Lauren Weinstein on Nostr: As I assume you know, the traditional reason that auto speedometers go so high is a ...

As I assume you know, the traditional reason that auto speedometers go so high is a human factors decision long ago, that determined that keeping the cars normal max driving speed in the MIDDLE of the range where people's eyes tend to fall was optimal. There were lots of studies of this in the day. In many cases the speedometer max is almost twice the maximum speed the car could reach in any case, for this UI-centric reason.