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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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- 65 means 65
- From: ham@wam.umd.edu (Scott Richard Rosenfeld)