Guess the speed limit challenge

[webny99]

30 mph?

[jon12791]

30 mph?

Not 30 mph

[kirbykart]

40 MPH

[jon12791]

40 MPH

40 mph is correct! This is Massachusetts Route 4 at the Bedford-Billerica line. Always thought it is quite narrow to be that fast with many driveways and side streets, but seems on the high end of reasonable.

[kirbykart]

Nice!
Like before, someone else can post.

[webny99]

OK, here's one:

[jon12791]

OK, here's one:

How about 25 mph

[webny99]

Not 25 mph...

[MATraveler128]

30 mph

[webny99]

Not 30 mph...

I will also note that you can see the speed limit sign in the image (but obviously not what it says  )

[jakeroot]

Oh god. It's gonna be something ridiculous like 15.

[webny99]

Not 15 mph, although you are on to something...

[7/8]

10 mph?

[MATraveler128]

20 mph

[doorknob60]

Looks like a private property driveway type road, all rules are off the table. My guess is 5 MPH.

[webny99]

Looks like a private property driveway type road, all rules are off the table. My guess is 5 MPH.

Well done, 5 mph is correct (location here) and it is indeed the rear entrance to a private business. I cropped out the "THANK YOU" and "WELCOME" that would have given it away, but the white double line was also a clue.

There's no Street View on this entrance road, but the 5 mph sign is visible from NY 104 here. (NY 104 is divided in this area, so many businesses, like this one, have secondary entrances to Ridge Rd to avoid lengthy U-turns.)

[doorknob60]

Yeah, seems like driveways, parking lots, etc. pick randomly between 5, 10, and 15 MPH (and sometimes weird numbers like 12) with no real thought. Hardly possible to drive 5 MPH anyways, and a lot of speedometers aren't really useful below 10 MPH. In most parking lots I find myself going between 10 and 15 depending on how crowded it is with pedestrians, parked cars, and other hazards. Driveways, and things like mall perimeter roads, could be as high as 25-30 depending on the design. What you posted I imagine generally sees speeds around 15-20.

Anyways, here's the next one, in MPH.

[7/8]

Yeah, seems like driveways, parking lots, etc. pick randomly between 5, 10, and 15 MPH (and sometimes weird numbers like 12) with no real thought. Hardly possible to drive 5 MPH anyways, and a lot of speedometers aren't really useful below 10 MPH. In most parking lots I find myself going between 10 and 15 depending on how crowded it is with pedestrians, parked cars, and other hazards. Driveways, and things like mall perimeter roads, could be as high as 25-30 depending on the design. What you posted I imagine generally sees speeds around 15-20.

Besides the ridiculous low speed, why bother putting a speed limit on a ~60m/200' driveway? The double white lines are also interesting.

For the current one, I'll try 55 mph.

[webny99]

Yes, I agree that 5 mph is hardly possible to drive and not worth signing, especially on an incline like this one. I was amused when I saw it the other day and immediately thought to post it here. 

For the new challenge... 45 mph?

[jakeroot]

I didn't think we were doing speed limits on private streets. Seems like a slippery slope.

[webny99]

I didn't think we were doing speed limits on private streets. Seems like a slippery slope.

No pun intended! I tried to give enough indications that it was going to be a low limit that it wasn't too much of a crapshoot, plus there was a number of visual cues in the image. Even so, it took 6 guesses, and none of them were above 30 mph. There's been plenty of public roads posted that have had a much bigger range of guesses and taken way more than 6 guesses, and were probably a lot more generic and less interesting to guess, too.

All that said... I don't have a major issue with banning private streets, even though I do feel it will make the game less interesting. But it should be added to the rules if that's what we're going to do.

[plain]

I'm going with 40 MPH for the current one

[jon12791]

Looks like a private property driveway type road, all rules are off the table. My guess is 5 MPH.

Well done, 5 mph is correct (location here) and it is indeed the rear entrance to a private business. I cropped out the "THANK YOU" and "WELCOME" that would have given it away, but the white double line was also a clue.

There's no Street View on this entrance road, but the 5 mph sign is visible from NY 104 here. (NY 104 is divided in this area, so many businesses, like this one, have secondary entrances to Ridge Rd to avoid lengthy U-turns.)

In Oyster Bay, NY, there is  a SPEED LIMIT 3 sign. In Quebec City, there is a 5 km/h (~3.1 mph) speed limit sign and even a 3 km/h (~1.8 mph) speed limit sign on streets/piers shared with pedestrians. I generally drive at around 15-20 mph in parking lot aisles and 25-30 mph on straightaways of perimeter interior roadways - obviously far slower and stopping as needed when there is a pedestrian or bicycle in my path.

[jon12791]

Yeah, seems like driveways, parking lots, etc. pick randomly between 5, 10, and 15 MPH (and sometimes weird numbers like 12) with no real thought. Hardly possible to drive 5 MPH anyways, and a lot of speedometers aren't really useful below 10 MPH. In most parking lots I find myself going between 10 and 15 depending on how crowded it is with pedestrians, parked cars, and other hazards. Driveways, and things like mall perimeter roads, could be as high as 25-30 depending on the design. What you posted I imagine generally sees speeds around 15-20.

Anyways, here's the next one, in MPH.

Since 45 mph (which is what I would post this at in the absence of data) was already guessed, and 40 mph was as well, I will go with 50 mph.

This is such a fun game that I envisioned it before I found this thread.

[MATraveler128]

45 mph