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Originally Posted by richard in NC
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Originally Posted by Poochie
I'm aware that the set speed limits hasn't been revised since the 1970s oil crisis, when they were placed artificially low, not for safety but to preserve gas usage and the city and state just loves it that way.
A $500 ticket for traveling a mere 15MPH over the limit, is money in the bank for them, so why would they..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation...imum_Speed_Law |
Fortunately, that's not the case. The national speed limit was 55 mph until the mid/late 80s. They've gone up in most places, outside of big cities. NC is 70 max, many states out west are 75 or 80. Although that's low for what most BMWs can cruise at. The bad news is all of the places where 15 over is wreckless, big fines, and possible jail time. Especially in VA. 5 over is my max thru there. |
85 in Texas and Montana. Montana was the last hold out for speed limits on certain highways for a long time.
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