Sentences with phrase «highway speed limits»

In a sane world which was running out of petroleum and had dire climate change problems due to excessive burning of fossil fuels highway speed limits would be greatly reduced.

A parking lot is not for the purpose of travel, so one can not conclude that highway speed limits apply.

Of course, those who believe that «speed kills» blame the trend reversal on recent moves by many states to raise highway speed limits.

E-turbos won't be pushing 40 - 50 and 60 mpg at highway speed limits like exhaust driven turbos with direct injection and variable valve timing.

(This was, historically, due to federal legislation that mandated a maximum highway speed limit of 55mph in order for a state to secure federal highway funding.

For instance, Congress required states to reduce highway speed limits to 55 and enforce the lower limits or risk having funding withheld.

To me this shows that most drivers (and therefore most voters) would welcome an increase in highway speed limits, to (say) 160 km / h which is the maximum speed most people drive on the Autobahn.

Senior web editor Phil Floraday points out that he — like most of us — tend to exacerbate the fuel range issue by frequently exceeding highway speed limits.

A Level 4 system that will allow the car to pilot itself at posted highway speed limits is due in 2020 - 2021, Audi says.

do watch the speedometer however as at the standard highway speed limit the needle is still barely moving off of zero.

There is one fault with the transmission and it reflects more poorly on Australia's draconian highway speed limits than the car.

In a driving education of a driving school, you will learn the interstate highway speed limit.

The choice of 105 km / h for the truck speed limiter setting is a tacit admission that Ontario's highway speed limit of 100 km / h is too low.

The highway speed limit is the same (almost) everywhere in US because federal funds for maintaining the highways are specifically contingent upon satisfying the 65 MPH speed limit.

Highway speed limits have not increased in 50 years, while car technology and driver abilities have greatly improved in that time.

The e-Golf responds to throttle inputs with the eerily silent immediacy that is common to most electric vehicles, it feels strong in city driving conditions and cruises comfortably and quietly at the highway speed limit.

This guideline does not mean that climate change is harmless below 2 C, or that it suddenly becomes so catastrophic above 2 C that further efforts at limiting warming are pointless, but like a highway speed limit, it serves as a useful benchmark for where you start to worry about things being really bad.

When the real world changes (highway speed limits, etc.) the results of these computations change and are reflected in the premiums we charge.

Sending or reading a text message requires you to look away from the road for the amount of time it would take to travel the length of a football field at a highway speed limit.