Driving on the highway seems like I'm stressing the car

[Zaphod]

Originally Posted by JBIZZ

As far as posted speed goes, most posted speed limits were intially enacted when cars were far less safe, such as cars with 4 drum brakes, no air bags, no seat, belts & no crumple zones.

Traffic conditions were also much lighter than they are today and people had more common sense.

Yay for anti-lock disc brakes, but air bags, crumple zones and seat belts do absolutely nothing to help prevent an accident, which is the whole point of the speed limit in the first place.

I'm no angel but I know when I'm taking a risk by speeding and I don't go for sissy cop outs like that.