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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Dec 31 13:56:23 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by r33/r36 mainline on Fri Dec 31 10:50:02 2010. I have no problem at all with trucks. I just don't want to be "stuck" behind one. They have no business in the left lane, except perhaps to pass slower trucks. |
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Posted by Easy on Fri Dec 31 14:00:56 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Dec 31 13:56:23 2010. Arizona doesn't have different speed limits for trucks like most states do. I was once going 75 mph in the right lane in the middle of nowhere and was passed by an 18-wheel semi going about 85 mph. I think that he was only going 10 miles over the limit. |
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Posted by Easy on Fri Dec 31 14:04:33 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Dec 31 13:55:31 2010. The speed limits in the northeast are much lower than out here. Our speed limits on freeways in metro LA are usually 65 mph. We have have 50 mph speed limits on some surface streets in Orange County. We generally drive much faster than you guys with more or less the same congestion. This is not necessarily a good thing though. We have among the highest pedestrian fatality rate in the country despite having sidewalks and crossing walks everywhere. |
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Posted by gOlD_12tH on Fri Dec 31 14:23:07 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Dec 31 09:19:45 2010. What a wuss. |
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Posted by gOlD_12tH on Fri Dec 31 14:23:26 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Dec 31 09:12:36 2010. You a wuss. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Fri Dec 31 14:24:42 2010, in response to What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Mitch45 on Thu Dec 30 17:27:35 2010. I'm curious. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri Dec 31 15:06:16 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Dec 31 09:11:26 2010. I wasn't driving because I did not have a license. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 31 15:11:53 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Dec 31 13:52:28 2010. The 80 limit is only in West Texas on I-10, I-20 or both. It was news when they raised it, but I don't know if other states have followed suit. I can assure you that it's not 80 on the entirety of I-40 through Texas, unless it's changed in the past year and a half. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 31 15:13:23 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Easy on Fri Dec 31 14:04:33 2010. I don't think the pedestrian fatality rate is much affected by the freeway speed limit. If a pedestrian dies crossing a freeway, it should be ruled a suicide. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 31 15:16:08 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Dec 31 13:55:31 2010. New York is very stingy with its speed limits. Why is the speed limit on NYC freeways only 50 and not 55? It doesn't make sense.In NJ they seem to be more liberal with this. The speed limit on I-280 hits 65 pretty much as soon as you leave East Orange. This is the functional equivalent of the LIE hitting 65 after crossing the Van Wyck, or maybe at the Queens/Nassau border. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 31 15:17:13 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Easy on Fri Dec 31 14:00:56 2010. I don't see that very often in slow-driving eastern states. Not much slower you can make trucks go if the speed limit is only 55. |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Fri Dec 31 15:18:28 2010, in response to What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Mitch45 on Thu Dec 30 17:27:35 2010. 55 in the Cranberry Tunnel on an R-10. |
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Posted by Easy on Fri Dec 31 15:29:43 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 31 15:13:23 2010. I know. I only meant that our surface street speeds (especially in Orange County) are equivalent to your freeway speeds. We drive faster on freeways and surface streets. |
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Posted by Fred G on Fri Dec 31 15:31:25 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 31 15:11:53 2010. Do they still have 4 speed limits on I-40? Car/Day, Car/Night, Truck/Day, Truck/Night. Lots of signage.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Dec 31 15:33:24 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri Dec 31 15:06:16 2010. Um, that was implied... You are too scared to drive, period, hence why you don't have a license, and why you were driving the car at the time. |
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Posted by Easy on Fri Dec 31 15:33:59 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Fred G on Fri Dec 31 15:31:25 2010. I've only seen the day/night speed limits in Texas and it's everywhere in Texas, not just the 40. Texas has to be one of the worst places to try and speed. That and NJ. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Dec 31 15:35:14 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Easy on Fri Dec 31 12:59:59 2010. But do they suggest that you keep left? |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Dec 31 15:37:46 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 31 15:16:08 2010. Why is the speed limit on NYC freeways only 50 and not 55? It doesn't make sense. The limits of the roadway design? The poor condition of the road surface? Also, the road has a higher potential capacity with everyone doing 50mph than 55 mph. Take Pride,
