How fast is your state?

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Mon Sep 01, 2014 11:45 am

https://autos.yahoo.com/news/speediest- ... 06153.html

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Thu Sep 04, 2014 11:40 pm

We're close to the bottom. Highest speed near me for about 30 minutes is 60.

darcy · Post by **darcy** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 4:16 pm

good thing it says "posted" speed, ~ 'cause nobody goes as slow here as the map shows,, ; )

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 6:31 pm

darcy wrote:good thing it says "posted" speed, ~ 'cause nobody goes as slow here as the map shows,, ; )

Same here. I take a 4 lane road (2 lanes on each side) to work, and the posted speed limit is 55. I would guess that about 90% of the cars I see, including myself, are driving about 70 (hey I'm driving with the flow of traffic). Another 5% are going 75+. The remainder crowd is at 55-60.

EvilHorace · Post by **EvilHorace** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 6:41 pm

I know that the average posted speed for my state is shown higher than it really is as 65 is the max posted speed on any freeway. Most 2 lane highways are 55 so the average can't be 65.

darcy · Post by **darcy** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 10:37 am

Executioner wrote:Same here. I take a 4 lane road (2 lanes on each side) to work, and the posted speed limit is 55. I would guess that about 90% of the cars I see, including myself, are driving about 70 (hey I'm driving with the flow of traffic). Another 5% are going 75+. The remainder crowd is at 55-60.

that's what hubby says, ~ he's going with the flow : )

only place we drive, where we have to really be careful, is further up north { when I visit my folks }. the State Troopers are ready and waiting,, especially driving through "towns", where the limit is usually 35mph.

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Sun Sep 07, 2014 12:14 am

I have to say 75 is normal on freeways here for speed. but like darcy I have been hit with a ticket before going into a small town were its a downside of a hill as you first come into it. your going from a 55 mph posted . to a 35 mph posted speed trap . try and see how fast you can slow down when its a really steep decline and have like a 10 of a mile maybe to do it in. talking about a speed trap going into Metamora , michigan