100mph is like, actually kinda spooky though. 100 kmh isn’t spooky. Also 60mph ties nicely into the seconds/minutes/hours time dichotomy, which is fun.
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mcSibiss@lemmy.world 1 week ago
By that logic, Americans should use km/h instead of mph. Going 0-100 is much better than 0-60. For the same reason you keep telling us why Fahrenheit is so much more intuitive.
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
toddestan@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Actually, it’s the other way around. 100 degrees F weather is really hot. Driving 100 MPH is really fast.
In metric we have 40 degrees C weather is really hot, and driving…uhhh… gets out a calculator 170 kph is really fast.
Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
Uhh and 100 ° C is also really hot.
photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Plus, 100 km/h is also pretty fast.
blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
You can go 100 mph
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 1 week ago
You can also go 107 Celsius, for a while.
mcSibiss@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You guys have a lot of Max 100 zones?
Because in km/h, we got lots of those
blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I didn’t say it was legal.
jadedwench@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I think the highest speed limit I have seen in America is 85mph, which is around 135km/h. Typical highway speed limits though are 65mph, but everyone goes 5-10 over (105-120km/h).
The nice thing about mph is the whole mile a minute at 60mph. Makes it easy to mentally estimate time of arrival.
psud@aussie.zone 4 days ago
Highest I have driven on is 130km/h, but it has no speed enforcement.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Do police not arrest people for this?
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
I think the more common measurement is 0-60 mph, so maybe thats closer to 1-100 in kilometers per hour.
mcSibiss@lemmy.world 1 week ago
That’s my point.