One of the few... that can afford an electric car.

I think I said that here once and was shot down. I agree with you. There are many reasons why EV’s are being pushed, but I have a feeling that it’s not the panacea the “pie in the sky” folks think it is.

There are no free lunches. Energy generation is always going to cause pollution in some form or another. Yes, even wind and even solar. You have to pollute to manufacture the things that aren’t supposed to pollute, and you pollute when you get rid of those things at the end of their lifecycle.

The US (And most of the world, if we’re being blunt) would be far better served getting its energy production to go fully green first. No point making everyone’s cars electric if they’re still charging through fossil fuels down the line, especially considering energy production accounts for a noticeably bigger amount…

Because most automotive electronics are designed for 12V. Also if something happens to the battery pack its good to have a different 12v system for lights, door locks, ect. 

3 passengers in a 2 seater sports car, apparently none of them seatbelted. Absent some absurd conspiracy/serial killer level theory, every person in that car was a willing party to stupidity.

Sure the reporting is accurate and 150 in a 15 is what it is WRT recklessness but I’m gonna say that road layout is pretty crap.

So, while I get your point, if you’re in a 45mph zone and you have this sign almost 275 ft before the beginning of the turn (easily 300 ft if you consider you see it before you blow by it at some ridiculous speed) and then the next sign on the left 140 ft before the turn.....

Probably hard to see that “take this turn at 15 mph” sign at 150.

The road signage is absolute garbage, but the big elephant sitting in the side of the room is the car should have never been traveling anywhere near that speed on a public road. They would have seen that just fine if they were driving the speed limit. That’s not gatekeeping and comes from someone that ownes a Corvette.

The layout has no issues. Anyone driving, hell speeding, at a reasonable rate will be fine making that turn.  If wrecks are common there, it’s because stupid is common there. 

I always thought they looked great, and I heard they drove great too.

1) There’s no such thing as a “hairpin 90.” By definition a hairpin turn has a very acute inner angle, nearing 180%, like that of a hairpin which turns back on itself. A 90 degree turn is just a (somewhat) sharp turn.

Considering that 150 is literally about double the highest legal highway speed in the country, and that means Highway, not Urban or residential, it seems like it's kind of a moot comparison.

yah, thats brutal. Just dumps you into a tight turn.

What exactly is a “hairpin 90"? Sounds like a very useless hairpin if it’s a 90 degree angle. 

Yes, a proper track should have a sand trap and a tire barrier with a catch fence.

I could totally see coming into that turn too fast, but 150? No way. Maybe 60-80mph, hit the brakes, curb, shrubs, pool(maybe). We are talking 2-3x that.

This has to do with cars because...they used a Penske truck? You’re not even trying on this one.

I’m amazed they didn’t do it years ago. Europeans invented the nanny-state. That said, having driven rather a lot over there from Finland/Sweden to Italy and , about the only place I ever did much in the way of “speeding” was Italy (because Italy). The speed limits are well-chosen as a general rule, and they are…