A Recent Observation...

[kilobravo]

I was in northern Ohio the past few days, grew up there. Hadn't been back in a few years and this time, the MUCH slower speed limits in the area really hit me.

It quickly dawned on me that I would definitely not enjoy the car if I lived there, it was quite frustrating, even in a dinky Nissan Rogue rental.

BTW, here's a question...

What do you take when a 4-wheel drive vehicle won't do?

A rental car, of course. :-)

Heck, I had to use CRUISE in the Nissan to keep the airspeed within legal limits. <grin> At least in the area of town where I was, the VAST majority of the speed limits were 25 and 35 including fairly major two lane roads. Down here in south Texas, it's almost always 45 on similar roadways. These cars just don't do well at 25 or even 35.

And forget about blowing a little carbon out on the freeways...speed limit is 50. Ugh.

So, for any of you who live in areas with similar limits, you have my sincere condolences. I'll gladly put up with the tropical summer heat to hang on to our speed limits.

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[SEERED]

So KB, Indians (oops Guardians) or Reds fan?
Total Reds fan here and Never been to Ohio.

Edit: Spent some time in Tyler recently and it was impressive, the nicest people you could ever meet.

 

[jvandy50]

One of the coolest things I remember when going through parts of TX...70mph speed limits while passing mailboxes. We don't even get that in AR!

 

[Jmeo]

Texas is on my short list when I bust outta this god forsaken state! Hope it doesn't change much in the next 8 years......

 

[Classic Lover]

Speed limit never heard of her.

It’s not that bad in IL, 55mph on two lanes and 70 on interstates. We have this one awesome Mexican Highway that I use sometime as well.

 

[Warpath]

Texas is on my short list when I bust outta this god forsaken state! Hope it doesn't change much in the next 8 years......

You and all the Californians.

 

[Crowd Hunter]

Tennessee is great. Just don't move to Nashville or Memphis. (And don't come here and lefty up the place.)

 

[Jmeo]

You and all the Californians.

Please don’t associate me with Californians

Tennessee is great. Just don't move to Nashville or Memphis. (And don't come here and lefty up the place.)

The only left here is me lefting Assachusetts. Right on.

 

[I Bleed Ford Blue]

And forget about blowing a little carbon out on the freeways...speed limit is 50. Ugh.

The only place around me that has a 50 mph speed limit is when your near downtown Cleveland. The rest of Cuyahoga county is 60 on the highway. Once your out of Cuyahoga, the limit jumps up to 70 and the turnpike is 70. Of course any county that has a major metro area has a 50 mph limit near the city center or downtown area.

Living near a major city in Ohio has its problems tho, not enough Mexican roads, too much traffic. I did manage to find a mexican road one morning and hit 134 in my explorer ST. It had more to go but I was nearing the border and had to back off.

 

[ice445]

I lived in Ohio for most of my life so I know what you mean. In Utah the acceptable speed is 80 on most of the highways before cops will even pay attention to you. Every time I go back to visit I'm reminded of how slow it is there. Lol.

 

[I Bleed Ford Blue]

Yeah, up here if you go more than 10 over on the highway, you stick out. 5 over on the side streets is acceptable. But we have a highway that bypasses Cleveland that we affectionately call Indianapolis 480, because if you're not going at least 75, you get run over.

 

[Classic Lover]

Tennessee is great. Just don't move to Nashville or Memphis. (And don't come here and lefty up the place.)

Nashville drivers are crazy.

 

[Crowd Hunter]

10 over is expected in Tennessee. I rarely go under 90 on the freeway. Always use Uniden R7, Escort Live, and Waze. The roads are much better down here though. I grew up in Western PA and could not drive the way I do up there. The roads up there SUCK!

 

[The Demon]

Speed limit never heard of her.

It’s not that bad in IL, 55mph on two lanes and 70 on interstates. We have this one awesome Mexican Highway that I use sometime as well.

I lived in Illinois for the first 42 years of my life. You say Illinois but don’t say where…I am assuming deep south because when I was there that would get you jailed north of Jokeville give or take “Carbondale”. I would suggest not posting stupid shit like that on an open forum.

 

[Crowd Hunter]

Nashville drivers are crazy.

Yep! I lived in Nashville for 30 years. I moved to a small town 70 miles from Nashville in 2017, and my life is so much better now.

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