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pclmulqdqyesterday at 8:29 PM1 replyview on HN

Nobody goes 70 mph on freeways. They go 80 mph on that road because it's the speed of traffic. If you declared a "speed limit reset" and raised the speed limit to 80 mph, people won't be going 90 mph. They will be going the speed limit.


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saalweachteryesterday at 9:42 PM

So "the actual safe limits of modern cars" just means "the speed everyone is currently driving"?