Please keep in mind that Texas is the 2nd most populated US state. Hard to dismiss that large of a market as an outlier. But it's also a good example of why there are so many different traffic laws and enforcement policies across the US.
Texas (28M people over 696,241 km2) is very different than states like New Jersey (9M people over 22,591 km2).
For giggles... Just one city in Texas, Houston, has a metro-area footprint of 26,060 km2 -- bigger than a 8 US States in terms of land area, and bigger than 33 states in terms of population -- again, that's just one city. Population density varies widely between our 254 counties as well (one county had about 4.5M people, another had 112). We aren't a one-size-fits-all sort of place, Texas or America.
Maybe I worded it slightly wrong, I was simply trying to make the point that the vehicle behavior that irritated you (keeping the speed limit) is the absolutely sanest thing to do in other places and can have a high cost for the driver if not followed depending on the location.
Texas (28M people over 696,241 km2) is very different than states like New Jersey (9M people over 22,591 km2).
For giggles... Just one city in Texas, Houston, has a metro-area footprint of 26,060 km2 -- bigger than a 8 US States in terms of land area, and bigger than 33 states in terms of population -- again, that's just one city. Population density varies widely between our 254 counties as well (one county had about 4.5M people, another had 112). We aren't a one-size-fits-all sort of place, Texas or America.
* List of U.S. states by population density - Wikipedia || https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_populat...
* List of countries and territories by population density - Wikipedia || https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territor...
* Texas County Population Estimates, 2010-2015 Arranged in Descending Order | TSLAC || https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/popcnty201011.html