|> alaska has no highways which could qualify for 65.  i’m not sure
|> that hawaii has any significant mileage that would qualify.  rhode
|> island sure doesn’t have much mileage of that type.
|>
|> NY, CT, MA, NJ, and PA are all 55 states, although i think that
|> PA is on the verge of going over to 65, although the governer
|> continues to threaten a veto.
|>
|> richard

MA raised the speed limit to 65 on the Mass Pike (I90) west of Auburn (dropping
to 55 in and around Springfield). Every other major Interstate still has a
55 mph limit, even in the rural areas that would qualify for 65.
(mumble mumble *^*&^*^ hypocrites mumble mumble)

Luckily, MA troopers won’t usually touch you for 70 or under anywhere
unless you are the only one on the road, it’s the end of the month or s/he’s
having a really bad day…..

-Jeff

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>In article <1992Sep24.191804.3…@photon.com>
>j…@photon.photon.com (Joe Naiman) writes:

>> I thought that nine states still had 55:  Alaska and Delaware (with
>> no eligible roads), Hawaii, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
>> Connecticut, Maryland, and New Jersey.  Should I eliminate one of
>> those states from the list?

>Hawaii and Alaska don’t count since they don’t have any eligible
>interstates.  But you forgot Massachusetts.  Funny how they’re all in
>the northeast, huh?

Some western stretches of the Mass Pike (rte 90) are
signed for 65 mph.

>Bri

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>The max limit in Alaska is 60, not 55.  Or has this changed?  (Again…)

What roads in Alaska have posted speed limits of 60 mph?  My
understanding of the federal 65 mph legislation of a few years back
is that states which want to keep receiving federal highway funds may
set speed limits no higher than 55 mph, with only two exceptions, where
the limit may go up as high as 65 mph:

1)  Rural interstate highways (where "rural" is defined by some bogus
    population-density criterion).

2)  (If and only if the state has applied to be one of thirty-odd
    states that can get this exemption:)  Non-interstate rural
    highways that are built to the same standards as interstates.

I know that Alaska doesn’t have any real interstate highways, and
I can’t imagine that it has many limited-access multilane divided
highways (i.e., interstate-quality roads) except perhaps in the
immediate "Los Anchorage" area.  So where are these 60 mph-limit
roads, and what type of highways are they?

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>>I thought that nine states still had 55:  Alaska and Delaware (with
>>no eligible roads), Hawaii, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
>>Connecticut, Maryland, and New Jersey.  Should I eliminate one of
>>those states from the list?

>alaska has no highways which could qualify for 65.  i’m not sure
>that hawaii has any significant mileage that would qualify.  rhode
>island sure doesn’t have much mileage of that type.

Hawaii has about 15 miles or so (all of I-H2, ewa end of I-H1) of road
that would qualify, but the Waihee and Fasi administrations gain too
much revenue from having HPD run radar traps on those segments, so they
stay 55…for more details, see the NMA "Driver’s Handbook" listing
for Hawaii…

On a somewhat related note, there was a front page story in the Dayton
Daily News this week about the DPD’s new $3500 lidar guns, so draw
your own conclusions…

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>When you do know it is safe to speed without getting caught by highway
>patrol?  A friend told me when you see all the semi tractor-trialer
>truckers speeding that you can assume you are in a safe zone to speed
>until you notice they slow down to 55 again.  
>Any thoughts?

You can never KNOW it is safe.  If the opportunity presents itself, I
get behind and to the right of a speeding semi– since the radar cops
tend to be in the median, they can’t read a car in that position.  But
you still have to watch out for cops on the right side, or cops
behind, pacing you.
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>j…@photon.photon.com (Joe Naiman) writes:
>> I thought that nine states still had 55:  Alaska and Delaware (with
>> no eligible roads)

The max limit in Alaska is 60, not 55.  Or has this changed?  (Again…)

>Hawaii and Alaska don’t count since they don’t have any eligible
>interstates.  But you forgot Massachusetts.  Funny how they’re all in
>the northeast, huh?

Two pieces of the Mass Pike are up to 65.  (And none of this half-assed
"65 only for vehicles of type N".)  It’s a start…

andrew

>In article <1992Sep24.191804.3…@photon.com>
>j…@photon.photon.com (Joe Naiman) writes:

>> I thought that nine states still had 55:  ….
>But you forgot Massachusetts.  Funny how they’re all in
>the northeast, huh?
>Bri

     Western portions of the Mass Pike (starting about 30 miles out of
Boston) are now 65 through to the NY state line.

     Now if we can just get some of the other places the government
prostitutes the law to raise revenue fixed up…

                                                        Peter Trei

Disclaimer: I don’t thnk my employer has an opinion on speed limits…

>In article <1992Sep24.191804.3…@photon.com>
>j…@photon.photon.com (Joe Naiman) writes:

>> I thought that nine states still had 55:  Alaska and Delaware (with
>> no eligible roads), Hawaii, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
>> Connecticut, Maryland, and New Jersey.  Should I eliminate one of
>> those states from the list?

>Hawaii and Alaska don’t count since they don’t have any eligible
>interstates.  But you forgot Massachusetts.  Funny how they’re all in
>the northeast, huh?

Nope, as I understand it, there are now sections of the Mass Turnpike
that is 65 mph.  That happened earlier this year (1992).

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>When you do know it is safe to speed without getting caught by highway
>patrol?  A friend told me when you see all the semi tractor-trialer
>truckers speeding that you can assume you are in a safe zone to speed
>until you notice they slow down to 55 again.  
>Any thoughts?

This concept can be generalized to include all fast moving vehicles.
Just the other weekend my butt was saved by some old geezer in a white
Nissan Sentra who was bound and determined to prove that his car was
better than mine. After allowing him to pass me, I sped up and followed
him (he was going around 80 MPH) at a safe distance. Sure enough, as he
topped a small rise, his brake lights came on full. I slowed down just
in time to see a trooper parked at the bottom of the hill. Although he
was alert and spotted the cop in time to slow down himself, even if he
didn’t the cop would have nailed him first leaving me free and clear.

This could be called the Roger Ramjet Radar Shield.

>Damn communist state. Just like CT.

Maryland has those silly signs, too.  I chuckle as I whiz by at a
"slightly modified" speed.  8^)
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