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2. Sonic Booms : Sonic Booms are witnessed plenty in Dragonball Z. Many a times, the fighters just appear as shockwaves, nearby crumbling the mountains into pieces or/and land below them. This is most notable in the mange and the anime in the fight between Goku and Majin Vegeta.
It can also be the reason why the characters never travelled in Speeds nearing that of Light. Since there is no protection from the friction that cause Sonic Boom, any character going lightspeed at a fairly decent amount of distance can cause very heavy collateral damage to nearby cities and people.
In support to Gotenks going around the world at 4.25 times the Speed Of Light as stated in Super Speed section, it can be argued that Gotenks was either taking a safer route or was considerably above the earth atmosphere. (If closely observed, the the trails formed when he circles the earth are much above the atmospheric layer of Earth)
However, it is very possbile as also stated in 'Super Speed' section that the characters do fight at speeds nearing light by mid-DBZ, as the destruction as shockwaves is notably becomes much more intense and destructive.