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Robert Cruickshank > wrote: >Some rural interstates do have a speed limit of 70 - in addition to I-15 >as you mentioned, I-40, I-10 east of Banning, and parts of I-5 in the >Central Valley are all signed at 70 mph. I think part of I-8 east of San Diego is 70 mph. |
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In article > ,
GL > wrote: >Your map shows CA as having a max speed limit of 70. It should be 65. >The Maximum Speed in CA on freeways is 65, unless otherwise posted. Rural freeways in California may have speed limits of 70, although the default freeway speed limit is 65. 5 in the central valley is one example of a freeway with a speed limit of 70. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Timothy J. Lee Unsolicited bulk or commercial email is not welcome. No warranty of any kind is provided with this message. |
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The part of US-101 from Kings City to San Miguel that you describe *IS*
freeway and posted at 70 MPH. There is a new freeway section around Mojave that is posted at 65MPH for no good reason that I can determine. It should be 70 MPH under current law (and dereg under common sense). Back in 1995, the California Legislature passed the existing 65/70 MPH law with only about 2 decenting votes! I wonder if we should start working for 130 km/h (81MPH) or dereg on rural freeways. Has anyone in California actually been cited by a CHP for less than 85 MPH in a 70 MPH zone lately? |
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Another suggestion is to make the map of states that makes staying on
the right lane compulsory unless overtaking the slower vehicle. Colorado legislated the law last year, and I've noticed the dramatic improvement in lane discipline and use a year after. Perhaps some statistics to reflect the reduction of accidents and such? California is so bad! So many motorists clutter up the left lanes, forcing me to overtake them on the right lane and pray that no vehicles are entering the highway as I overtake them! John F. Carr schrieb: > With three states raising speed limits this year I decided > to make a map of where America stands: > http://www.mit.edu/~jfc/speed/states.gif > > The map shows the highest speeds posted in the state; in > the case of Texas I anticipated the posting of 80 MPH speed > limits later this year. > > The corresponding map for two lane roads is > http://www.mit.edu/~jfc/speed/states%202L.gif > > States with some sort of rumbling about increases in recent > years include Idaho (75 two lane), Kansas (75), Kentucky > (60 two lane, 70 freeway), Oregon (70), Minnesota (60 two > lane and 75 Interstate), and Wisconsin (75 freeway). All > of these states have neighbors with higher speed limits. > > I wanted to make a map for four lane roads but I don't think > it would be very informative. In some states rural divided > highways are almost entirely freeways; in others they are > limited access without interchanges; in others they are not > limited access. > > States where I know there are non-freeway rural four lane roads > with the maximum speed limit on such roads between two lane > freeway limits are Alabama (65 on four lane roads), Florida > (65 on divided highways), Indiana (60 on divided highways > without access control), Missouri (65 on divided highways > without access control), North Dakota (70 on divided highways), > South Dakota (70 on divided highways), Washington (65 on > divided highways), and West Virginia (65 on limited access > corridor routes). Of the rest, some post expressways like > freeways and others post expressways like two lane roads. |
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Michael Angelo Ravera wrote:
> The part of US-101 from Kings City to San Miguel that you describe *IS* > freeway and posted at 70 MPH. There is a new freeway section around > Mojave that is posted at 65MPH for no good reason that I can determine. > It should be 70 MPH under current law (and dereg under common sense). > > Back in 1995, the California Legislature passed the existing 65/70 MPH > law with only about 2 decenting votes! I wonder if we should start > working for 130 km/h (81MPH) or dereg on rural freeways. Has anyone in > California actually been cited by a CHP for less than 85 MPH in a 70 > MPH zone lately? CHP has been running a crackdown on 99 in the Valley lately. I guess they needed to look like their existence is necessary. |
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