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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darsben wrote:
In an unfamiliar area drive what is comfortable for me.
Do not worry about the other folks unless I start backing up traffic. I will pull over to let others get by.
X2. We lived in Florida our entire adult lives, (think flat and straight roads,) and we not used to mountains and curves.
My wife was stopped in Kentucky for driving too slow! The officer said that the only people that drive slow, and with great caution, on that road are drunk or running drugs. Once he saw her Florida Drivers License he understood and let her go.
So we drive what we are comfortable with even if it risks getting pulled over. :p
We also pull over when there are 5 or more car waiting behind us.