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Dec 31 15:38:46 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Dec 31 13:50:55 2010. It's probably everywhere. But my point was that just because there are no trucks in the left lane, it doesn't mean it is easy to pass. |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Fri Dec 31 15:38:53 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Easy on Fri Dec 31 15:33:59 2010. you will get stopped for speeding in texas fast |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Dec 31 15:38:56 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 31 12:48:43 2010. Thanks. |
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Posted by Fred G on Fri Dec 31 15:39:35 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Easy on Fri Dec 31 15:33:59 2010. Not a big TX fan here but thanks.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Easy on Fri Dec 31 15:43:33 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Dec 31 15:35:14 2010. This is from the current drivers handbook. When I got my California license the wording was more along the lines of "Drive in whichever lane you feel most comfortable."Traffic lanes are often referred to by number. The left or “fast” lane is called the “Number 1 Lane.” The lane to the right of the “Number 1 Lane” is called the “Number 2 Lane”, then the “Number 3 Lane”, etc. Example of numbered traffic lanes Drive in the lane with the smoothest flow of traffic. If you can choose among three lanes, pick the middle lane for the smoothest driving. To drive faster, pass, or turn left, use the left lane. When you choose to drive slowly or enter or turn off the road, use the right lane. If there are only two lanes in your direction, pick the right lane for the smoothest driving. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Dec 31 15:44:10 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Fred G on Fri Dec 31 15:31:25 2010. Back in the late 1990s, I drove 80 MPH in my Uncle's Civic where the speed limit was 75 MPH (IIRC) on that there Interstate Highway that we were on somewhere between San Antonio and Houston. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Dec 31 15:45:06 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Easy on Fri Dec 31 15:43:33 2010. Good. |
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Posted by Easy on Fri Dec 31 15:45:25 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Fri Dec 31 15:38:53 2010. Aside from smaller eastern states they have by far the most cops on the road in my experience. And people in Texas don't speed much. If you drive 10 mph over the speed limit, then you will be passing everyone. |
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Fri Dec 31 15:55:31 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Easy on Fri Dec 31 15:45:25 2010. thats right easy ! hell i was just a little over the speed limit and i got stoppedi was nice about it so i got got a warning not to speed ........ oh well north texas that is |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Fri Dec 31 16:04:34 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by italianstallion on Fri Dec 31 00:39:28 2010. Well, just moving along on I-80 somewhere in Iowa, not really paying much attention, look down at the speedo, and whoa, I was over 100 without even realizing it. Nice smooth engine that was.What engine, Slant 6 or 318 V8 ? The Plymouth Scamp was the sister car to the Dodge Dart Swinger, correct ? I had a 1972 Dodge Dart Swinger, yellow with black vinyl roof. Bill Newkirk |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Dec 31 16:22:19 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Easy on Fri Dec 31 15:45:25 2010. Well if they have realistic speed limits, people will generally go the realistic speed, with only some exceptions.On many roads, the realistic speed is 65-75, and that's what most people go. It's not like if they raised it to 65 or 70 all of a sudden people will start going 85. Everyone passes someone in NY when they are in fact going the speed limit because 55 is a completely unrealistic speed limit. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Dec 31 16:26:20 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 31 15:13:23 2010. On I-5 they have signs as you get near the Mexican border in San Diego warning signs of pictures of people running across the road. it's like a deer crossing sign, except with running people. I almost bust a gut when I saw that the first time. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Dec 31 16:28:11 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Easy on Fri Dec 31 15:29:43 2010. I don't think people in California necessarily drive faster on your freeways, people just drive faster LEGALLY. Most people on the Long Island Expressway when there's no traffic drive about 70-75 at least, even though the speed limit is stupidly 55. I don't remember going much faster on LA's Freeways, even though I believe the speed limit was 65. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Dec 31 16:30:34 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 31 15:16:08 2010. New York is very stingy with its speed limits. Why is the speed limit on NYC freeways only 50 and not 55? It doesn't make sense.It's asinine. Not only should they be the same for the most part, as the same roads when they leave NYC, they should be 65. 55 is ridiculous outside NYC, and 50 is utterly ridiculous in NYC too. Except perhaps the JR Parkway of course. |
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Posted by AlM on Fri Dec 31 16:36:38 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Dec 31 16:30:34 2010. Some NYC highways in addition to the Jackie Robinson deserve their lower speed limits because of curves, narrow lanes, and or uneven pavement.Just to name a few, 50 is reasonable for the BQE, parts of the Bruckner, much of the Bronx River, and the Henry Hudson; 45 is reasonable for the FDR. |
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Posted by Easy on Fri Dec 31 16:40:35 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Dec 31 16:26:20 2010. Yup.
