"New" normal highway speed

[bobbywalter]

What really are the odds of a crash going down like they test anyways? A perfect 30% or whatever offset at 40 or 45mph. In the real world that represents a pretty small number of accidents.

Secondly, ive always heard (maybe its not true, but lets assume it is) that a vehicle on vehicle collision at 45mph would be roughly equal to the force of a single vehicle hitting a solid object at 90mph.

So what do they use? 45mph right? Thats equal (roughly) to a vehicle on vehicle crash at 22.5mph. Thats ridiculious. Run them into that barrier at 90 to really simulate a 45mph head on.

Plus....usually after a collision the vehicle goes flying and hits god knows what else, once the crumple zones are destroyed and the airbags blown theres not much left to protect you when you go into a building, tree, or whatever else. Atleast with a real chassis (IE, frame) its going to hang on till the bitter end.

In the real world size matters.

45 mph is 45 mph



Two cars hitting head on at 45 mph....is the same as hitting a wall at 45 mph. Not 90....not 22.5

From there differentials of speed xxx factor the margins.

 

[bobbywalter]

 

[bobbywalter]

I can't carry the clip from the fei portal....

Trying to find the updated test weight for suv, they plowed a parrisienne and Ltd from the 70s and 80s.....


They folded up like cheap tents. Full frame cars.

Physics ...it's a mothfoxxle

 

[rusty ol ranger]

This is the best i can find in regards to older vehicles. Granted they were hitting compacts but the fullstzers all took the hit like a champ, the LTD did get some minor passenger compartment deformation but all look very survivable.

No hoods went thru windsheiids, no massive deformation, nothing scary.

I stand by what i said. Besidea surviving any massive crash really comes down to luck of the draw.

I fully understand where you guys are coming from but i trust my safety more in a tank then a pop can. Id rather take a head on in either of my F250s then in the wifes escape. Anyday.

The ranger is the only one i feel a bit vulnerable in but thats mostly due to size.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Oh and this one just for fun....

 

[rusty ol ranger]

and hell....this one too....granted its a 80s escort but shows why stiffness matters...

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Just for fun.

Can't believe how the far the tech for a streetable vehicle has come. They did break the 300mph mark on a track with the Chiron as well.

140s in a Dodge is terrifying enough for me. Even glass-like pavement felt like an unmaintained dirt road above the 145 mark. I don't trust myself as a driver anywhere beyond that point. Things get.... weird at that speed.

 

[fastpakr]

Those things are wild up close. When we got to see the Ranger unveiling at Detroit, I walked around for a bit and found one parked against a wall with no cordon or anything. Crazy getting to walk up to it.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Just for fun.

Can't believe how the far the tech for a streetable vehicle has come. They did break the 300mph mark on a track with the Chiron as well.

140s in a Dodge is terrifying enough for me. Even glass-like pavement felt like an unmaintained dirt road above the 145 mark. I don't trust myself as a driver anywhere beyond that point. Things get.... weird at that speed.

Id run it against the 2.9

 

[19Walt93]

A lot of you guys talking about going 100 mph on the highway drive in different terrain than we have. Straight sections of road are so uncommon that we name them, I live about 1 1/2 miles from West Canaan flat(which isn't really flat but it's straight) and about 3 miles from Canaan flat. Other wise out roads curve left or right and tip uphill and down. If you can see a mile ahead diving faster is safer than being able to see 1/8 mile and coming around a blind turn to find a slow vehicle pulling out of a side road. I've come around corners on the highway to find knobheads pulling out of the police turn arounds and merging into the fast lane at low speeds.

 

[19Walt93]

Late winter of 2017- a few months before I retired- we had a snow storm on a Tuesday morning. My 2011 Ranger 4x4 ran all season tires and did fine so I felt confident at about 40 mph on the highway. I came up behind a Honda Fit going 30 mph at most so I pulled left to pass her on a sweeping left turn. Halfway through the turn she was fading into my lane so I honked at her and she looked up from her "smart" phone and pulled back into her lane. I usually only blow the horns on my vehicles in May for state inspection. It's the same kind of mystery as "which came first, the chicken or the egg?" Did she buy an un American car because she's an F"ing idiot or is she a F'ing idiot because she bought an un American car? I think she was born that way.

