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- In the UK, going 10 MPH over the speed limit costs you 75% of your weekly wage https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en/blog/car-finance/speeding-fines-tickets-how-much-to-pay 5 comments
- CA wants to stop cars from going more than 10 MPH over speed limits https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/california/proposed-california-legislation-speed-limiter/3432380/ 2 comments
- Why are cars designed to be capable of going much faster than the speed limit? https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/jan/14/why-are-cars-designed-to-be-capable-of-going-much-faster-than-the-speed-limit 89 comments
- Bembry arrested for going 73 Miles over the speed limit (128 in a 55) http://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/just-atlanta-hawks-player-arrested-after-going-miles-over-the-speed-limit-cops-say/hmheyy0e1gmnfswxsj1kjj/ 6 comments nba
- Gio gets a fine for going 1.1 km/h over the speed limit https://pbs.twimg.com/media/c7vbod7wsaal9mk.jpg 53 comments formula1
- New law in Denmark allows the police to confiscate the car from any driver going above 100% the speed limit. https://fdm.dk/nyheder/bilist/2021-03-haardere-straffe-til-vanvidsbilister 227 comments europe
- MRW I'm in the fast lane and the guy in front of me is going below the speed limit. https://streamable.com/9t69o 3 comments formula1
- David Coulthard faces fine and driving ban in India for going three time the national speed limit... on a F1 demo run. http://www.autosport.com/news/grapevine.php/id/79411 11 comments formula1
- Finnish Man fined nearly 60,000 dollars for going 14 mph over the speed limit https://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/finland-fined-this-driver--60-000-for-going-14mph-over-the-limit-225247649.html 114 comments worldnews
- Go the speed limit, enter a lottery. Speed Camera rewards and punishes. http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/11/vw-fun-theory-speed-camera-lottery-video.php 42 comments technology
- Man sentenced to 10 days in jail for killing cyclist while driving drunk - Going double the speed limit http://wgntv.com/2017/01/27/park-ridge-man-sentenced-to-10-days-in-jail-for-killing-bicyclist-while-driving-drunk/ 35 comments bicycling
- Lower tolerance for speeding drivers creates $9m windfall for Queensland Government -- Speed cameras now ticket for going 1 km/h over the speed limit http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/lower-tolerance-for-speeding-drivers-creates-9m-windfall-for-queensland-government/story-fnihsrf2-1226680973096 25 comments worldnews
- Coming to a street near you: The camera that measures your average speed - but won't let you know if you go over the limit http://myamazingfact.blogspot.com/2009/02/coming-to-street-near-you-camera-that.html 92 comments worldnews
- Miguel Sano, going under the speed limit, blows a stop sign to get home. https://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/mp4/2018/04/05/1906794883/1522886995189/asset_2500k.mp4 60 comments baseball
- Oslo police seize e-scooter that can go 3x the speed limit https://apnews.com/f8f704c5ce729e9724baaee049a07200 16 comments nottheonion
- Oslo police seize e-scooter that can go 3x the speed limit https://apnews.com/article/oslo-europe-denmark-f8f704c5ce729e9724baaee049a07200 13 comments worldnews
- 8th Circuit: Drug charges upheld in case where police officer pulled driver over for going 0.8mph over the speed limit. http://www.kcci.com/news/court-officer-justified-in-stopping-man-going-358-mph-in-35-zone/33629424 35 comments law
- AT&T says it's going to start limiting speeds for the 5 percent of its customers with "unlimited" data smartphone plans who clog the airwaves the most. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/u/us_att_wireless_data?site=ap&section=home&template=default&ctime=2011-07-29-17-28-10 5 comments technology
