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Speed limits not divisible by 5

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

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infinity is not divisible by zero.

(okay, it's a lot more complex than that, in the Alanlandian sense of "infinity both is and is not divisible by zero, depending on your definition of infinity" - but, for the purposes of this discussion, no number that can be used as a speed limit is a number that is divisible by zero.)
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Quote from: Zeffy on March 31, 2014, 07:46:45 PM
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.
The main reason they can get away w/such there is because the development is a gated community and the interior roads (where the signs are located) are private.
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Quote from: agentsteel53 on April 01, 2014, 12:09:11 PM
infinity is not divisible by zero.

(okay, it's a lot more complex than that, in the Alanlandian sense of "infinity both is and is not divisible by zero, depending on your definition of infinity" - but, for the purposes of this discussion, no number that can be used as a speed limit is a number that is divisible by zero.)

Fair enough. Any number divided by zero will give a quotient of infinity. Howzat.

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Quote from: Road Hog on April 04, 2014, 08:34:00 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on April 01, 2014, 12:09:11 PM
infinity is not divisible by zero.

(okay, it's a lot more complex than that, in the Alanlandian sense of "infinity both is and is not divisible by zero, depending on your definition of infinity" - but, for the purposes of this discussion, no number that can be used as a speed limit is a number that is divisible by zero.)

Fair enough. Any number divided by zero will give a quotient of infinity. Howzat.

Hence, the Isle of Man and German Autobahn speed limits.
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The speed limit in the Walmart DC in Raymond, NH is 9½ MPH.  I don't have pics.  At some other reciever, I saw signs for 8⅞ MPH.
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Here's a Speed Limit 17 sign in Port St. Joe, FL:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=port+st.+joe+florida&ll=29.862306,-85.33823&spn=0.000002,0.002064&hnear=Port+St+Joe,+Gulf+County,+Florida&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=29.862306,-85.33823&panoid=zWjEou6xRDmIWH7vb2eOVA&cbp=12,285.83,,3,2.02
I believe I have a photo of it too, I'll have to find it first though.
I also recall seeing a Speed Limit 23 sign in that area as well, but it looks like it was removed according to Google Street View.
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Not really a speed limit sign, but I saw this sign at my university's parkade last winter and took a picture.


mtantillo

The Rockefeller University in NYC had a "Speed Limit [Pi]" sign in one of their parking decks. That's slow!

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The City of Albuquerque has reduced speed limits that are not divisible by 5 on its designated Bicycle Boulevard streets.  I presume this is for people can pay attention to their speedometers.

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Quote from: mtantillo on September 26, 2014, 12:14:29 AM
The Rockefeller University in NYC had a "Speed Limit [Pi]" sign in one of their parking decks. That's slow!

Maybe intended for walking?
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My brother's apartment complex has a speed limit of 9.
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Here in Dalton there is actually a Speed Limit 13 sign on a road in a condo-neighborhood off of the North Bypass (saw it when I was visiting someone there).

I really wish I could've gotten a picture of it (I couldn't because I was actually driving myself), and unfortunately it is not available on Google Street View.
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A FB friend of mine (not a roadgeek) posted a pic of a brown parking lot sign that lists a speed limit of 9 mph.  Unfortunately, he didn't give its location but I'm assuming it's at a mall somewhere in Greater Philadelphia.
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bzakharin

I think I saw 12.5 somewhere (half of 25)

TEG24601

My parents had a timeshare near Birch Bay, WA for a few years, and they had "Speed Limit 7", and another sign that said "7 = One Foot On Brake".
They said take a left at the fork in the road.  I didn't think they literally meant a fork, until plain as day, there was a fork sticking out of the road at a junction.

bzakharin

Quote from: TEG24601 on December 29, 2014, 04:04:16 PM
My parents had a timeshare near Birch Bay, WA for a few years, and they had "Speed Limit 7", and another sign that said "7 = One Foot On Brake".
One foot? I can only interpret that two ways, neither of which makes any sense. Either there are cases where you would have both feet on the break or the other foot goes somewhere else. Gas?

briantroutman

This past July-Nov., I lived in Playa del Rey and biked to Redondo Beach and back every day. This passed through The Strand in Hermosa Beach which is posted at 8 MPH. An LA Times article from 1987 shows that the limit was 10 when posted 27 years ago, and why they decided to reduce the limit by 2 miles is beyond me. Ever try biking at 8 MPH? It's a challenge to maintain a speed that low.



Quote from: bzakharin on December 29, 2014, 04:39:55 PM
Quote from: TEG24601 on December 29, 2014, 04:04:16 PM
My parents had a timeshare near Birch Bay, WA for a few years, and they had "Speed Limit 7", and another sign that said "7 = One Foot On Brake".
One foot? I can only interpret that two ways, neither of which makes any sense. Either there are cases where you would have both feet on the break or the other foot goes somewhere else. Gas?

Another nitwit who doesn't know that some cars don't have PRNDLs.

sbeaver44

Onondaga Lake Park in Liverpool, New York has a Speed Limit 17 sign.  The Parks Department says it's "to get people's attention" per http://www.localsyr.com/story/d/story/why-is-the-speed-limit-17-miles-per-hour-at-ononda/33265/tS1kXiJ6KU6XuuJT9IDHaA.

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Quote from: bzakharin on December 29, 2014, 04:39:55 PM
Either there are cases where you would have both feet on the break or the other foot goes somewhere else. Gas?
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