So this is what it would look like if everyone drove the speed limit

[skywalker]

AFter receiving numerous tickets for basically going with the flow of traffic on I-285 here in Atlanta, a college student decides to show what it would be like in this City if everyone was forced to drive the speed limit on I-285 (speed limit is 55, average flow of traffic is 75-80, sometimes faster, occassionally slower.)

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5366552067462745475&q=meditation+speed

 

[foghorn67]

I stopped it. I can't stand the extreme close-ups of the dude in eye shadow.

 

[skywalker]

it gets bad, they come across one area where there is virtually no traffic at that time of day and the freeway is empty...until they come over the hill. But darned if they were not driving the speed limit.

 

[propellerhead]

That's funny. I expected a more dramatic ending though.

 

[5.0StangRacer]

soooo did they just do that for the hell of it...or are they actually trying to get the law changed, or just bitchin about it

 

[skywalker]

soooo did they just do that for the hell of it...or are they actually trying to get the law changed, or just bitchin about it

It was done for Campus Movie Fest. Apparently (I don't know any of them or go to there school, I go to the school across the street from their dorms which is several blocks from their actual campus...i know that sounds like 6 degrees of seperation or something but that's how they are over there at GSU) the one guy had been getting tickets for essentially driving with the flow of traffic in this area (I've driven it and can attest that it averages 75 through there...75 EASILY...I've been passed while going 85 through there if that tells you anything.) So he had been thinking of a way to show how stupid the 55 mph speed limit on the perimeter is. Mix that with his participating in CMF and this is what you get. CMF is a movie festival where college students do short films like this.

 

[Cannoball888]

That's funny. I expected a more dramatic ending though.

What do you mean? That twangy 70's funk riff at the end was the ****zle fo rizzle

 

[doug68hoss]

i thought it was pretty cool ..i hate double standards when it comes to the law and stuff..not that this is really a double standard..but people have to choose between doing things 2 different ways...and actually obeying the law is only the right way..but society in general would not want to change what they are used too..breaking the law ..me included..but dont ticket me and then not the other guy or lady.

 

[jikelly]

That was cool. The 55mph seedlimit is STUPID!!

Speedlimits in general are dumb I think, with the exception of those in school zones and in resditual neighborhoods.

 

[69Rcode_Mach1]

Some speed limits are fairly ridiculous. You do realize that it is a proven statistics that the number of accidents on the highway decrease the faster people go up to 95mph. After that though they begin to decrease. Don't quote me though.

 

[mustangphil]

Interesting. They look like a bunch of geeks to me though.

 

[RWDtech]

lol imagine if someone was trying to get to the hospital in an emergency or something while they were doing that "experiment"

 

[NoKitten]

I've been visiting my dad in Macon, and I know what the heck they're talking about now! btw, I'll be here til the 18th.

 

[65ShelbyClone]

There is a section of the 5 here just north of Santa Clarita that the heavy rains took out over a year ago. They've been working on it, so its a contruction area. On the side of the freeway(southbound) that stays four lanes and goes straight, they cut the speed limit down to 45. Keep in mind the limit is 10 higher than in that video(65). On the northbound side where it necks down to three lanes and weaves all over the place to avoid the construction, its still 65. How much sense does that make?

Answer: plenty. Average speed through the 45 zone is 70-75. 30 over the limit in a construction zone is a HUGE ticket and the CHPs love writing them.