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Message started by Horatio Hawkshaw on 05/22/10 at 13:54:14

Title: Speed traps?
Post by Horatio Hawkshaw on 05/22/10 at 13:54:14

I've noticed a couple of stretches of road here locally where one side of the roadway has one speed limit while the opposing lane has another. Two lane blacktop out in unincorporated areas. One has a posted speed of 50 in the southbound lane and 45 in the northbound lane. Another has 40 going east but the west bound side is 45. And the one area that I ride through almost every trip into work has 45 on the west bound side but only 25 for the east bound lane. I haven't gotten a ticket in any of these areas, but I contacted the counties to ask why the differences.

Nobody knows.

Title: Re: Speed traps?
Post by earlytimz on 05/22/10 at 17:03:16

When in doubt, default to the higher posted speed then add 20 mph!

Title: Re: Speed traps?
Post by Serowbot on 05/22/10 at 18:16:04

Maybe the sign guy used up all his 45's on the trip out and only had 25's left for the trip back... :-?...

Title: Re: Speed traps?
Post by Starlifter on 05/24/10 at 08:13:05

I saw that here too. Some guy told me it's so traffic heading out of town can start speeding up, and inbound traffic will start slowing down...who knows.

Title: Re: Speed traps?
Post by dasch on 05/24/10 at 09:36:14

speeding up?? Whole 5mph?

They have a sign in Croatia, going across a narrow bridge in Ston, on the way to Dubrovnik - it reads 10km/h. My speedo starts moving at 20... They'da make a fortune if they put a radar gun there...

Title: Re: Speed traps?
Post by earlytimz on 05/24/10 at 10:55:43

Just hope they don't shoot first & collect fines later!!

Title: Re: Speed traps?
Post by kimchris1 on 05/24/10 at 18:32:18

Where I used to live, the hwy speed was 55 and you came down hill to a small town where the speed suddenly dropped to 35.

I never got caught yet others were not as fortunate...