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Makes sense I guess... Maybe I'm naive; in my state the 'norm' was 5MPH or 10% (whichever is greater) over until a combination of: - Covid and/or bad driving
by to11mtm 2y ago
Makes sense I guess...
Maybe I'm naive; in my state the 'norm' was 5MPH or 10% (whichever is greater) over until a combination of:
- Covid and/or bad driving habits developed during Covid
- People moving to my state for COL/Work reasons
At the same time, over the last year or two we have devolved into 18 wheelers doing 75 in a truck-65 zone [0] and apparently for many, 80 is the new 75.
On the other hand, I can think of three locations even in-state where 15MPH (or more!) is the gold standard or otherwise acceptable;
- M39, a 13-ish mile trunkline where ~10 miles or so has +15MPH as norm on the left lanes as long as traffic permits. It's
- M10, a 23-ish mile trunkline that has two distinct styles of driving along each half, the part in Detroit really helps the overall 'thunderdome' claims. Much of it is 2 lanes only, and in certain sections there's no room to safely pull someone over.
- The portion of Outer Drive that runs through Rouge park has a posted limit of 25. I've never met a human being who didn't drive 40 through it as SOP.
At the same time, I think my state tends to underpatrol/underenforce, I've seen absolute trifectas of terror (CDL in overdimensioned doing 10+ over while on a cell phone) and yet there is never enforcement out to deal with it like there used to.
[0] - Which more than anything pisses me off in that it is almost certainly causing wear in excess of the design life of the road...