Re: Licence suspension
Originally Posted by Nutek
(Post 11196879)
Trying to do anything close to the actual speed limit is absolutely terrifying. |
Re: Licence suspension
Originally Posted by Bob
(Post 11196937)
Driving at any speed, especially this time of year is absolutely terrifying full stop, with all those pot holes and frost heave :D
Trying to drive at 55 though, around here, will get you crushed by a Semi. |
Re: Licence suspension
Thanks everyone for the feedback. We have engaged a lawyer who said he can appeal so will see what happens.
I understand that speeding is not good but as others have said, not many people on the highways around here stick to 50/55mph. I was always taught it's safer to drive in the flow of the traffic instead of forcing everyone to go around you. |
Re: Licence suspension
Originally Posted by moving2nyc
(Post 11197043)
Thanks everyone for the feedback. We have engaged a lawyer who said he can appeal so will see what happens.
I understand that speeding is not good but as others have said, not many people on the highways around here stick to 50/55mph. I was always taught it's safer to drive in the flow of the traffic instead of forcing everyone to go around you. In California we have so many 4 lane roads that there usually isn't any need to drive in the left lane. |
Re: Licence suspension
Originally Posted by Michael
(Post 11197449)
My son used to get speeding tickets often and I told him to not drive in the left lane since the highway patrol primarily watches that lane and since then, he hasn't had a ticket. Never thought he'd listen to me.:p
In California we have so many 4 lane roads that there usually isn't any need to drive in the left lane. |
Re: Licence suspension
Originally Posted by Dorothy
(Post 11196506)
Maybe not a hardened criminal, but 24 mph over the limit (50% over!) is surely dangerous.:
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Re: Licence suspension
Originally Posted by Michael
(Post 11197449)
My son used to get speeding tickets often and I told him to not drive in the left lane since the highway patrol primarily watches that lane and since then, he hasn't had a ticket. Never thought he'd listen to me.:p
In California we have so many 4 lane roads that there usually isn't any need to drive in the left lane. |
Re: Licence suspension
Originally Posted by hungryhorace
(Post 11198148)
The I-95 here is 55 mph. 24mph over that speed is 79mph. Given it's a 4 lane motorway, I would struggle to suggest 79mph is 'dangerous'.
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Re: Licence suspension
Originally Posted by Pulaski
(Post 11198157)
Agreed. Sometimes the drivers causing the most danger to themselves and others are ones driving at the speed limit. I am certainly no condoning excessive speeding, but my observation is that on an interstates where traffic is flowing quite nicely, and perfectly safely, at around 75-80, a vehicle doing 65 causes a bottleneck and unexpected braking.
I gave up keeping to motorway speed limits once I realised that no one else gives a toss about the rules of the road here in MA so why should I. A total contrast to my approach to driving in England I should point out. |
Re: Licence suspension
Originally Posted by hungryhorace
(Post 11198169)
The entire system where I live with regards to speed limits is a disaster. 4 lane motorways have speed limits of 55mph, and the highest speed limit appears to be 65. Of which no one keeps to. Why the legislators in MA think 55 is an appropriate speed limit on a 4 lane motorway is beyond me. It just forces people to drive over the speed limit (and there in I think is the reason they're kept so low..*speeding fines* *cough*)
I gave up keeping to motorway speed limits once I realised that no one else gives a toss about the rules of the road here in MA so why should I. A total contrast to my approach to driving in England I should point out. To get the concrete surface as smooth as they have, they have run a grinding tool over the surface, which has left it not only a smooth as a billiard table, but also as quite as an asphalt surface. :thumbsup: |
Re: Licence suspension
Originally Posted by hungryhorace
(Post 11198148)
The I-95 here is 55 mph...
Saying that, after seeing a car lose a wheel/axle for hitting a pothole that was knee deep a couple years ago, I'm a bit edgy about speed during the frost heave season :o |
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