On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 15:44:11 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:58:22 -0700, Don Y
wrote:

On 10/23/2015 11:34 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:41:07 -0700, Don Y
wrote:

For highway driving, I tend to average 60mph. I'm in no rush and
not keen on "pushing" the car any harder than necessary -- depart
10 minutes earlier instead of driving 10mph faster!

In Florida you will have little old ladies in buicks giving you the
finger if you are only doing 60.
80 is pretty much the standard speed on I-75 and 65 on a rural 2 lane
blacktop. Guys going 60 might be suspected of being drug couriers or
illegal immigrants. You could be talking to the cops.

It's hard to find roads with speed limits above 60MPH in town.
I'd have to drive a long way to get onto an "interstate". Driving
10MPH over the speed limit here *will* get you a ticket -- to the
tune of several hundred dollars.

Given that most roads in town are 45-55MPH, 60 is probably pushing the
limit.

Far different here. The speed limit on rural 2 lane blacktops is 60
and I-75 is 70.
Up here school zones are 35 or 45, normal city streets are 50, urban
corridors are 60, the "ring rode" is 90, most rural rodes are 80, and
main highways are 100. But thats all Kph, not Mph.

The story is told of an american driver being pulled over back in the
pre-metric days on Hwy 85, on the way to the 401, doing 85MPH. He told
the cop he was sure he say a sign saying 85. Cop said it was sure a
good thing they stopped him before he reached the 401.