I rarely drive through there.

But I have to ride my brakes to keep from coasting faster than 25 MPH.

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Use them in a residential area. . I can't believe that some folks really think they should drive any speed they choose, especially in this town. Not accusing you at all, but you know what I mean. PTC is full of walkers/joggers/little kids on bikes etc. We have paths every where coming out on residential streets. I'm not comfortable at over 25 MPH in these areas. I don't care whose fault it would be, hitting someone in my car is NOT an option I want to live with the rest of my life.

Yep. I have brakes.

But if one cannot see potenial pedestrian and other issues at 30 or 35 MPH, and react, one should not be driving.

And if one cannot see at 35 and react, going 25 isn't going to change a thing.

So, you not being comfortable sets the speed?

Yes, the law is the law.

But, I remember when 55 max was going to save lives. All it did was increase highway congestion and the number of accidents.

Tell me, where on Planterra Way are there blind spots that prevent one from seeing what is in front of them?

I believe the bigger problem is trying to compensate for folk on the road who should not have licenses to begin with. And we got a good number of them in Fayette.

Lowest common denominator is a bad rule for licensing people and making laws.

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I can see them fine, probably better than most, but can they see me?

There is a big difference in stopping distances between 25 and 35. It is not linear at all, it goes up exponentially in relation to speed. Generally braking distqance is .06 times speed squared. Reaction time goes also, it is generally considered to be 1.1 times the speed.

So yes, there is a BIG difference in 35 or 25.

It can be summed up as follows.

#1 The reaction time distance (in feet) = 1.1 times the speed (in miles per hour);
#2 The braking distance = 0.06 times the speed squared;
#3 Thus the total stopping distance = (1.1 × speed) + (0.06 × speed2)

Highway speeds and residential speeds are no in way comparable in any safety analysis.

I realize you don't like to be disagreed with, but in this case, you are wrong thinking there is no difference in 35 and 25. Using the above formula taken from HHTSA site, the aprox stopping time from 25 MPH is 63.6 feet and it jumps to 112 feet at 35 MPH. That's well over 2 car lengths in most cases, almost 50 feet. That is a considerable difference, and is one reason people speeding through residential areas should be ticketed at every opportunity.

And as well sometimes higher speed enables one to get past the point of danger.

Braking is not the solution in all issues. Sometimes flooring the car is.

Other than someone backing out of a driveway, where does the difference in stopping distance demand an accident must happen?

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It seems that they save the really big ones for the cart paths. On some of the hills a cart driver places his spine and passengers at risk.