NYC speed limit lowered to 25 MPH

"scoob" (scoobsti)
11/06/2014 at 23:09 • Filed to: None

DISCUSSION (39)

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > scoob
11/06/2014 at 23:11

I thought traffic in NYC moved at 5 mph anyway.. :)

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > scoob
11/06/2014 at 23:11

Lol, it's 30-40 where I live lol. SO much 55 around me too lol. #UpstateIsBetter

scoob > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
11/06/2014 at 23:12

Not all the time! It reaches 6 sometimes! :D

Nibby > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
11/06/2014 at 23:14

Sometimes I've made it home from midtown Manhattan to Long Island (35 miles) in under an hour... leaving at 5:30PM on a weekday. Other times... 1.5-2 hours.

Unless you're driving on one of the highways, you really don't need to go more than 30-35mph

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > scoob
11/06/2014 at 23:14

ahh, my bad. I sincerely apologise.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
11/06/2014 at 23:15

So much 70 and cops letting you go as fast as want. #FloridaIsFaster,NotBetter

scoob > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
11/06/2014 at 23:16

Don't you guys use them metrics gibberish, you Canadian hippies?!?!

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Nibby
11/06/2014 at 23:16

The stupid thing about this is that I STILL would like to move to NY for a year or so.. :)

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
11/06/2014 at 23:16

Go about 10 miles south and you get to 65. I live pretty much in the country and state limit is 55 except on the Interstates.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
11/06/2014 at 23:18

There are a couple of 65mph 2 lanes down here. Those are somewhat fun.

Nibby > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
11/06/2014 at 23:18

You can move to Brooklyn or Queens and still have a car. Street parking is a bit of a nuisance, but it's manageable.

I find driving in NYC is blown out of proportion. People tell me "omg, driving in NYC is so hard!" or "I'd never drive in Manhattan." Truth is, it's mostly straight lines and grids... and there are bikers, pedestrians, etc. But if you avoid the busiest places it's really not that bad.

I find driving in Long Island is more difficult.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > scoob
11/06/2014 at 23:19

Kinja'd!!!

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > scoob
11/06/2014 at 23:19

No, MPH man.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
11/06/2014 at 23:21

Yeah. You can usually get away with 10 over in NY. I think we have better roads because we have more hills though. If I know Florida isn't it quite flat?

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Nibby
11/06/2014 at 23:21

I drove a lorry from Oslo to Rome and back for a year, I think I'll manage NYC :)

I just need to find a job down there.

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > scoob
11/06/2014 at 23:21

HAHA, 80 mph on the interstate in Idaho, and we have the best governers name in the US

Butch Otter. I think he Otter raise it even higher.

CPT Speedbump > scoob
11/06/2014 at 23:22

25...where? Surely it's not 25 in neighborhoods and on the interstate, lol. Here speed lmit's very from 30 to 60..and 75 on the interstate

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
11/06/2014 at 23:22

Come to the better part of New York. Where there is snow, hills, farms, and lakes! That's where I live!

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
11/06/2014 at 23:25

But I can have lakes, snow and hills here in Hamar :) I'd like to move to the US to try something else. That said, I'd love to visit all the states, just rent a car and drive drive drive.

scoob > CPT Speedbump
11/06/2014 at 23:25

City-wide in all 5 boroughs, unless otherwise posted. Highways here range from 45-60 and I think those are staying the same.

CPT Speedbump > scoob
11/06/2014 at 23:27

That sounds terrible, though then again, it's not like you can go much faster in NY..I live in a..not small but..smaller city in Colorado, soo, we have room to actually hit 6o where allowed...or even not allowed I guess, lol

CB > scoob
11/06/2014 at 23:29

That's not too terrible. 40 km/h is school zone speed. With that many people around, it's not a bad idea.

scoob > CPT Speedbump
11/06/2014 at 23:30

In the outer boroughs here you can easily hit 30 without even knowing lol. 25 is going to be a snail's pace...

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
11/06/2014 at 23:30

That's why I was recommending here! NYC is a great city but it's not amazing. That being said, a lot of the states are really nice. Especially Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, the Dakotas, Ohio, New York, New England, Wyoming, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, WV, the Carolinas, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa. All have good roads, lakes, and are just really beautiful. The other 30 or so I haven't yet been through so I can't really speak for them.

(Ones listed are the ones I've been to that I can remember off the top of my head.)

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
11/06/2014 at 23:30

Towards the coast, yes. There are a few decent hills just south of the Alabama line. This is just north of me.

Kinja'd!!!

HammerheadFistpunch > scoob
11/06/2014 at 23:31

Kinja'd!!!

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
11/06/2014 at 23:33

Nice, this is my area. You can't really see the elevation but it's there.

Kinja'd!!!

scoob > CB
11/06/2014 at 23:33

In Manhattan it makes sense, but they're applying this to all of NYC, where it's less congested.

SPNKiX > scoob
11/06/2014 at 23:33

That'll stop afroduck.

CB > scoob
11/06/2014 at 23:34

Ah, I see.

scoob > HammerheadFistpunch
11/06/2014 at 23:36

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=why+nyc+is+…

scoob > SPNKiX
11/06/2014 at 23:36

LOL! He probably saw this coming... that's why he left.

CPT Speedbump > scoob
11/06/2014 at 23:40

Yeah, my concept of speed is going to shit again.. I was like that when young, then was able to tell my speed without looking, but at work now I have a very very slow shitty truck for the moment, and I drive it all day..then get in my Z and all of a sudden I'm doing 70 in a 55 without realizing how fast I'm going -.- My Beetle would emberass the truck I drive, but because it's so big, it's confusing to my brain. Also it's speedometer is off... The Beetle is fairly easy to keep under the speed limit, the transmission linkage will start ratteling if I break 60, haha..then again, I won't always hear that over the subs...