Speed limit in us

[GTO-SIMON]

just wondered is the speed limit 55 mph and is that the max on your roads ours is 70mph and we think that's to slow there thinking of upping ours to 80mph and there is some talk about no speed limit on our motor ways although i cant see that happening be grate if they did though.simon

[anyonebutme]

Rural highways are almost all 70mph....65 in cities. Give or take depending on local laws.

[wingnut]

unless your pulling a trailer in california...and the ticket for busting 55 is a big one :(

[DocWalt]

Most PA roads are 55, which sucks. I got a speeding ticket for 71 in a 55 a couple of weeks ago, so they do enforce them.

[R/T93]

Depends entirely on the state/county/city.
Highway? Freeway? 2 lane country road? Are there traffic lights on the road?

Rule of thumb is... 10% over is about as fast as you want to go without getting pulled over.

From the phone.

[sergechronos]

There is a toll road in Texas that's in the works (or may be done) that's 85. Although Texas is fairly flat for the most part.

[Goallie11]

Here in Kansas the interstate highways are 75mph once you're out of the city, typically 65 in the city. Toll roads are basically go as fast as you want. Roads in the city vary of course, 20-40.

Five over is normally what I'll do on the highways.

[93STLTH]

There's a long stretch of I-10 in Texas between El Paso and San Antonio that's 80 mph. Most interstate freeways outside of big cities are 70-75 mph. There used to be no speed limit on interstate highways in Montana, but they stopped that for some reason.

[sergechronos]

There's a long stretch of I-10 in Texas between El Paso and San Antonio that's 80 mph. Most interstate freeways outside of big cities are 70-75 mph. There used to be no speed limit on interstate highways in Montana, but they stopped that for some reason.

It was a court case from like a year after they went to no speed limit. Guy driving a Camaro got a ticket for doing 85. Court ruled that a speed limit that is "reasonable and prudent" is too vague to enforce and infringes due process.

STATE v. STANKO, No.?97-486., December 23, 1998 - MT Supreme Court | FindLaw (http://caselaw.findlaw.com/mt-supreme-court/1110919.html)

[ChargerX3]

Nevada is 75 on main interstates. Goes down to 65 in the larger cities though. 505 in Cali is 70. Utah has a section that is 80 which is fun. Oregon is a terrible 55 everywhere.

[stealthee]

Most PA roads are 55, which sucks. I got a speeding ticket for 71 in a 55 a couple of weeks ago, so they do enforce them.

PA is stupid. I travel Route 119 to go to WV. The road leading to the border is 35 mph in PA. As soon as you cross the border into WV it jumps to 55 and it is a rural 2 lane curvy road. Roads that should be 50 are 35, and roads that should be 35 or 40 are 25.

[RealMcCoy]

Oregon is a terrible 55 everywhere.

Most of the freeways are 65... All other highways and rural roads are 55.

[DuTTch]

unless your pulling a trailer in california...and the ticket for busting 55 is a big one :(

I got a warning on that one ,I always thought it was for big rigs lol. New Mexico on the I10 its 80mph

[Alan92RTTT]

Most of the freeways in MI are 70. 90% of the drivers here do 80 ;)

[sergechronos]

I think the reason most states haven't raised the speed limit closer to 100, despite the fact most cars can do it easily now, is they know if they raise it, people will continue to exceed it by 10-20mph.

A local road near me was turned from a kinda small rural 2 lane road into a 4 lane highway and speed limit went from 35 to 55. Before people did 50-55 on it. Now they do 65+ all the time.

[DocWalt]

Oddly they raised the speed limit from 45 on a local road that people did 60 on. The speed limit is now 55 and people still go anywhere from 45 to 60. People drive at a speed that they're comfortable at, no matter what the speed limit is.

Even sillier are places that try to enforce speeds like 15mph and below. Yes, I can totally target 7 mph with my speedometer that starts at 10 :awesome:

[sergechronos]

True enough, but depends on the road as well. I was referring more to the interstate system and local 4 lane highway kind of deal as opposed to 2 lane roads.

Although, in short: Blame one dirtbag in Montana for fighting his ticket that we don't have unlimited speed limits :P

[DocWalt]

Unlimited speed roads would lead to disaster for exactly the reason I stated. People will go at the speed they feel comfortable going. You'll end up with some slowpoke going 55-60 with people blowing by at 90mph.

[Turbo Beast]

Autobahn has no speed limit, but there is a minimum speed and Germans are waaaaaaay better drivers.

[95gto]

Autobahn has no speed limit, but there is a minimum speed and Germans are waaaaaaay better drivers.

Germany has a far more difficult and expensive driver licensing program. Over here instead of instituting a system to teach better driving techniques we just develop laws that limit driving conditions for young/new drivers and expect seat time to make them capable. Unfortunately many of the parents instructing the new drivers are not so good at driving themselves.

[sergechronos]

Unlimited speed roads would lead to disaster for exactly the reason I stated. People will go at the speed they feel comfortable going. You'll end up with some slowpoke going 55-60 with people blowing by at 90mph.

