On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 11:34 PM Mark Wagner <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2018 08:09:12 +0200 > Florian Lohoff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 11:24:00AM -0700, Mark Wagner wrote: > > > My point is that no such guarantee exists for roads without speed > > > limit signs. Yes, the numeric limit for something like Glenwood > > > Road might be 50 mph, but the road was designed around farm trucks > > > going no more than 20 mph, and has the tight curves, short sight > > > lines, and poor surface quality you'd expect for that speed. > > > > Sign posted speeds dont are not telling you "this is the speed which > > is safe for 100% of the vehicles" but this is the maximum allowed. > > You are still required to drive safely. > > That's not what I said. To repeat, my point is that, at least locally, > a signposted speed limit *is* a guarantee that, for an ordinary vehicle > traveling under ordinary conditions, the speed is reasonable. An > unsigned speed limit, on the other hand, does *not* carry that > guarantee. > If you're in the US, you're describing the advisory speeds (the orange signs), which are roughly tuned to a midsize family car.
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