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I would bet that most traffic on I-90 in South Dakota is at or over 90mph given the speed limit is now 80mph. Heck, North Dakota, not exactly a bastion of enfo
by protomyth 6y ago
I would bet that most traffic on I-90 in South Dakota is at or over 90mph given the speed limit is now 80mph. Heck, North Dakota, not exactly a bastion of enforcement, decided against going higher specifically because of South Dakota. Idaho, Wyoming and Utah have 80mph limits and Texas has road at 85mph. A lot of plain states are not hyper about speed limits. 120mph is going to get you in trouble, badly, but 90 might not even get you stopped.
- jdhn 6y agoI drove on that 80 MPH stretch of I-80 between the Utah/Nevada border, and even the big rigs were going at least 5 over. I honestly think that as long as you're not going 10 over, the police are just there to make sure that if you crash somebody is there to help.
- jeffreyrogers 6y agoThis matches my experience as well.
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- dharmab 6y agoThere are long stretches of road throughout Utah where 110+mph is easily feasible. Sightlines all the way to the horizon.
- jdhn 6y agoOh absolutely. I'd say that this holds true for most states west of the Mississippi.
- kyuudou 6y agoOr if you run out of gas or have to pullover for engine problems.
- hpoe 6y agoI'll say man, there is just something almost spiritual being all there alone out in the Utah West desret can see a hundred miles in every direction, nothing but flat unbroken skyline, blowing down the highway at 110 mph and then realizing even at those blistering speeds you're hardly moving against that infinite flat backdrop. I love it man.
- protomyth 6y agoI once thought North Dakota was sparsely populated, but I had no true idea of that word until I drove through Wyoming. It is so easy to run way over the speed limit, more from inattention than any real decision, on a deserted road with such a far horizon and nothing anywhere near you. Its a different kind of driving when there are signs with "Next Gas Station 79 miles".
- grecy 6y agoA buddy drives back and forth across Utah multiple times per year. He sets his cruise on 95 in the 80 zones, and has passed and been passed by many police without issue.
- perl4ever 6y agoI vaguely remember driving west through Utah as a teenager, where there was a long stretch that was desolate and scenic and straight, somewhat downhill, maybe I-40? ...and my car did more mph than it had hp.