An 8hp 200lb motorcyle can do 55mph. (Breaking all lower speedlimits)
A 60hp 2000lb car can do 100mph. (Breaking all speedlimits)
So you would need a different vehicle for each speed?
How do you propose this works OP?
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You can simply use a governor like most duty diesel engines have.
Fast cars are a valuable source of income for the government from stealth taxes (speeding fines).
But then the consumer is in control of the governor.
So they can shut it off and speed.
privately owned prisons my friend
Make it a felony.
Chad and Stacie don't know anything about a governor.
>why did you go to prison
I was speeding
>oh i murdered and raped women.
Cool
>prepare your anus
Ok
It has to switch somehow to the higher speeds. How do you accomplish this?
Manufacturers have entered gentlemen's agreements many times in the past so the government wouldn't. Though they're taken more and more lightheartedly and I fear that the risk of new legislation is steadily increasing.
>It has to switch somehow to the higher speeds. How do you accomplish this?
keep it governed to 55, lower speeds are the responsibility of the driver.
or do like two stroke diesels and just ride the governor to max RPM and choose the gear you want based on the speed.
So people can still speed?
Also how would anyone use a freeway?
Because manufacturers would lobby the shit out of it. No one wants to build a car that's restricted at 70 MPH.
>So people can still speed?
insofar as 55 is speeding.
>Also how would anyone use a freeway?
Why do you need to go over 55 on a freeway?
It's unnecessarily slow
>Why do you need to go over 55 on a freeway?
cause this isn't the 1970s
There are far fewer accidents on freeways. So its pointless to reduce speed.
And people could still speed on the regular roads. Which is a much bigger issue.
So... again... none of this works
>It's unnecessarily slow
You wanted speed limits friendo.
If you haven't been paying attention, i'm arguing against speed limits btw.
Easiest way is aero so it's drag limited
Thats horribly inefficient and unsafe
Look, I used to be a test engineer for Harley-Davidson. The gov't regulations were insane, not only on what we had to test for, but how we tested and how our testing devices were calibrated. Every industry has its own crazy set of gov't regs. That's all I was trying to say.
lol rodger is such a good image for this post
Go drive a car that can only do 70 at 70 for your entire commute and tell me how that works out.
Because speed limiting cars is a liability.
>poor Jacinto could not outrun that tornado in his limited car and is kill
>GM you owe us 14bajillion bucks
>this entire thread
Are you absolutely retarded? 55mph on highways? Banging off the limiter just to cruise? There's fundamentally no difference in regards to quantity of accidents between crushing on a highway at 55mph and 80mph provided everybody is doing a similar speed and the accidents that do occur tend to clipping blindspots which again, is a non issue if the drivers are at similar speeds (which they would be for this to happen) but let's make the speed limit 55mph so people can be extremely frustrated while they drive unreasonably slowly and spend significantly longer driving because some retard who makes up half assed ideas as he goes along said so. Accidents significantly with time driven, not distance
This is the sort of thing I'd expect an alcoholic middle aged woman to email random politicians about because "I don't know how cars work but muh chilluns"
Accidents increase with time*
Sleep hard. Besides how retarded OP would have to misunderstand accidents and traffic this much, you'd blow your fucking engine out instantly
>government
>manufacturers
ARE THEY ONE AND THE SAME? What country are you from, OP?
Cars in Europe are electronically limited to 155mph.
yeah german cars do that so they can sell you the 280 kph/unlocked upgrade
Fucking cucks.
My '06 STi was limited to 155. All it took was a $100 used cobb accessport v1 and I was flyin' in the 170s.
If the EPA is gone, does that mean that the rotary engine will live again? The main reason Mazda axed it was due to them no longer meeting emissions standards.
>limited to 55
>interstate limit is 75 here
OK
Because you can go as fast as you want on private roads.
>The main reason Mazda axed it was due to them no longer meeting emissions standards.
Also they are shit, like everything else Mazda makes.
Coast Guard forces jet ski manufacturers to artificially limit their PWCs to 70mph. The new ones can do 85 out of the box, and with a new computer, a re-pitched impeller, and some ride plate magic could hit almost 100. So yes, communism is alive and well.
>Why do you need to go over 55 on a freeway?
Because the limit is 70.
Mazda was going to reuse the 20b for the rx8, but no, fucking epa regulations wouldn't let them.
Didn't Harley Davidson also cheat emissions?
No, and I actually worked in the building where all emissions testing was done for H-D until 2010; I believe it's in Arizona now.
They got in trouble by selling performance tuners through their dealerships - labeled for "off-road use only" - that raised emissions and somehow the EPA fined them $15,000,000 for that.
cars go fast because of consumer demand but they also have governess. most cars sold will be electronically limited to a maximum of 110-130mph which has as much to do with the speed ratings of the tires the car comes with as it does with anything else .
US governments would prefer that cars were limited to 55mph but consumer demand is such that it wouldn't fly.