Speed limit reduction, I-70 in Columbus

[vtk]

According to some local news, a few miles of the East Freeway (I-70) in Columbus will have a reduction in speed limit.  From I-71 to the Livingston Ave interchange, a distance of about 2 miles, the speed limit will be decreased to 55 MPH, matching the speed limit on the Innerbelt.

I guess it's reasonable, but why wasn't it done sooner?  Does anyone know what the speed limit was on that section before the national 55 MPH limit was imposed?

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

After ODOT finished resurfacing 315, between OSU and Spring-Sandusky, last year, they kept that section at 55 MPH (it had been 65 till you reached Goodale Ave).

[Brandon]

Why lower the limit?  Keeping the sections at 65 would be more prudent, IMHO.  The state to the north of Ohio would do that.

[Truvelo]

Changing the speed limit is one thing, changing the actual speed of the traffic is quite another. Over here speed limits have been slashed left right and centre during the past 15 years and if the new limit is unreasonably slow it will be ignored.

[texaskdog]

Always a sad day.  Lower a speed limit to match people's stupidity.

[6a]

Normally I'm neutral about the trucking industry, but in this case I'll blame idiot truck drivers.  The freeway at this point sits really high above ground level with houses directly below.  The curve being referenced in the story is tighter than it looks from a distance, but there is ample warning of its existence.  5-10 trucks haven't made it lately and ended up tumbling down the hill into a backyard.  After ODOT changed the guard rail to a guard wall, smoothed out the pavement, and put up more signage, I figured that would be the end of it, but nooooo...

[agentsteel53]

Always a sad day.  Lower a speed limit to match people's stupidity.

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[Brandon]

Changing the speed limit is one thing, changing the actual speed of the traffic is quite another. Over here speed limits have been slashed left right and centre during the past 15 years and if the new limit is unreasonably slow it will be ignored.

Sounds like the widely ignored 55 mph limit in and around Chicago.  Average speeds tend to be in 70-75 mph range.

[Crazy Volvo Guy]

And here I was praising Ohio for keeping it 65 all the way in to the Innerbelt when I went through there back in November of last year...so much for that.

Sounds like the widely ignored 55 mph limit in and around Chicago.  Average speeds tend to be in 70-75 mph range.

You can't ignore speed limits in Ohio, and especially the Columbus area and expect to indefinitely get away from it.  They have some of the most predatory cops in the nation.  Need I mention that the infamous New Rome once sat just inside 270 on the west side?  Yeah...

[vtk]

And here I was praising Ohio for keeping it 65 all the way in to the Innerbelt when I went through there back in November of last year...so much for that.

On the Interstates, yes.  On OH 315, the 55 MPH zone was extended up to Kinnear Rd a few years ago, and then up to Lane Ave since then.

You can't ignore speed limits in Ohio, and especially the Columbus area and expect to indefinitely get away from it.  They have some of the most predatory cops in the nation.  Need I mention that the infamous New Rome once sat just inside 270 on the west side?  Yeah...

Actually, New Rome is about 1.5 miles outside of I-270.  (It's not a governmental entity anymore, but the location still exists and I'm not about to abandon New Rome as a placename.)

As for speed enforcement, yes Ohio can be strict.   Small towns and the Highway Patrol generally don't let you get away with much.  CPD, on the other hand, is usually reasonable.  They're probably not going to stop you for doing 64 in a 55 zone.

[Alps]

As for speed enforcement, yes Ohio can be strict.   Small towns and the Highway Patrol generally don't let you get away with much.  CPD, on the other hand, is usually reasonable.  They're probably not going to stop you for doing 64 in a 55 zone.

False...

[Brandon]

And here I was praising Ohio for keeping it 65 all the way in to the Innerbelt when I went through there back in November of last year...so much for that.

On the Interstates, yes.  On OH 315, the 55 MPH zone was extended up to Kinnear Rd a few years ago, and then up to Lane Ave since then.

You can't ignore speed limits in Ohio, and especially the Columbus area and expect to indefinitely get away from it.  They have some of the most predatory cops in the nation.  Need I mention that the infamous New Rome once sat just inside 270 on the west side?  Yeah...

Actually, New Rome is about 1.5 miles outside of I-270.  (It's not a governmental entity anymore, but the location still exists and I'm not about to abandon New Rome as a placename.)

As for speed enforcement, yes Ohio can be strict.   Small towns and the Highway Patrol generally don't let you get away with much.  CPD, on the other hand, is usually reasonable.  They're probably not going to stop you for doing 64 in a 55 zone.

For some reason, the OHP seem to like cars with license plates that have a state that starts with "M".

[vdeane]

Probably because Ohio and Michigan actually fought a war with each other over Toledo.  Since Ohio was a state and Michigan was a territory, naturally Ohio won once it got to Congress.

[ShawnP]

So they fought over Toledo. It should be told the actual loser got stuck with it.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

So they fought over Toledo. It should be told the actual loser got stuck with it.

Michigan wasted their spoils from that "war" as well.

[InterstateNG]

And here I was praising Ohio for keeping it 65 all the way in to the Innerbelt when I went through there back in November of last year...so much for that.

On the Interstates, yes.  On OH 315, the 55 MPH zone was extended up to Kinnear Rd a few years ago, and then up to Lane Ave since then.

You can't ignore speed limits in Ohio, and especially the Columbus area and expect to indefinitely get away from it.  They have some of the most predatory cops in the nation.  Need I mention that the infamous New Rome once sat just inside 270 on the west side?  Yeah...

Actually, New Rome is about 1.5 miles outside of I-270.  (It's not a governmental entity anymore, but the location still exists and I'm not about to abandon New Rome as a placename.)

As for speed enforcement, yes Ohio can be strict.   Small towns and the Highway Patrol generally don't let you get away with much.  CPD, on the other hand, is usually reasonable.  They're probably not going to stop you for doing 64 in a 55 zone.

For some reason, the OHP seem to like cars with license plates that have a state that starts with "M".

Mainly because 23 is part of a big drug smuggling route from Virginia to Detroit.