- Trigger Happy Cop Tazes Speeder:This guy was going five miles over the speed limit because it took him more than 10 seconds to get his license,the cop he is asked to get out of the car and eventually tazed. http://thiswebsiterules.com/ccount/click.php?id=603 9 comments reddit.com
- Peel driver says he was going 72 km/h over the speed limit to check if rim was rattling https://www.bramptonguardian.com/news-story/10345765-peel-driver-says-he-was-going-72-km-h-over-the-speed-limit-to-check-if-rim-was-rattling/ 7 comments nottheonion
- Japanese operator eAccess is going for broke, pushing the upper limits of the technology to launch a network that could theoretically support downlink speeds of 300 Mbps. http://gigaom.com/broadband/japans-newest-mobile-network-makes-u-s-lte-seem-sluggish/ 24 comments technology
- Haas fined €100 for MAG going 1 km/h over pit lane speed limit, Williams fined €400 for Stroll going 3.5 km/h over the speed limit. https://twitter.com/albertfabrega/status/857894975505403905 86 comments formula1
- Police: Driver in fatal NH crash didn't have valid license. Oh, and by the way, those same police let her go hours earlier when they caught her driving at twice the speed limit. http://www.necn.com/09/23/13/Police-Driver-in-fatal-NH-crash-didnt-ha/landing.html?blockID=853287&feedID=11106 8 comments bicycling
- [Tony Dungy] on “I am Athlete,” Warren Sapp recalls Tony Dungy’s 5 reasons athletes get into trouble: 1. Out past midnight 2. Going 15 over speed limit 3. Drugs or guns 4. Alcohol 5. Women you know too well or not well enough https://twitter.com/tonydungy/status/1525454140163379201?s=21&t=GF94ow2949LHumFjLUlLPw 238 comments nfl
- Dutch ‘Singing Road’ Silenced After Villagers Complain: ‘I’m Going Nuts’ - Workers painted a stretch of road to “play” music from the regional anthem when tires rumbled along the raised strips, like “vinyl on the road”, to encourage drivers to stick to the speed limit. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/12/world/europe/netherlands-singing-road.html 3 comments worldnews
- North Carolina cracks down on drivers going one-mile-per hour over posted speed limit http://wtvr.com/2016/03/23/north-carolina-speeders/ 22 comments nottheonion
- Texas OKs Nation's Fastest Speed Limit, 85 mph, on New Road - The speed will be on par with a Category 1 hurricane. Drivers now going 95 up to 100 mph is expected. http://news.discovery.com/autos/texas-oks-85-mph-s-120911.html 68 comments politics
- "If you’ve ever wondered whether mammalian evolution has a speed limit, here’s a number for you: 24 million. That’s how many generations a new study estimates it would take to go from mouse- to elephant-sized while operating on land at the maximum velocity of change." http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/evolution-of-big 87 comments science
- Roma director Ghisolfi: "Our settlement agreement with UEFA is private and it's for 4 seasons. We're now in the 3rd season, the most restrictive phase. Basically we have to go at 20km/h in a 30 km/h speed limit zone because we went at 50 km/h in the past. We have lowered the wage bill by 20%." https://gianlucadimarzio.com/ghisolfi-roma-intervista-serie-a-news-9-febbraio-2025/ 31 comments soccer
- Marsha Blackburn Criticizes Black Judicial Nominee’s ‘Rap Sheet’ Of Speeding Tickets Andre Mathis, Biden’s appeals court pick, doesn’t have a criminal record. He once got a ticket for going 5 miles over the speed limit, though. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marsha-blackburn-andre-mathis-black-judge-rap-sheet_n_61df1ec2e4b0603631b3d9a0 119 comments politics
- Research says going the speed limit when other cars are going much faster can be dangerous, so the Google autonomous car can go up to 16 kilometres per hour above the speed limit when traffic conditions warrant. http://www.cbc.ca/1.2739446 6 comments technology
- [Orr] “If the speed limit is 40 miles per hour and you’re going 45 miles per hour and you don’t get pulled over, are you speeding?” A deep dive into the Lane Johnson false start conspiracy, and why he’s just pretty damn good. https://www.si.com/nfl/2023/02/07/the-lane-johnson-controversy 478 comments nfl
