# What happens when we drive the speed limit.

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [July 30, 2008, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-happens-when-we-drive-the-speed-limit/52391 "2008-07-30T06:54:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![amspimpwagon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/amspimpwagon/32/7339_2.png) [@amspimpwagon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/amspimpwagon)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-happens-when-we-drive-the-speed-limit/52391/41 "2008-07-30T09:36:49Z")

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> [@JayS](#):
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> They don’t make a picard big enough.
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> IT IS NEVER ILLEGAL TO DRIVE THE SPEED LIMIT!!!
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> You’re not impeding traffic by going the speed limit. I know we all take for granted the fact that no one enforces the speed limit that closely but if the speed limit is 55 and you’re doing 55.1 YOU ARE BREAKING THE LAW. It doesn’t matter that there are 10000 people behind you that want to break the law, you don’t have to get over or speed up because legally you are going as fast as you are allowed.
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> The only acception would be if an emergency vehicle came up behind you and you still refused to move. They have the legal right to go more than the speed limit.

So if your going the same speed as the person next to you, why do you need to be in the left lane. Why not get in the right lane?

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