confused as to why i need to set the variable to too_fast

In the instructions it says you need to SET the variable called "too fast" to true if the car_speed variable is greater than the speed_limit variable.

car_speed = 65
speed_limit = 60
too_fast == true
if car_speed > speed_limit
 puts too_fast
end

Here, you have too_fast already set to true when it should be set to true in the code block. You have it all setup correctly, you just need to put the too_fast variable in the code block. It should look a little more like this:

car_speed = 65
speed_limit = 60

if car_speed > speed_limit
 too_fast = true 
end

In this code, you have the code block checking which speed is the greatest number with the too_fast variable ready to be set true if it passes the condition.

Also, == in ruby would be the incorrect way to set a variable to a bolean value. You would use == to access if objects have the same value or not, like this:

 car_speed == speed_limit

This is checking if the car_speed and the speed limit have the same value, not setting car_speed value to the speed_limit value.

Hey Sarah,

You're supposed to set a new variable called too_fast and assign it the value of true if car_speed is greater than speed_limit.

car_speed = 65
speed_limit = 60
if car_speed > speed_limit
  too_fast = true
end