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posted by martyb on Tuesday February 19 2019, @11:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the Wir-fahr'n-fahr'n-fahr'n-auf-der-Autobahn dept.

Brought to the floor by Senator John Moorlach of Orange County, SB-319 would direct the state's Department of Transportation to build two unlimited speed lanes on each side of Interstate 5 and State Route 99, the main north-south arteries linking cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sacramento. The sections of the roadways in question run straight through the supremely flat Central Valley, making for ideal high-speed driving conditions.

Perhaps paradoxically, California's answer to the German autobahn would be paid for by the state's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. The text of SB-319 points out that the recent collapse of California's ambitious plan for a bullet train between Los Angeles and San Francisco, which was originally intended to trace the same route as the proposed unlimited speed lanes, has left residents without "access to high-speed, unabated transportation across the state."

http://www.thedrive.com/news/26554/california-might-add-lanes-with-no-speed-limits-to-major-highways


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @01:07PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @01:07PM (#803961)

    Actually... I get an average 24mpg on congested Cali hwys where you're always transitioning from 50mph to 70mph, and 44mpg when traffic clears out and I cruise at 85mph. It's a steady speed that increases mpg. Even at 85mph... there are cars passing me.