Speed Limit
Jul 1, 2019 09:40:20 #
big sky montana
Loc: Great Falls Montana
FrankR wrote:
The best was in Montana years ago. It said something like,
DAYTIME SPEED LIMIT:
APPROPRIATE FOR CONDITIONS
DAYTIME SPEED LIMIT:
APPROPRIATE FOR CONDITIONS
the signs in Montana said: "REASONABLE AND PRUDENT"
Jul 1, 2019 09:47:25 #
wrangler5
Loc: Missouri
lbrande wrote:
My Mustang would cruise at 175 all day. Top speed is only limited by aerodynamics.
It's not just top speed that's limited, it's range, too. When Top Gear tested the Bugatti Veyron's 250MPH top speed the first time, James May said that while the tires were only good for 15 minutes, he'd run out of gas in 12. That's 50 miles. You cover them really quickly, but then you have to fill up. (And presumably replace the hand-made Michelin tires, which were something like $28,000 per set.)
I'd guess the Mustang has the same tradeoff between speed and range. Although I'm sure the tires last a bit longer.
Jul 1, 2019 10:01:42 #
Jul 1, 2019 10:45:59 #
FrankR wrote:
The best was in Montana years ago. It said something like,
DAYTIME SPEED LIMIT:
APPROPRIATE FOR CONDITIONS
DAYTIME SPEED LIMIT:
APPROPRIATE FOR CONDITIONS
Back in the 50s and early 60s the speed limit on Primary Iowa Highways was "Daytime: Reasonable and Proper, Night: 65 MPH"
Jul 1, 2019 10:56:01 #
wrangler5
Loc: Missouri
When we drove to Seattle a couple of years ago it was amusing - and pleasant - to see the interstate highway construction zones in Nebraska and Montana. East- and westbound traffic were sharing a single roadbed with one lane for each direction and a line of cones down the middle, and the speed limit was REDUCED to 70MPH. It did keep things moving.
Jul 1, 2019 10:58:18 #
davyboy
Loc: Anoka Mn.
Architect1776 wrote:
Fun sign.
You meet nicest people in a Chevrolet and you you pass em in Ford!đź‘Ťđź’Ş
Jul 1, 2019 11:01:08 #
NMGal wrote:
I wonder where this is. Quite a dig at Chevys, unwarranted.
I don’t think it’s anywhere.
Say “photo shop”, “photoshop”, “photo shop”!!!
Jul 1, 2019 11:09:41 #
Bear2
Loc: Southeast,, MI
Architect1776 wrote:
Full disclosure.
I drive a Jeep.
It's a Jeep thing.
I drive a Jeep.
It's a Jeep thing.
Me too!
Jul 1, 2019 11:12:18 #
Jul 1, 2019 11:18:03 #
dpshaffer
Loc: Portland, Oregon
timeve wrote:
As a former GMer I like the "FOUND ON ROAD DEAD and FIX OR REPAIR DAILY".
FOUND ON ROAD DEAD would be more appropriate when referring to VW Buses!
Jul 1, 2019 12:02:42 #
davyboy wrote:
You meet nicest people in a Chevrolet and you you pass em in Ford!đź‘Ťđź’Ş
Jul 1, 2019 12:04:38 #
dpshaffer wrote:
FOUND ON ROAD DEAD would be more appropriate when referring to VW Buses!
I drove an old VW bus all over West Germany and other west countries for years with no problems. My Ford van failed in a year.
Jul 1, 2019 12:42:49 #
There are several disparaging remarks about Fords but I had a 1971 Ford for 23 years and the only time it left me stranded by the side of the road was when I let it run out of gas and that was on me. But it got me across the Benicia/Martinez bridge and toll plaza and within about a 5 minute walk to the gas station before it stopped. Also, it got me 150 miles home with a leaking water pump, 15 miles home with a broken fan belt, 75 miles home with alternator that was going bad. My daughter ran it off the road and broke the right A-frame when she was trying to keep up with her boyfriend on a winding road. They attempted to drive it about 5 miles home with that broken leg by driving it backwards. They got about half-way home and would have made it but the cops stopped them.
That's more than I can say about a 1964 Chevy I had which needed the engine AND transmission rebuilt at about 50K miles. Or a a 1962 Chevy II Nova that I had to put a rebuilt engine in it.
That's more than I can say about a 1964 Chevy I had which needed the engine AND transmission rebuilt at about 50K miles. Or a a 1962 Chevy II Nova that I had to put a rebuilt engine in it.
Jul 1, 2019 13:12:30 #
clint f.
Loc: Priest Lake Idaho, Spokane Wa
FrankR wrote:
The best was in Montana years ago. It said something like,
DAYTIME SPEED LIMIT:
APPROPRIATE FOR CONDITIONS
DAYTIME SPEED LIMIT:
APPROPRIATE FOR CONDITIONS
It’s the “reasonable and prudent” rule. The state is over 559 miles wide and 321 from north to south. That’s as the crow flies. Add a bunch going on the highways through the mountains. It was in effect Prior to the gasoline crisis in the 70’s and for a short time after the federally mandated 55mph ended. Now sections of interstate are 80 mph and state highways are 70. Back in the pre speed limit days that’s about how fast most locals drove. Out of state exotic sports cars traveled from far and wide to drive their cars as they should be driven, sometimes with unintended consequences. Mt. Highway Patrol considered unreasonable or imprudent speeds to be reckless, thus triggering a license suspension. Ouch.
Jul 1, 2019 13:34:36 #
wrangler5
Loc: Missouri
Historically, before speeding ticket revenue was an income line item on state and local budgets, speed limits were set by installing speed detectors on unmarked (no speed limit signs) sections of road and recording over some period of time how fast people actually drove. The speed limit was then set at the 85th percentile (I think it was) of the speeds recorded, rounded up to the nearest 5MPH.
These days, I find that 85 is about as fast as I want to drive under any circumstance, even when I'm being passed by most everybody else. (Something I've experienced on the flatlands of western NE, WY and MT.)
These days, I find that 85 is about as fast as I want to drive under any circumstance, even when I'm being passed by most everybody else. (Something I've experienced on the flatlands of western NE, WY and MT.)
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