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S4ROB

July 10, 2008, 07:06:35 AM
I hope this dosn't happen, make the beast with two backs no
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TiNi

#1
July 10, 2008, 07:11:15 AM
"Connecticut adopted the nation's first vehicular speed limit 107 years ago - setting the maximum speed at 12 in the city and 15 in the country - and people have been ignoring them ever since"

i think people will always speed... no matter what the speed limit  ;)

S4ROB

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July 10, 2008, 07:15:57 AM
Quote from: DuCaTiNi on July 10, 2008, 07:11:15 AM
"Connecticut adopted the nation's first vehicular speed limit 107 years ago - setting the maximum speed at 12 in the city and 15 in the country - and people have been ignoring them ever since"

i think people will always speed... no matter what the speed limit  ;)


Thats true. I know I do everyday. Here in Nor Cal there pretty lax on freeway. I have heard they allow 11 miles over.
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#3
July 10, 2008, 07:56:16 AM
It's all in the grind, Sizemore. Can't be too fine, can't be too coarse. This, my friend, is a science. I mean you're looking at the guy that believed all the commercials. You know, about the "be all you can be." I made coffee through Desert Storm. I made coffee through Panama while everyone else got to fight, got to be a Ranger.

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#4
July 10, 2008, 08:03:12 AM
Wow Bicks..... helllooooooooo '80's flash back!

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Bick

#5
July 10, 2008, 08:09:52 AM
Quote from: WannaDucBad on July 10, 2008, 08:03:12 AM
Wow Bicks..... helllooooooooo '80's flash back!

Ahh, the '80's...  Good times, Good times.  :)
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somegirl

#6
July 10, 2008, 08:51:58 AM
Quote from: S4ROB on July 10, 2008, 07:15:57 AM
Thats true. I know I do everyday. Here in Nor Cal there pretty lax on freeway. I have heard they allow 11 miles over.

Really depends where and when, I got a speeding ticket for going 75 on 280 (the bay area's "Autobahn"). :P

However, I have been going 85 (with the flow of traffic) and had plenty of CHP pass me, no lights on. [leo]
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#7
July 10, 2008, 09:21:28 AM
but, i can't drive 55.


if i do i'm fairly certain i would get plowed into by some asshat on the phone and eating breakfast on their way to work.
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July 10, 2008, 09:30:51 AM
Quote from: KnightofNi on July 10, 2008, 09:21:28 AM
but, i can't drive 55.


if i do i'm fairly certain i would get plowed into by some asshat on the phone and eating breakfast on their way to work.

Stay in the left lane.  Seems there was a rule change that I didn't pick up on - Now, even though the old signs are still up - "Slower traffic stay right", "Left lane minimum speed 55", "Keep right except to pass" - the new left lane speed limit is 35.
It's all in the grind, Sizemore. Can't be too fine, can't be too coarse. This, my friend, is a science. I mean you're looking at the guy that believed all the commercials. You know, about the "be all you can be." I made coffee through Desert Storm. I made coffee through Panama while everyone else got to fight, got to be a Ranger.

* A man can never have too much whiskey, too many books, or too much ammunition *

oldschoollion

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July 10, 2008, 10:24:04 AM
Quote from: Bick on July 10, 2008, 09:30:51 AM
Stay in the left lane.  Seems there was a rule change that I didn't pick up on - Now, even though the old signs are still up - "Slower traffic stay right", "Left lane minimum speed 55", "Keep right except to pass" - the new left lane speed limit is 35.
yeah, is there a national movement for lane squatting ?  ive noticed slow movers just sitting in the left lane a lot in recent months.

KnightofNi

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July 10, 2008, 10:38:57 AM
Quote from: oldschoollion on July 10, 2008, 10:24:04 AM
yeah, is there a national movement for lane squatting ?  ive noticed slow movers just sitting in the left lane a lot in recent months.

i think it uses more gas to change lanes.
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ducatiz

#11
July 10, 2008, 11:00:12 AM
it's stupid.  make the speed limit whatever they like, the whole point is revenue.

if they really didn't want you to drive faster than 65, then all cars would be hard-wired to top out at 65.  period.  think about it.  except for a few places where the limit is 70 or 75, it is 65 everywhere else and it would cost about $30 to put a governor on your car to prevent it going over 65.

they want you to speed.

the whole point is revenue.

lower the speed limit to 55 = more revenue.

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oldschoollion

#12
July 10, 2008, 11:14:08 AM
just remembered this.  shows higher speeds can be a good thing for congestion relief. ive seen the proof locally (i wont say how fast it was going, but there was no congestion in a peak travel time [thumbsup] ).
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#13
July 10, 2008, 12:30:27 PM
Quote from: ducatizzzz on July 10, 2008, 11:00:12 AM
it's stupid.  make the speed limit whatever they like, the whole point is revenue.

if they really didn't want you to drive faster than 65, then all cars would be hard-wired to top out at 65.  period.  think about it.  except for a few places where the limit is 70 or 75, it is 65 everywhere else and it would cost about $30 to put a governor on your car to prevent it going over 65.

they want you to speed.

the whole point is revenue.

lower the speed limit to 55 = more revenue.



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Bick

#14
July 10, 2008, 01:57:46 PM
For safety reasons and an attemt at congestion relief, Denver recently RAISED the speed limit on I-25 through part of the city.

http://www.dot.state.co.us/communications/news/DM20080425-1.htm
It's all in the grind, Sizemore. Can't be too fine, can't be too coarse. This, my friend, is a science. I mean you're looking at the guy that believed all the commercials. You know, about the "be all you can be." I made coffee through Desert Storm. I made coffee through Panama while everyone else got to fight, got to be a Ranger.

* A man can never have too much whiskey, too many books, or too much ammunition *
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