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#21

Suggestions and Questions / Re: Notification when a post i...

Last post by jeffandnicole - Today at 02:37:28 PM

There has been plenty of my more "sarcastic or direct" posts over the years that have been wiped or hidden from view.  Thing is, I generally had a good idea why they were removed/hidden and never really thought an explanation was necessary. 

I'm sure this applies here too, but hey, why waste the ability to make a public argument about it.

#22

Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: Michigan Notes

Last post by Rothman - Today at 02:31:12 PM

They raise the speed limit, people will go 10+ over that...hence the biggest reason why the speed limits are kept low up here.

That feels like something "everyone knows" that isn't actually true.  Wish there was some education to get rid of that misconception.  There have been studies all over the place where states have raised their speed limits proving that this isn't the case, yet citizens and lawmakers ignore them.

In any case, with the rise of camera enforcement and the like, if we don't get a 70 mph speed limit in NY, I'll likely soon be forced to choose between risking tickets or every major trip taking 30-60 minutes longer than present.  Memorizing camera locations, enforcement tolerances, etc. and having to behave differently in every place even when the posted speed limit is the same is not a game that I want to play.

I don't know.  I'd think the speed limit would have to be raised pretty high to lessen the "buffer effect" up here.

On my eclipse trip, I was taken aback by how slowly Texans drive -- at least where I was in San Antonio and the adjacent Hill Country.  Seemed to me there was more of a compliance with the speed limit compared to the Thruway, where 80 mph+ in a 65 mph zone is common in the left lane.

Camera speed enforcement in NY is posted and signed.  In my personal opinion, I believe there is a buffer of sorts even with them.

Anyway, speeding anywhere has a risk of a ticket, I suppose.  But, I have found that a combination of not speeding too much (<15 mph over) and keeping one's eyes peeled for enforcement is effective.

Haven't got a ticket in over a decade now and I'm driving more than ever.

#23

Northeast / Re: NYC Roads

Last post by Rothman - Today at 02:24:13 PM

Looks like NYC will soon be able to lower its default speed limit (again) to 20 mph this time: https://archive.is/v6Gax

Meh.  25 mph was a good one.  If enforcement isn't cutting it now, it certainly won't at 20.

Is there even an objective, factual basis for this?

For lowering the speed limit?

Let's just say requests for speed limit reductions on State-owned roads come in regularly to NYSDOT and are regularly rejected for not being warranted...

Whether the City has an engineering-based check on people who just think lower speed limits are a panacea...I don't know...

#24

Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: Madison Area

Last post by The Ghostbuster - Today at 02:20:01 PM

Last night, a Public Involvement Meeting was held on the US 51 Stoughton Rd. North Study: https://wisconsindot.gov/Documents/projects/by-region/sw/us51-corridor/0424presentation.pdf. The one disappointment I have is that they plan on building a jug-handle at East Washington Ave. I would have preferred the tight diamond interchange alternative. I also would have liked the railroad crossing to have become grade-separated instead of continuing to cross US 51 at-grade.

#25

Mountain West / Re: US 50 Bridge Failure Betwe...

Last post by The Ghostbuster - Today at 02:08:12 PM

At least this one hasn't collapsed yet. Hopefully they caught the defects in time and it will stay in one piece.

#26

Mid-South / Re: US 281 Expansion in Blanco...

Last post by The Ghostbuster - Today at 01:59:19 PM

I wonder if many other Blanco residents feel the same way about the bypass as the couple mentioned at the beginning of the story do?

#27

Southeast / Re: I-40 in North Carolina

Last post by The Ghostbuster - Today at 01:53:51 PM

Is the proposal to renumber a portion of NC 42 to NC 36 set in stone? I haven't seen anything on whether or not the proposal was approved. Did I miss something?

#28

Off-Topic / Re: Business Marquees which fe...

Last post by Mapmikey - Today at 01:53:10 PM

What's the point of perfect vision if what you're looking at is wrong?

#29

Traffic Control / Re: Road Sign UNO

Last post by TBKS1 - Today at 01:47:14 PM

QC 138 -> Miller County 138 on US 67 just north of Texarkana (taken 12 December 2020)

[1397 + 59 = 1456]

#30

Traffic Control / Re: 1-2-3 Route number Additio...

Last post by TBKS1 - Today at 01:45:10 PM

This setup again...

1397 + 59 = 1456 in Texarkana, TX (taken 25 February 2024)