[4ndr3vv]

Speed limits have no minimum because driving on a road is situational; bad weather, unfamiliarity with the road, new driver, bad driver, personal safety limits, discrepancy in speedometers, and etc.

How would you go about policing this? If there is traffic, everyone is driving under the minimum!

[throwaway0a5e]

Most states have a blanket law that 10/15/20 below the speed limit constitutes obstructing traffic and is usually a ticketable offense.

In the digital age with sensors and data so cheap there's also no reason we can't set speed limits based on the Xth percentile everywhere with an automatic annual adjustment.

[vageli]

> In the digital age with sensors and data so cheap there's also no reason we can't set speed limits based on the Xth percentile everywhere with an automatic annual adjustment.

People tend to have an aversion to automation applied to law enforcement. See the criticism of red light cameras in the US.

[pdpi]

By definition, x percent of the people are below the xth percentile. That’s not a sane way to set limits

[conk]

Ya, let’s implement speed limits based upon an known organizational issue that can result in catastrophic failure. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normalization_of_deviance

[selectodude]

There are posted speed minimums on the tollways here in Chicago. You can't go below 45 in freeflowing traffic.

[mumblemumble]

Explain that to all the people trying to merge at 35.

[hhh]

Stateside, many interstates have minimum speeds listed.