We've been taking more trips with the kids lately, and so I've found myself in the car a lot more than usual. I haven't driven very often since I had kids, but I always go at or below the speed limit now!
One time I was driving to a vet appointment and got a ticket for going not too much over the limit. I thought the police only ticketed you if you were going 10 mph over the limit? Anyway now I just go the limit, or avoid driving entirely.
Do you go the speed limit?
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
There's no where to go over the speed limit around here...roads are in bad shape, there's a ton of traffic on the local roads. Traffic is so bad on the highway I don't think I ever get over 50 miles!
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
Same as @Truth Bombs: almost always a little above the speed limit. Like 5 miles over on regular streets. More on highways- but I'm not really that fast if a driver. DH is. This is assuming road conditions allow- no rain/snow/ice or traffic, not on crowded city streets.
hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
In residential areas (25 mph), I go the speed limit. Especially if I think kids are out playing.
But highways... I speed and go over the limit. Like average 10-15 mph. East coast driving is so much more aggressive and people speed more often. So it's nice going with the flow of traffic.
Now PNW is so slow. People go the speed limit or less. Drives me nuts. People here also don't understand that the left lane is the passing lane.
kiwi / 691 posts
On the highway, yes. Residential areas, I stick to the limit, because I hate when people speed past our house too.
kiwi / 691 posts
@bluestriped bee: ugh. Yes, the left lane speed limit policers are the worst out here!
eggplant / 11824 posts
@bluestriped bee and @ninja: Ugh, people that don't understand that the left lane is for passing kill me! Agree that speed policers in the left lane are the *worst*, especially because it's illegal to pass on the right in our state. So dickish to police other people's speed, and dangerous to not move with the flow of traffic.
I do have a lead foot, I guess. On the highway, the speed limit is 70 and I most often am going 75-85 (except during rush hour home), but I'm also going with the speed of traffic, I'm not some lone speed demon out there.
persimmon / 1461 posts
Because I only started driving about a year ago I try to be really careful with speed. Here you don't usually get pulled over for speeding (unless you're going crazy) you just get snapped with the radar and get a civic compliance fine in the mail. I'm particularly careful in residential areas, but I do find myself creeping up on the freeway.
When we went to Greece I was freaking out. people speed like maniacs! We were doing 150 km/h on the freeway in a VW Maxi Caddy and I was panicking!
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