Mortality rate in Montana when they had no speed limit actually went down. Somebody doing 55-60 while other people are doing 90 isn't much different than the interstate system now.

[DocWalt]

It is here. We obviously have the people going slowly, but we don't have anyone doing 90 because our local highways are covered in police.

[sergechronos]

Hmm.Touche. Hadn't thought about that only speeding ticket I ever got was in PA.

Tn and upstate NY are both fairly barren of cops. I'll see one in a blue moon.

VA is Satan's asshole for anybody driving on the interstate. Cops everywhere.

[IPD]

Autobahn has no speed limit, but there is a minimum speed and Germans are waaaaaaay better drivers.

truth. i feel a lot more comfortable doing 90mph down an autobahn than i do when i'm going 65mph down an interstate.

[Tigchamp]

The National speed limit for motorways in the UK is 70mph, but generally speaking the police are happy for you to drive at 90mph providing your not driving like a tit
An unlimited speed limit would be much better as it would stop people lane hogging thinking I'm doing 70mph so its ok to stay in the fast lane, if you know that some may be doing 150mmph + you will be a lot more observant
Jeff:coo3l:

[DocWalt]

People here feel entitled so they "police" traffic by blocking lanes. There's a stretch of road I'm on that the speed limit is 35 but everybody goes 45-50 except for the one person who goes 35 just because they think other people going faster is unsafe.

[Tigchamp]

People here feel entitled so they "police" traffic by blocking lanes. There's a stretch of road I'm on that the speed limit is 35 but everybody goes 45-50 except for the one person who goes 35 just because they think other people going faster is unsafe.

That's exactly what I mean. If you take the speed limit away, there is no need to police a non existent speed limit
Jeff:coo3l:

[Greg E]

The one and only speeding ticket I've ever gotten was a 59 in a 55 issued to me by a southern Delaware state patrol man. Guess they commonly target out of state drivers in nice cars because they need the $$ and detest travelers heading to the beach.

[Blackmount]

I think we should cap the speed limit at 70 IMO, especially on the big highways. The General American driver, is a stupid one, and distracted at that. I'm all for going fast, but there are alot of PEOPLE, in a lot of different kinds of vehicles I would not be comfortable sharing roads with driving speeds greater then 80...or 70, or 65, 55 or whatever.

BFE areas with long empty stretch of 1 lane highways is another story tho.

most highways are 55-65 here... TN there wasn't much 55, but alot of 45 and 70. occasional 55's

[Turbo Beast]

Cops in Louisiana hate everybody out of state.

[Blackmount]

cops around where I live seem to leave out of state people alone... drove around with expired TN Tags for quite some time. had cops behind me constantly where surely they could see it. plus I was driving a extremely loud flat black sports looking car. so just begging to be pulled. never once even fused at me.

[TurboSinceBirth]

Here in Kansas the interstate highways are 75mph once you're out of the city, typically 65 in the city. Toll roads are basically go as fast as you want. Roads in the city vary of course, 20-40.

Five over is normally what I'll do on the highways.

I-70 is patrolled here heavily at least headed west to Manhattan or Ft Riley or East to Lawrence. At least going to Lawrence every day I know where the highway patrol likes to sit. I usually stay at 75-80 the whole time anyways since I'm already reved up halfway on my rpms and it drops my mileage going faster. I get about 42-43 and if I slow down to 65 usually around 46-47. I'm more bad about speeding in the city 5-10 over and when I'm in the Stealth spirited driving I'll exceed the posted speed limits quite a bit. Lol.

[GTO-SIMON]

So much the same as here must get a bit confusing when going into differant state as speed limits change and the law.simon

[Unknownvr4]

Cops in Louisiana hate everybody out of state.

That being said I do 80mph with everyone else in traffic on the way to work and 100+ on the way home. I found the speed limiter on the TL the other day. Lol

[Keyan]

New Jersey is all 55 and 65. And 65 are classified as "Double Fee" zones where if you get a ticket, they double the price.

because they can.


the only 70mph on the east coast that i know about are in Virginia.



:(

[ukyo]

New Jersey is all 55 and 65. And 65 are classified as "Double Fee" zones where if you get a ticket, they double the price.

because they can.


the only 70mph on the east coast that i know about are in Virginia.



:(

There are 70 MPH zones in GA once you get far away from the population centers. There is a 65 MPH zone just South of Atlanta on 85 South (the laws never caught up with the fact that people do, in fact, live South of Atlanta in this state). It bumps up to 70 MPH just a few more exits after I get off the highway for work.

[Tensecs2fame]

50 here in NY... Sucks.. Horribly..

[MeTarzan]

A buddy and me a few years back were traveling that road on our bikes and doing about 75 most the way. we had stopped at the T at the end and were talking for a few as to were we wanted to go and after a couple mins a cop tracked us down and wanted to know Why on earth we were going so fast. Luckily he was impressed enough that he didnt give us a ticket :-P