Backfires
TRACKING US It is interesting to see how street-legal cars are achieving ever more remarkable times in Lightning Lap [“Lightning Lap the 13th,” November 2019]. It would be really interesting if you lapped VIR in a Formula 1 car so we could see the difference between a top-level race car and a street-legal car. —Jon Orloff Rockaway Beach, OR It would be vast—Ed. I am examining the Lightning Lap times and contemplating which car I want to buy and how much fun I’ll have driving it around. Then I remember my bad luck with speeding tickets. And traffic court. And arrests (well, actually just one). Why is it that cars are consistently getting more powerful and faster, with better braking and handling, but speed limits have not changed in most areas in decades? Why should I,…