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"Sapphyre" wrote:
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>Alohacyberian wrote:
>> It is now, but, during the time frame I referenced it was still the
>> nationally mandated 55 miles per hour. What the CHP will allow now, I'm not
>> sure. After they increased the speed limit I was only pulled over once. I
>> was going 138 according to the cop and 140 according to the speedometer, so
>> naturally, I got a ticket. He mercifully ticketed me for 83, so the fine
>> wasn't that bad and I agreed to attend a safe-driving class (though I didn't
>> live in California) and the ticket never showed up on my driving record. KM
>
>138 in miles or kilometers? If it's kilometers, then 83 is about 138...
>If you're doing 138 miles, I have to ask first what kind of car you
>were driving, how many other cars you had to pass to maintain that
>speed for more than a few seconds... and are ya nuts???
>
>I live in Canada, and my friend and I were doing 180 in a 90 zone
>(kilometers), because we were 16 and he was showing me how fast his car
>went. I'm thankful ever so much that in the three miles he did this, no
>one pulled us over. It's actually criminal to do more than 50 kph above
>the limit in Ontario, and charges like "dangerous/wreckless driving"
>are possible with such a high speed.
>
>Anyway, our limit here is 100, or 60mph at the conversion (Ontario). I
>haven't seen any signs posted for 110, but I know they exist in British
>Columbia on the freeway (which is close to 70 mph, but not quite...)
Alberta is also largely 110...
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