As Much As I Love My Car, I'm Starting To Hate It!!

[32kcolors]

Originally Posted by drees

No, it does not state that. The stated speed limit is only the presumed reasonable or prudent speed.

You're saying the California DMV handbook is wrong?

California has a “Basic Speed Law.” This law means you may never drive faster than is safe for current conditions. For example, if you are driving 45 mph in a 55 mph speed zone during a dense fog, you could be cited for driving “too fast for conditions.” You may never legally drive faster than the posted speed limit, even if you think it is safe to do so.

Regardless of the posted speed limit, your speed should depend on:

- The number and speed of other vehicles on the road.
- Whether the road surface is smooth, rough, graveled, wet, dry, wide, or narrow.
- Bicyclists or pedestrians walking on the road’s edge.
- Whether it is raining, foggy, snowing, windy, or dusty.

California Driver Handbook - Speed Limits

[wvgasguy]

Originally Posted by drees

California has a law that states that vehicles travelling slower than the speed limit and have 5+ cars waiting behind, they must pull over. (CVC 21656).

It's difficult to intrepret the code looking at single paragraphs.

WV also used the "national" standard for the design (design, not enforcement) on speed limits stating that they are set at the 85 percentile. That is not the same as stating the you can exceed the limit. It also states that the 15% of people that exceed that set limit are subjust to prosecution. It's all BS anyway because the limits are set, at the various limits based on terrain and population , etc. I've never seen a limit changed just because they went out and surveyed and found that 85% of the people were driving faster.

In fact several years ago when the energy crisis was looming the Fed's mandated that the states ensure that at leas 85% of the people were driving lower than the limits and that the states were enforcing them OR they would lose Federal matching funds for highway construction

You can't take the 85% issue out of context because in other areas of the manual it specifically states that you have to drive within the limits

[alohabailey]

There are some drivers that are JUST RUDE, there is NO EXCUSE- the same ones that think they are above the speed limit- are the same ones that talk on their phones and text message while they are driving 65 mph.
And just because you have the priviledge of driving in the HOV lane doesn't mean you don't follow the speed limit. On Long Island- it's 65 which we do go above slightly but some people go 85-90, that is just ridiculous.

Stay away from the crazys....