Does your country let you drive over the speed limit?

In the US, they generally let you go 5 to 12 miles over the speed limit.

I think they put speed limits in some areas with the assumption that people will drive over. Which is why smaller towns have so many 25 MPH limits even though everyone is going at least 35 MPH.

I've heard stories from someone from London, that if they go a single digit over, tracked by some system (not even a human) that they'll get a speeding ticket.

I just find the logic behind how strict an area is, or isn't interesting.

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SomeMichGuy · M

That is for areas which HAVE speed limits...

sstronaut

@SomeMichGuy Do you have government roads without limits?

SomeMichGuy · M

@sstronaut Montana had these signs in the second half of the 90s:

If you look at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_limits_in_the_United_States_by_jurisdiction you'll find

No speed limit

On March 10, 1996,[105] a Montana patrolman issued a speeding ticket to a driver traveling at 85 mph (137 km/h) on a stretch of State Highway 200. The 50‑year‑old driver (Rudy Stanko) was operating a 1996 Chevrolet Camaro with less than 10,000 miles (16,000 km) on the odometer. Although the officer gave no opinion as to what would have been a reasonable speed, the driver was convicted. The driver appealed to the Montana Supreme Court. The Court reversed the conviction in case No. 97–486 on December 23, 1998; it held that a law requiring drivers to drive at a non-numerical "reasonable and proper" speed "is so vague that it violates the Due Process Clause ... of the Montana Constitution".

Effectively, the Montana Supreme Court said that there was no speed limit during the day.

With a current average population of ≈7.7 people/sq. mi...and an actual population density in rural areas MUCH lower than that...people were relatively safe in the rural parts.

sstronaut

@SomeMichGuy I remember a kid moved to Virginia, where the Driver's license age was 16...

He was under 16, but had his license, as I believe he came from Montana (or somewhere out there) and they had the license age lower there for snow mobiles and they were needing kids to get them.

And so he got his Montana one transfered over and had it before 16 in Virginia

SomeMichGuy · M

@sstronaut Surprising!