Prevailing Speed
How fast do you drive in an unfamiliar area and how or do you determine the prevailing speed. Please do not respond with "drive the speed limit",as that is almost never the prevailing speed. In NY ...
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I rarely ever travel the "prevailing speed limit". It is usually faster than I am comfortable with while towing.
I have found that if I don't know an area, traveling the posted speed limit is usually okay for most conditions. This is when I don't know the intersections, corners, etc. This doesn't always work - we were visiting friends in Pennsylvania farm country, and the tight / narrow roads combined with 6-8 foot high corn growing almost to the edge of the road (basically completely blocking sight lines at intersections) made me slow down substantially.
If I am holding up traffic, I certainly will pull over when able to let vehicles by.
I have found that if I don't know an area, traveling the posted speed limit is usually okay for most conditions. This is when I don't know the intersections, corners, etc. This doesn't always work - we were visiting friends in Pennsylvania farm country, and the tight / narrow roads combined with 6-8 foot high corn growing almost to the edge of the road (basically completely blocking sight lines at intersections) made me slow down substantially.
If I am holding up traffic, I certainly will pull over when able to let vehicles by.
