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Old 10-26-2023, 07:45 PM
 
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maybe set the speed limits correctly and ticket the slow drivers too

What is a 'correct' speed limit?
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Old 10-26-2023, 09:16 PM
 
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What is a 'correct' speed limit?
What was the road designed for.... add 10%
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Old 10-27-2023, 04:56 PM
 
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What was the road designed for.... add 10%
The road was designed for 35 mph probably.


The SSP probably no more than 35MPH, especially with those winding turns it still has.
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Old 10-27-2023, 06:04 PM
 
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The road was designed for 35 mph probably.


The SSP probably no more than 35MPH, especially with those winding turns it still has.
then why did the DOT set the speed limit at 55.
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Old 10-28-2023, 03:57 AM
 
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The road was designed for 35 mph probably.


The SSP probably no more than 35MPH, especially with those winding turns it still has.
maybe for the cars we had in 1927.

today many cars keep themselves well centered on those twists all by themselves at 75

any modern day car the last 20 years would have no problem at 65
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Old 10-29-2023, 09:12 PM
 
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maybe for the cars we had in 1927.

today many cars keep themselves well centered on those twists all by themselves at 75

any modern day car the last 20 years would have no problem at 65
^new york times seems to support this

“ New York’s speed limit on its major highways — including more than 500 miles of Thruway — has been capped at 65 m.p.h. since 1995, long before the mainstream adoption of innovations like lane departure warnings and collision avoidance systems. But those systems, Mr. Nelson countered, are often only included in newer, more expensive vehicles.

“So if lawmakers in New York are willing to sacrifice the lives of low-income vehicle owners,” he said, “then by all means enact that legislation.””



https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/n...eed-limit.html

The way people drive I brought the biggest suv (Denali Yukon xl)I can afford to protect my family. Seen way to many cars weaving in and out of traffic cutting people off within inches and almost rear ending people. It’s out of control
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Old 10-30-2023, 03:07 AM
 
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those with old incapable cars can stay in the right lane and go as slow as they like


it’s those blocking the lanes instead of keeping right that are the danger to others. , not those going 60-65
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Old 11-02-2023, 02:00 PM
 
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^new york times seems to support this

“ New York’s speed limit on its major highways — including more than 500 miles of Thruway — has been capped at 65 m.p.h. since 1995, long before the mainstream adoption of innovations like lane departure warnings and collision avoidance systems. But those systems, Mr. Nelson countered, are often only included in newer, more expensive vehicles.

“So if lawmakers in New York are willing to sacrifice the lives of low-income vehicle owners,” he said, “then by all means enact that legislation.””



https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/n...eed-limit.html

The way people drive I brought the biggest suv (Denali Yukon xl)I can afford to protect my family. Seen way to many cars weaving in and out of traffic cutting people off within inches and almost rear ending people. It’s out of control
I hate those people. They probably think they are great drivers too. No idiot your just lucky everyone else is driving defensively. They seem to spawn the closer you get to the Queens border.
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Old 11-02-2023, 08:15 PM
 
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those that learn to drive...

by playing Grand Theft Auto...

have to show off their "skills"...

I'm in the right lane, 42 MPH...

wave as you pass...

but use all your fingers, please...
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Old 12-12-2023, 06:24 PM
 
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It wasn’t always this way in NYC it change on August 1, 2022. I see nothing wrong with school zone speed cameras on school days during school hours.

https://www.nyc.gov/site/finance/veh...ous%20injuries.
exactly... during SCHOOL HOURS....... its not a school zone camera when school isnt in session
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