Speeding

[1995hoo]

In Massachusetts (and probably everywhere else), almost everyone goes faster than the speed limit on exit ramps. If it says "30 MPH exit", people will be going 40. The exception is if there is traffic.

Those aren't speed limits. They're advisory speeds–i.e., they recommend you not go faster than the posted number, but it's not illegal to do so. It really depends on what you're driving whether you need to pay heed to those. Back when I was 16 years old I drove a 1977 Ford Granada. I had learned to drive on my father's 1982 Honda Accord and my mother's 1988 Volvo 740 and I was used to ignoring the numbers on those yellow signs. I quickly learned that wasn't a good idea in that Granada, especially on cloverleaf loop-arounds! Think about it, I'm sure at some point you've been behind a tractor-trailer that had to take the ramp at a slower speed than you would.

[Big John]

In Massachusetts (and probably everywhere else), almost everyone goes faster than the speed limit on exit ramps. If it says "30 MPH exit", people will be going 40. The exception is if there is traffic.

Those signs are yellow and mean it is an advisory (meaning design) speed and not the speed limit of the ramp.  Most smaller vehicles can usually go 5-10 over with no problem under normal highway conditions.

[deathtopumpkins]

Those tend to be seriously low up here too. The exit I take to get to work has a 30 mph advisory speed, but I can comfortably take it at 60 in my SUV.

[Alps]

In Massachusetts (and probably everywhere else), almost everyone goes faster than the speed limit on exit ramps. If it says "30 MPH exit", people will be going 40. The exception is if there is traffic.

Those signs are yellow and mean it is an advisory (meaning design) speed and not the speed limit of the ramp.  Most smaller vehicles can usually go 5-10 over with no problem under normal highway conditions.

This is Mass., where speed limit signs are used in advisory situations for curves. Bugs the hell out of me. Haven't seen a speed trap yet. I'll still go 50 in a "25" for a curve that I can take at 45 on a road that's otherwise 50.