The speed limit is now left up to the state and whether or not the state wants to receive additional federal funds for their roads. I-95 for instance is 65mph in most of North Carolina and 70mph in most of South Carolina. That means of course that in North Carolina you drive at 75mph and in South Carolina you drive at 80mph on I-95...

I used to live in Colorado and did a lot of driving across the U.S. The best driving was driving through areas of eastern Colorado, Nevada, and Arizona. You could drive 100 miles and never see another car. The state patrol were seldom seen too unless it was the bottom of a hill where they could setup a speed trap (Utah is good at doing that).


>I wouldn't, but i would speak Ladino, which is Spanish with a funny accent:-)
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>Never heard of Ladino - Romansh yes (as in Benelux?). How did that evolve in Israel?
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>>If i was to drive in Britain, i wouldn't take chances to drive anywhere above 60 MPH, otherwise i would collide something/someone before you have time to say Jack...
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>Why is that? Cos you're on the LH side of the road? You soon get used to inverting (I've done it in Europe and N America many times). British road safety is amongst the best in the world (for once!!!) - for instance, if someone is overtaking you you wait till he's passed before moving out to overtake the guy in front - on the continent, if you're the overtaker you never know if the guy you're about to overtake won't just suddenly jump out in front of you - at high speeds (France, ITALY, Holland). Also the motorways are well thought out and safe. In Italy I've been tail-gated at > 80 MPH, so close that I couldn't even see the guy's lights, and they overtake on blind hairpin bends - complete nightmare!!
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>>I've been in Palm Springs Devcon last year, and rented a car from LA, when to Vegas for the week-end then drove back from Vegas to Palm Springs, at an average 120 MPH
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>I thought the speed limit there was 55 MPH. If you AVERAGED 120 then you more than doubled it. No "Smokey" in the desert?
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>Be safe
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>Terry