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Post by doctork on Feb 4, 2015 20:05:05 GMT -5
When the road is straight and flat, and there are no other cars in sight, do you feel an irresistible urge to stomp on the gas pedal and go 100 miles an hour?
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Post by BoatBabe on Feb 4, 2015 22:12:50 GMT -5
Yes. Texas. They don't mind.
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Post by gailkate on Feb 5, 2015 1:11:18 GMT -5
And North Dakota. The route home from Bismark to Minneapolis took 10 hours, even flat-out.
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Post by doctork on Feb 5, 2015 9:25:36 GMT -5
I think Montana doesn't even have a speed limit. Or they used to didn't have one.
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Post by BoatBabe on Feb 5, 2015 9:54:40 GMT -5
Yes, Montana is a serious Take Care of Your Own Business and Take Responsibility for Your Own Actions kind of place.
It is illegal to drive recklessly, but "reckless" isn't defined as any speed above 55.
You can also drink and drive there. All of the bars have To Go windows, and for a dollar more you can get a glass glass instead of a paper cup. It is illegal to drive drunk there, with the same 0.08% blood alcohol level as here in what Montanans call a Nanny State.
Granted, I haven't been in Montana since 2002. Years ago, the Feds withheld road money from the state in an attempt to force speed limit restrictions. Montana did not buckle. The Feds gave up.
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Post by liriodendron on Feb 6, 2015 19:42:26 GMT -5
Never. I do not like going fast in a car, whether I am driving or someone else is. Actually, it's worse if someone else is driving. I liked the 55 mph speed limit and am sorry that they changed it for certain stretches of highways out here. Of course, there was this one time when I got a speeding ticket (I think I was going close to 40 in a 30 mph zone on my way to the library - just as a patron, not on my way to work), and both my husband and my sister-in-law laughed like idiots because they just couldn't fathom that I got a speeding ticket.
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Post by joew on Feb 6, 2015 21:36:13 GMT -5
For me 75-80 is fast enough.
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Post by doctork on Feb 7, 2015 17:04:09 GMT -5
I think this divide - between those who live/drive in big western states with long, straight, deserted highways, and those who live in smaller eastern states with narrow, two-lane, curvy, hilly roads with lots of traffic - is what caused the feds to give up on Montana's refusal to impose a 55 mph speed limit. Then other states resumed speed limits suited to their locale, which often were more than 55 mph.
Lirio, I hate it if someone else is driving with me in the car and exceeding the speed limit. But if I am driving myself, I am comfortable with whatever I am comfortable with on that road. I don't usually exceed the speed limit, but occasionally when the road is straight and flat...
Long ago when I had a new sports car and wanted to see how fast it would go, I drove 120 mph on a deserted interstate. I found that too scary so I slowed down, but I think the car (a Mazda RX7 GSL-SE with Pirelli racing tires) would have done at least 140.
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Post by doctork on Feb 17, 2015 20:18:13 GMT -5
Recently I have checked out my car's performance. 75 mph = 3,000 rpm and is the usual speed limit around here.
I took it up to 100mph = 4,000 rpm. Since the car redlines at 6,500 rpm, I suppose I could go 150 mph, no problem.
But a long time ago, in a land far away, I learned that I do not care to drive faster than 120 mph. In fact I usually obey the speed limit. But I was curious.
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Post by joew on Feb 18, 2015 2:23:31 GMT -5
Better do as much of that 75-150 as you can before you move back East to the Appalachains. Those country roads aren't quite so straight and flat.  |
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Post by rogesgallery on Feb 21, 2015 15:37:10 GMT -5
Nope
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Post by rogesgallery on Feb 21, 2015 15:41:28 GMT -5
Deer, Cat, Dog, Owl, Coyote, Snake, Armadillo, ect.—I hate it when the unexpected happens... unexpectedly.
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