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Originally posted by Cynthetiq
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In California it has been contested that if everyone is going faster than the speed limit and you are going at the speed limit you are causing a hazard to other drivers.
Basic speed laws of California is:
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc22350.htm
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Basic Speed Law
22350. No person shall drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable or prudent having due regard for weather, visibility, the traffic on, and the surface and width of, the highway, and in no event at a speed which endangers the safety of persons or property.
Amended Ch. 252, Stats. 1963. Effective September 20, 1963.
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I don't think that gives you carte blanche to speed though. If the speed limit is 55 and you're doing 80, aren't you still speeding??? I think a lot of you are trying to justify the fact that you drive faster than the speed limit...don't. I do it, you do it, a lot of people do it, but don't try to justify it by saying that you were going with the flow of traffic and that to do otherwise would be creating a hazard. I'm sure if you were driving 55 on the highway where the speed limit was 55 then you would not be ticketed for causing a hazard.