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lupirelast Thursday at 5:32 PM1 replyview on HN

For one thing, the speed limit is intentionally set 5-10mph too low, specifically to make it easier to prove guilt when someone breaks the "real" speed limit.


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JoshTriplettlast Thursday at 7:03 PM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normalization_of_deviance

While it is true that many people do speed, that doesn't make their speeding "the real speed limit".

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