If you’ve ever driven inWashington State, you know that the speed limit is usually 65 mph. But how far over the speed limit can one go before you get pulled over? I'm sure I'm in the lead foot of drivers but I always try and stay only five miles above the speed limit at any ...
When you are out on the road, it can be difficult to know what the speed limit is at any given time. One of my biggest frustrations is when I'm out on the road and I can't find a posted speed limit sign. Christopher Furlong InWashington State, there are laws in place that regulat...
Washington D.Cunsurprisingly has the lowest speed limit in the USA at just 55mph, although technically it doesn’t have any rural freeways, so its fastest roads are urban freeways.Texashas the highest speed limit in the USA at a brisk 85mph. Taking all states into account, the average max...
What is the fastest speed limit in the U.S.? The big question is, “What is the highest speed limit in the U.S.?” We may not have an Autobahn in this country, but there’s a toll road in Texas that lets drivers travel 85 mph.State Highway 130stretches between Austin and San A...
Some speed limits don't make a lot of sense...those are the ones that are somewhat arbitrary and you'll see vary state to state. For example, in NJ, the speed limit around school zones was 25 mph, which was plenty slow enough (and heavily enforced usually...you weren't going...
Since the repeal of the 55 mph national maximum speed limit on US interstate highways, speed limits have been raised across the country to as high as 75 mph and more. While many studies have addressed the effects of increased speeds on accident frequency and severity, the factors that ...
This speed reduction is being completed through a partnership with the Seattle Department of Transportation and the Washington State Department of Transportation. Over 150 new signs were installed on Sunday, March 14, in five locations, with plans to add additional speed limit signs to sections of ...
The Military Standard 167 defines an allowable endurance limit stress of 4,000 psi zero-peak or 8,000 psi peak-peak, based on 100,000 psi ultimate tensile strength shaft material. The general equation for allowable zero-peak endurance limit is the ultimate tensile strength divided by 25. When...
Examples of losing control in slippery weather conditions are all over the internet and driving too fast in dangerous conditions is the main cause. And, it's against the law in Washington - even if you're driving under the speed limit.
Washington Street/6th Ave W - 35 mph This section of road used to be 25 and I hated that it was so slow. Now they have bumped the limit to 35 and many people missed the memo (and the actual sign) and still drive like it's a school zone. ...