Speed Limits

"Victorious Secret" (victorioussecret)
08/27/2013 at 16:41 • Filed to: None

They don't count when the numbers have been spray painted over, right? RIGHT?

DISCUSSION (20)

Takuro Spirit > Victorious Secret
08/27/2013 at 16:43

I think that sign is for Ferrari only.

Kinja'd!!!

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > Victorious Secret
08/27/2013 at 16:44

35 km/h? Really? Where is this?

rad_mike > Victorious Secret
08/27/2013 at 16:44

I dunno about that, but they definitely don't count when units are metric. So, you're good to go.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Victorious Secret
08/27/2013 at 16:44

In the US (which this clearly isn't giving km/h) yellow signs are "advice" or "caution" not a requirement.

If on a road with a 55 mph speed limit (white sign) that has a curve ahead and it has a yellow 35 mph sign, it's a recommendation not a requirement.

Brian Tschiegg > Goshen, formerly Darkcode
08/27/2013 at 16:47

I know, but you'll have to figure it oot.

Z_Stig > Victorious Secret
08/27/2013 at 16:47

According to my drivers handbook, Page 43, Section C, Table IV:

When red paint is observed on a informational speed limit sign, the displayed limit is null and void. Proceed at an unlimited pace.

Z_Stig > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
08/27/2013 at 16:49

And you can safely go double the speed of most of those advisory speeds on curves.

Makes me think, are those speeds written for 1930s automotive performance?

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Z_Stig
08/27/2013 at 16:50

Nope, written for old people who can barely see over the wheel I think...

Dusty Ventures > Z_Stig
08/27/2013 at 16:51

True in a car, but as I've learned from driving the rally rig if you're in a big truck with a trailer you better treat those yellow signs as motherfucking gospel

Takuro Spirit > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
08/27/2013 at 16:53

I had a cop pull me over after coming off a highway exit that tried to argue I was "speeding" because the "limit" is 25mph.

Kinja'd!!!

But the highway was 65mph, and the road I exited on was 50, and that's about what I was doing after I scrubbed off enough speed from the howling tires on my Firebird.

I knew the sign was just a "suggested" speed, and he let me go with a verbal warning about "reckless driving" and some "what ifs".

Z_Stig > Dusty Ventures
08/27/2013 at 17:01

Haha oh yes over a certain tonnage those signs DO apply.

desertdog5051 > Victorious Secret
08/27/2013 at 17:01

Obviously the proper authorities did that.

Victorious Secret > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
08/27/2013 at 17:03

Last I checked, the current regs are actually made to the automotive standards of 1970.

combined with driver training from 1970, it isn't shocking.

On highway offramps that say anywhere from 60km/h-80km/h, I can do 120 without even feeling the loss of traction. The ramps are banked too, so thank you to whichever engineers built in those angles.

ttyymmnn > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
08/27/2013 at 17:04

I believe you are correct. However, there is a high school near me (TX) that has a yellow School Crossing sign, with a yellow 35 underneath it. Otherwise, the posted speed is 45. I've always wondered if that yellow speed is actually required.

TheCraigy > Victorious Secret
08/27/2013 at 17:05

In most states there is a "general speed law" which states something along the lines of reasonableness or an appropriate speed for the conditions.

Further, you're typically not ticketed for disobeying a traffic signal (the speed limit sign), but instead for breaking a law on the books setting the speed limit. The speed limit is usually set by law and the sign is only a convenience to the motorist. ;)

Victorious Secret > desertdog5051
08/27/2013 at 17:05

No officer, I don't own that red spray paint at all

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Victorious Secret
08/28/2013 at 09:38

Nice, back when from the factory cars had crappy skinny tires and giant vehicles up off the ground which enjoy quite a bit of body roll on these ramps.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > ttyymmnn
08/28/2013 at 09:39

That's a tricky one because school zone. It may be yellow because it's only enforced while school is in session?

I'd probably play it safe through that stretch.

ttyymmnn > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
08/28/2013 at 09:47

I always do. I walk my boys to the neighborhood elementary school, and I often see a couple of county sheriff motor deputies working the school zone in the morning. I'll have to ask them about it.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > ttyymmnn
08/28/2013 at 09:52

That's honestly the best way to know how to handle the signage. They can be tricky sometimes, and honestly - ask a couple of them. I've gotten different interpretations from different officers before about certain traffic situations (yes that's disappointing lol). I will say it's good to hear they actually but a good watch on the school zones!