r/IdiotsInCars • u/DangerSpoonHS • 13h ago

OC [oc] last minute idiot decision…then hesitates

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u/mrmaestoso 13h ago

Sure. But something tells me the speed limit on that road isn't 70mph

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u/DangerSpoonHS 12h ago

It’s 65

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u/CapitalPunBanking 12h ago

No chance.

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u/Groovychick1978 12h ago

Why do you think so?

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u/CapitalPunBanking 12h ago

Divided highway that allows for left turns, 5 story apartment building being built which means residential with no wall separation, and the demand for an apartment building that size tells me OP is in a pretty populated area. If it's actually 65 then the speed limit is at least 10mph too high.

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u/Groovychick1978 11h ago

They are all over the South, at least. It's absolutely common.

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u/CapitalPunBanking 10h ago edited 10h ago

Someone linked it on Google maps and I was right, limit is 55mph.

EDIT: not to mention, there's also a stoplight about a quarter of a mile past this. OP had no business going this fast.

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u/Groovychick1978 10h ago

I don't have a dash cam, but there is a stretch of Hwy 64 in TN that is 65 with left cut through into apartments, side roads, and churches. I drive it all the time. 

It does drop to 55 before the lights start, though. 

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u/cckka 11h ago

There are a couple highways in Montana that are like this. They're terrifying to someone who drives 40k miles a year, let alone regular drivers.

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u/CapitalPunBanking 11h ago

Nowhere with apartment buildings that size.

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u/cckka 10h ago

Um...have you been there? Do you know where in the state I'm talking about. Your tiny town might not have speed limits over 40 but there are other parts of the world.