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Re: 65 means 65




In article <3vtl63$p50@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> Scott Richard Rosenfeld wrote: 
(in Newsgroup rec.autos.driving)
>OK, OK, for a LONG time (since 1973/4) the speed limit has been a 
>federally mandated 55.  Now, it's not anymore.  55 was so widely 
>ignored that the concept of "you'll never get pulled over for less
>than 10 over" was the unwritten rule.  I'm 26.  I learned to drive 
>this way.  So a long trip meant just plunking the needle at 62 and
>keeping it there.  Nobody would bother you for that.
>
>Now, it's 65.  65, WOW, guess we can do 75?  80?
>
>A friend of mine in college got a ticket in South Carolina for 70 
>in a 65 zone.  A margin of error of +/- 5 mph is reasonable.  In 
>Maryland, along the I-95 corridor, you can and will be pulled over
>for doing 70.
>
>So basically, nothing has really changed, except that I can now 
>make my long trips at 67 instead of 62, and not worry about getting
>a ticket.  There are, undoubtedly, pockets where enforcement is 
>lax at best.  But don't expect the same policies to exist as when 
>the law was 55.
>
>BTW, when going from a 65 to a 55 zone, I find myself actually DOING
>between 55 and 60, whereas I used to (along w/everyone else) do about
>62.  Consider it a small price to pay for the luxury of cruising at
>68 without fear of reprisal.
>
>Anyone know if NY State has switched to 65 yet?
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THIS is what I've been talking about!!!!! ATTITUDE!!!!!!

Kenny Morse
"Mr. Traffic"




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