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Posted by gOlD_12tH on Fri Dec 31 16:42:43 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Dec 31 15:33:24 2010. Drama queen. |
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Posted by AlM on Fri Dec 31 16:43:28 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 31 15:11:53 2010. Per Wikipedia, only parts of western TX have 80 any more, except for a test in UT.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_limits_in_the_United_States |
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Posted by italianstallion on Fri Dec 31 16:46:50 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Newkirk Images on Fri Dec 31 16:04:34 2010. Slant 6. Yes, it was the sister to the Dart Swinger. Yours and mine must have been almost identical. Very few Scamps were made, compared to Swingers. I miss that car. |
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Posted by italianstallion on Fri Dec 31 16:47:10 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Dec 31 00:59:55 2010. Slant 6. |
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Posted by Easy on Fri Dec 31 16:49:57 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by AlM on Fri Dec 31 16:43:28 2010. I drove from Oklahoma City to Dallas a few years back and unlike most other western states I don't remember any speeds over 65. |
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Posted by Easy on Fri Dec 31 16:53:36 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car within NYC limits?, posted by SMAZ on Fri Dec 31 14:24:42 2010. I'll go first I guess. Probably 65 mph leaving JFK headed to LI. Maybe the same on SI, but I don't recall for sure. I have also driven somewhere around 60 mph for short stretches on various avenues in Manhattan. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Dec 31 16:55:04 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by AlM on Fri Dec 31 16:36:38 2010. Yes, but it doesn't explain 50 on the Grand Central, the Long Island Express, etc. |
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Posted by AlM on Fri Dec 31 16:58:39 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car within NYC limits?, posted by SMAZ on Fri Dec 31 14:24:42 2010. Downhill on the Deegan coming into the Bronx from Yonkers. It's easy to do 70-75 without even noticing it.Parts of the Clearview are also a big temptation. |
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Posted by italianstallion on Fri Dec 31 17:03:17 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car within NYC limits?, posted by SMAZ on Fri Dec 31 14:24:42 2010. 80 in various places, but only for short stretches. There are too many cops around. |
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Posted by Fred G on Fri Dec 31 17:37:24 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car within NYC limits?, posted by Easy on Fri Dec 31 16:53:36 2010. 55 on the Interboro - OOOHHHH.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Dec 31 17:41:07 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car within NYC limits?, posted by Fred G on Fri Dec 31 17:37:24 2010. |
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Posted by fisk ave jim on Fri Dec 31 17:42:59 2010, in response to What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Mitch45 on Thu Dec 30 17:27:35 2010. I can think of two situations that should have gotten me killed.Back in the early 70's I buried the needle on my 67 Cougar(120 mph)on that nifty straight strech on the Belt pky between Pennsylvania Ave & Cross Bay Blvd And back in the early 80's I buried the needle on the Clearview Expy at 2:am in my AMC (American made crap) Pacer. Im lucky to be alive to remember that riding in that fishbowl. Haven't seen any of them on the road in a long time BTW. |
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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Fri Dec 31 19:10:17 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Dec 31 09:13:16 2010. 118 MPH? That's it?? Or is that as fast as the thing would go?Yeah, it's a frigging 1.8L Ford Focus Wagon. The only reason I even hit speeds that high in it was because I was going down a hill in a rush to get the car back to the airport. If it wasn't for that, I would have maxed out at less exiting speed of 111 (180 km/h). If I had the choice, I probably would have aimed for at least the mythical 200 km/h mark (roughly 125 mph) and 250 km/h (155 mph) with enough clearance and power. |
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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Fri Dec 31 19:13:48 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 31 12:46:38 2010. Manual or Automatic for the autobahn?Automatic with Ford's version of a Tiptronic. In theory, I could have taken a manual, but I'd prefer to learn how to drive a manual car before going on the autobahn. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Dec 31 19:16:21 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car?, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Dec 31 16:30:34 2010. It is asinine but the Belt is certainly not designed for speeds above 50. The Belt and JRP were envisioned for leisurely drives. |
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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Fri Dec 31 19:20:10 2010, in response to Re: What is the Fastest You Have Traveled in a Car within NYC limits?, posted by Fred G on Fri Dec 31 17:37:24 2010. 55 on the Interboro - OOOHHHH65 mph on the Interboro. I think I need to try late at night in the Celica for when I can apex the turns and aim for 75... |
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