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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, driving cross county on the interstate takes 10 days?

By back roads do you mean state highways? Or real back roads?

Once you get out of highly populated areas I feel [b]divided interstate is much safer than single lane state highways with oncoming traffic in the adjacent lane[/b]. And state hwy speed can be 50 at least.

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[url=http://www.thecarcrashdetective.com/2016/09/which-road-lane-is-safest-driving-left-right-center.html/]Absolutely correct[/url].

[quote=Traffic safety guy]
Undivided high speed (i.e., above 45 mph) roads are the most dangerous kinds of roads frequently found in the United States; they have the highest fatality rates because they are diametric to best practices. Hurling two vehicles at each other and expecting them to pass each other with inches to spare without any kind of barrier whatsoever would sound like a bad idea to anyone in theory, yet this is precisely what these roads are in practice. Best practices dictates avoiding such roads if they have speed limits above 43 mph. Because speed limits in the US are based in 5 mph increments, this means avoiding undivided roads with speed limits above 40 mph whenever possible, especially if there’s only one available lane in each direction.

If you need to drive on such a road, do your best to drive at or below 43 mph. And if you have multiple lanes to choose from, choose the outermost one. This won’t keep you from getting into a head-on collision by a distracted or inebriated driver who drifts into your lane, but it might give you vital seconds to slow down or steer out of the way, and sometimes, that’s all it takes to make the difference between life and death.[/quote]

Why 43 mph? [url=http://www.thecarcrashdetective.com/2016/10/how-to-survive-a-head-on-collision-slow-down-to-below-43mph.html/]Because that's what best practices for road safety dictate should be the PSL for undivided roads[/url]. Beyond that, the injury / fatality risk shoots way up. It's also why frontal crash tests are conducted at 40 mph; cars aren't designed to protect you at higher speeds.

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