Speed limits not divisible by 5

Started by dgolub, March 29, 2014, 10:58:47 AM

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dgolub

This parody of "Let It Go" from the Disney movie "Frozen" about traffic conditions during the winter is hilarious.  Well, if you put aside the fact that the traffic reporter really doesn't have the voice to do this song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTuwwZEAL-s


Big John


dgolub

Quote from: Big John on March 29, 2014, 12:28:40 PM
At 2:28, a SPEED LIMIT 31 sign?

Yes, apparently he has magical powers that can make speed limits drop to odd numbers.

roadfro

That was entertaining.

He has done other parodies through a "Dance Party Friday" traffic report segment, for a few years now.
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hotdogPi

Quote from: dgolub on March 29, 2014, 07:00:04 PM
Quote from: Big John on March 29, 2014, 12:28:40 PM
At 2:28, a SPEED LIMIT 31 sign?

Yes, apparently he has magical powers that can make speed limits drop to odd numbers.

35, a completely standard speed limit, is also odd.
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MA 22, 35, 40, 53, 79, 107, 109, 126, 138, 141, 159
NH 27, 78, 111A(E); CA 90; NY 366; GA 42, 140; FL A1A, 7; CT 32, 320; VT 2A, 5A; PA 3, 51, 60, WA 202; QC 162, 165, 263; 🇬🇧A100, A3211, A3213, A3215, A4222; 🇫🇷95 D316

Lowest untraveled: 36

SD Mapman

Quote from: Big John on March 29, 2014, 12:28:40 PM
At 2:28, a SPEED LIMIT 31 sign?
There's a speed limit 23 sign about two miles from my house.
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getemngo

Yay, topic derailed! This has been done before, but only in metric.

Fifth Third Ballpark (the Michigan one) used to have SPEED LIMIT 17 signs in its parking lot. And Michigan weigh stations have a posted speed limit of 3.
~ Sam from Michigan

JMoses24

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This is in my hometown of Cincinnati. I didn't have to look at the YouTube link to know who and what it was. Bob Herzog is hilarious in person as well, I have had opportunity to meet him and be on TV with him.

tdindy88

Odd-numbered speed limits never bothered me anyway!

dgolub

Quote from: 1 on March 29, 2014, 09:38:30 PM
Quote from: dgolub on March 29, 2014, 07:00:04 PM
Quote from: Big John on March 29, 2014, 12:28:40 PM
At 2:28, a SPEED LIMIT 31 sign?

Yes, apparently he has magical powers that can make speed limits drop to odd numbers.

35, a completely standard speed limit, is also odd.

Sorry about the ambiguity.  I meant odd in the sense of unusual, not in the sense of not divisible by 2.

getemngo

This came up in another topic, and there don't seem to be any old threads on it except for one dealing with English/metric conversions.

Found this on Reddit:

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US 41

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1995hoo

I don't have a picture of a sign, but during my years at Duke in the 1990s the speed limit on James Street in Durham (posted on standard signs) was 27 mph.
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US 41

It seems like I've seen this topic on here before, but it's still an interesting topic. I think I saw a news story about a town lowering their speed limit from 35 to 34 to try to get driver's attentions and to attempt to slow down traffic.
Visited States and Provinces:
USA (48)= All of Lower 48
Canada (5)= NB, NS, ON, PEI, QC
Mexico (9)= BCN, BCS, CHIH, COAH, DGO, NL, SON, SIN, TAM

getemngo

Quote from: US 41 on March 30, 2014, 04:43:56 PM
It seems like I've seen this topic on here before, but it's still an interesting topic.

Yeah, I'm an idiot. It's at "Unusual speed limits". Couldn't find it last night or before I made the topic, so of course I find it later.
~ Sam from Michigan

jbnv

I've seen Speed Limit 7 and Speed Limit 21 at casino complexes.
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signalman

When I was in high school, a friend of mine spent summers at a lake community.  All the roads within the community had a posted limit of 12.  All of the signs were standard (size and font) speed limit signs too.

Road Hog

Speed limit on Ole Miss campus is 18 mph in honor of Archie Manning.


hotdogPi

The first post is not even about speed limits!
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Traveled, plus
US 13, 50
MA 22, 35, 40, 53, 79, 107, 109, 126, 138, 141, 159
NH 27, 78, 111A(E); CA 90; NY 366; GA 42, 140; FL A1A, 7; CT 32, 320; VT 2A, 5A; PA 3, 51, 60, WA 202; QC 162, 165, 263; 🇬🇧A100, A3211, A3213, A3215, A4222; 🇫🇷95 D316

Lowest untraveled: 36

getemngo

Quote from: 1 on March 31, 2014, 02:27:38 PM
The first post is not even about speed limits!

This topic was formed by two different topics that were merged.
~ Sam from Michigan

US 41













Some speed limits I found on google images that aren't divisible by 0 or 5.
Visited States and Provinces:
USA (48)= All of Lower 48
Canada (5)= NB, NS, ON, PEI, QC
Mexico (9)= BCN, BCS, CHIH, COAH, DGO, NL, SON, SIN, TAM

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Clinched

Traveled, plus
US 13, 50
MA 22, 35, 40, 53, 79, 107, 109, 126, 138, 141, 159
NH 27, 78, 111A(E); CA 90; NY 366; GA 42, 140; FL A1A, 7; CT 32, 320; VT 2A, 5A; PA 3, 51, 60, WA 202; QC 162, 165, 263; 🇬🇧A100, A3211, A3213, A3215, A4222; 🇫🇷95 D316

Lowest untraveled: 36

agentsteel53

Quote from: US 41 on March 31, 2014, 03:52:06 PMaren't divisible by 0

please find me a speed limit that is divisible by 0.
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At the GE Aviation plant facility in Lynn, MA; there were (not sure if they're still there) SPEED LIMIT 19 signs posted along the property and parking lots.

At the Hershey Mills Development in East Goshen, PA (Chester County); the posted speed limit (brown wooden signs w/red lettering) is 27 mph.
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Zeffy

Quote from: US 41 on March 31, 2014, 03:52:06 PM


Some speed limits I found on google images that aren't divisible by 0 or 5.

This looks fake.

Quote from: PHLBOS on March 31, 2014, 05:14:45 PM
At the Hershey Mills Development in East Goshen, PA (Chester County); the posted speed limit (brown wooden signs w/red lettering) is 27 mph.

Red lettering on a brown background? That sounds nasty.
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