Speeding: It's an addiction

I got tagged by one of those outside Baltimore heading down to my parents in NC. It was a suburb and rural mixed area. The speed limit was 40mph, and it dropped to 20mph through the school zone. I stayed at 40mph. You see, it was Christmas day. Nobody was on the roads and no kid would have been at that school.

In Pennsylvania, the school speed limit is 15mph, but only during school hours. Most school zones have flashing yellow lights to alert drivers during that time. I understand other states have school zone speed limits apply 24hrs a day, but it is a silly waste of gas and brake linings making a car slow to half its speed and then speed up again outside of school hours when no children would be present. So I would be against speed cameras for a school zone if they were to be on 24/7.

 

The 20mph speed limit would only be enforced during posted (7am-6pm weekdays in most cases) times.
The cameras are intelligent enough to work from that simple schedule, you bring up a good point about holidays, summer/winter break, etc... however, I have no idea how they are going to address that.

 

Didn't some feds produce a new standard for minimum yellow light duration just a few years ago, somewhat longer than the old practice?

Folks caught on shorter yellow lights should challenge the citation based on the violation of federal standards for signals.

 

They should, but the townships only charge a small amount without any insurance points. So for most it isn't worth the time spent to them to do it. I'm against them in general, because they seem to be mostly about generating revenue than safety.

 

Speeding... used to speed a lot...when I had a car with a big v-8 it was easy, and I had the points to show for it...... been quite sometime since I have had a ticket.. I will say one thing. trying to squeeze the best mpg will make you keep an eye on your speed

on Saturday I had a trip to Richmond 90+ miles each way on i95. in some stretches speed s were 70, but I had set the cruise on 65 and camped out in the right lane..The C-max was happy logged 45mpg down and back...not bad for a fat heavy car with a bigger engine. I figure the prius would have gotten 50 easy...

Iguess I'm getting old...

I will say I do run about 5 over when going to work. not sure why. since I leave plenty of time. I guess I just keep up with traffic...

 

I find that doing this occasionally...




...makes driving my Prius at posted limits perfectly acceptable.

 

Kenny,

I had a 94 impala SS that had a roll cage and 5 pt harnesses. Done more than a few track days at Sebring, and Summit Point. I also autocrossed the beast. Learned how to rebuild a gm 4L60e and do tranny swaps in my garage on jack stands.... LOL

Oh and it was Wifey's daily driver....

 

I think my C6 Corvette turns like 1650RPM @80 MPH and gets approx. 23/24 MPG at that speed. It literally wants to go fast.

When I sold my Silverado the other day I kept the Radar Detector and had planned on installing it in the Prius. After driving the Prius for a few days now I dont think I need the Radar Detector. Although the Prius can easily go fasyer than the speed limit, the vehicle seems to encourage conservative driving. The Corvette on the other hand tend to encourage aggressive driving. Love them both.

 

They worry that the cameras will be used by the NSA to track everywhere we go. (And they are right.)
My opinion is that if I am public view, I don't have a right to privacy. Neither do the cops or bureaucrats or politicians when I film them.