 

[Eddo Rogue]

You guys are lucky, there's too much traffic for speeding here. Mainly because everyone wants their own lane to cruise 55mph with nobody in front of them, and sea of cars backed up behind them. They don't care or notice, not sure which. I think the cops gave up here because its impossible to speed. Sometimes in certain sections of the freeway at about 5:15am, it is possible to go 65mph+, if you do a lot of lane changes.

 

[cbxer55]

I had over 300 hp...so not stock ..still didn't think it could do it .... If it was 2wd and low . .yeah

Well, my Lightning is a pickup, and I've had it bump the 155 limit on the highway a few times here and there. Shhh. Don't tell anyone I have a Lightning.

My Ranger definitely isn't 300 hp. Does have a cold air intake, with forced air coming from multiple sources. Dual exhaust and JET tuning chip on the computer. Also has 255/60-15 tires on the back. I couldn't believe it, but after putting the 4.10s in the truck, where it used to start running out of steam around 90, now it just keeps on pulling. Truck also has Hellwig front and rear anti sway bars on it. so it doesn't get all crazy going fast.

But, like many have said, I really have no need to go faster than 70, 75 or 80. If I do it once-in-awhile, it's just for the kicks.

 

[ZMan]

I do mostly highway driving, I just set the cruise at 80 in the vehicles I drive regularly. It's just what I'm comfortable at. If you're not comfortable at that speed, that's totally fine, just don't hog the left lane.
My Ranger I usually stick to 70-75.
Outside of the city areas the speed limit is 70 here, cops usually don't bother you if you're only doing 10 over. Any more than that is a risk, but I've gone with the flow of traffic at 75-80 in a 60mph zone and they don't pay no mind. Just don't be the lone guy blowing past everyone.

 

[cbxer55]

Turnpikes in Oklahoma are 75 and 80 mph. And not many people doing that. It's the Oklahoma 500, even on I-40 outside of Oklahoma City limits.

Outside of the police ignoring speeders, they ignore a lot of things they shouldn't. Lots of what I think are unsafe vehicles driving around here. Missing front and rear bumpers, missing fenders, windshields so badly cracked you wonder how anyone can see out of them. Missing or non-functioning lights, the worst being vehicles that the brake lights aren't working. Doesn't anyone bother to check their lights every now and then? I back my vehicles into the parking spots, so I can see the reflection of all my lights behind me. I check them every time I drive them. I don't want someone rear-ending me because my brake lights aren't working. Had to put a new brake light switch on my Ranger in 2019 because I noted them not working one night when I came home from work. And what of the vehicles with the paper tags on them? You have 30 days to get a plate when you buy a vehicle here. And yet there are vehicles driving around with the paper tags shredded, or unreadable from rain. When you buy a used vehicle, the owner keeps the original plate. You have three days to get a plate. RIGHT!!

Here, we can carry firearms without a permit. Knives, whatever you desire, no limits. Maybe the police are just wary of pulling anyone over for anything these days. And btw, moved to Oklahoma from Commiefornia in 2002. Gotten pulled over for speeding at least ten times. Gotten three tickets from those encounters. All were well past 10 mph over the limit. The three I did get, were written as 10 and under. They don't go on your record, so you can get an unlimited number of them and your record stays clean. Police pull me over, I treat them with respect, and in turn, they are kind to me. Officer: "Sir, do you know why I pulled you over?" Me: "Yup, I was driving too damn fast!" Police officer laughs and says "Have a nice day and slow down." My favorite stretch of curvy road is the road around Lake Stanley Draper in Oklahoma City. !5 miles of super curvy road with a 45 mph limit. I was stopped doing 75 in my Ranger. LOL!! Got a ten and under ticket for it.