[ale] [WAY THE HELL OFF TOPIC] -- but accurate

[Jim Lynch]

On 08/15/2014 02:10 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> If the highest speed limit in the US is 75mph, why do cars have
> speedometers that typically go to 120mph. Like my wife's (long gone) Dodge
> Omni had a max speed of about 90mph (tested - downhill with a tailwind) but
> the speedo topped at 120. My Porsche reads to 165. I have yet to find it's
> top end - I need a track for that:-)   (once it's back on the road - old
> cars have old parts that are hard to find)
>
> The smart-assed physicist in me thinks 75 is total bogosity. The_REAL_
> speed limit is "c":-)
Actually there is a stretch of I-10 in west Texas where the posted limit 
is 80.  It's west of El Paso a ways.

Jim.