Follow uip to California Speed limits
Last week in "Roads and Routes" was a thread about California Speed Limits and here is what the guys in the California Highway Patrol Office told me. I made a comment regarding lane usage and today...
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I thought I said that these were the speed limits. This is a political statement so it may get puffed, we have a one party congress in CA. They make the rules and it is immaterial if the rules make life inconvenient.
On this subject I would like to see a small change or two. There are other problems caused by the slow speed of trucks but not all States have the amount of truck traffic on streets and highways that we have. I have driven in all 50 states(while living in Hawaii I drove an XK120 not an RV) and I find the very high speed allowed by some States scary. I also have noticed that in MOST States truckers travel to the right and while faster than I personally feel is good, there does not seem to be a lot of truck accidents occurring. I would like to see the towing speeds raised to 60 MPH here in CA. If statically proven that accidents do not go up at 60, we should keep it at that speed. Several improvements in motor vehicles including, brakes and suspensions, and with wider lanes and truck safety inspections it is logical to assume that the speed can be raised safely.
To steer completely away from why our roads in CA are so bad, I will only say that not all of them are really bad and that I drive an alternative route and steer clear of the interstates as much as possible. Several years back, a large part of I-5 was not resurfaced but reconstructed and I switched back to North - South using I-5. The last time we drove I-5 most of the road was broken and would vibrate the RV so badly, that I have decided to switch back to 101, 1, 99 and 395 for North-South travel.
On this subject I would like to see a small change or two. There are other problems caused by the slow speed of trucks but not all States have the amount of truck traffic on streets and highways that we have. I have driven in all 50 states(while living in Hawaii I drove an XK120 not an RV) and I find the very high speed allowed by some States scary. I also have noticed that in MOST States truckers travel to the right and while faster than I personally feel is good, there does not seem to be a lot of truck accidents occurring. I would like to see the towing speeds raised to 60 MPH here in CA. If statically proven that accidents do not go up at 60, we should keep it at that speed. Several improvements in motor vehicles including, brakes and suspensions, and with wider lanes and truck safety inspections it is logical to assume that the speed can be raised safely.
To steer completely away from why our roads in CA are so bad, I will only say that not all of them are really bad and that I drive an alternative route and steer clear of the interstates as much as possible. Several years back, a large part of I-5 was not resurfaced but reconstructed and I switched back to North - South using I-5. The last time we drove I-5 most of the road was broken and would vibrate the RV so badly, that I have decided to switch back to 101, 1, 99 and 395 for North-South travel.
