70 MPH speed limit. Better traffic flow?

• thavoice

  pnhasbeen;836746 wrote:The people driving 5-10 under is what restricts the flow of traffic.

  
  I dont really see alot of people going under the limit on the highways actually.
• WebFire

  se-alum;836683 wrote:I wonder what the reasoning is for some of the speed limit decisions. For instance, a large part of US 35 between Gallipolis and Chillicothe is 60mph, even w/ a part of that being limited access. Then, just West of Chillicothe on US 35, the speed limit is 65mph. All of this is 4-lane highway. It makes zero sense.

  
  Usuually has to do with how the area is zoned.
• WebFire

  iclfan2;836633 wrote:There is no valid reason Ohio highways should not be 70. It is ridiculous. Even worse is that some highways are 55, it feels like you are crawling.

  
  Indiana is way worse than Ohio in that regard.
• Iliketurtles

  

  I think the problem with Ohio is there are so many more semi's then in other states. Anytime I travel on I-75 to go south I see so many more in Ohio then in other states.
• j_crazy

  

  come to louisiana. 70 mph speedlimits and still fucked.
  
  the speed limit doesn't matter when the roads suck ass and there are 10,000 cars on roads (and lots of bridges) that were designed for 5,000 cars.
  
  I do agree that a national speed limit of 70 needs to be mandated (states like texas have different speeds at night but that is cool with me).
• ts1227

  

  Aren't Louisiana State Troopers dicks as well?
• Belly35

  

  WTF when wasn’t the speed limit 70MPH in Ohio?
  
  Back in the 60/70’s …. 70 MPH was the slowest you could go 85-90 MPH was standard
• Pick6

  

  When I drive back home from school, or anywhere for that matter, I set the cruise on 80 and just keep a close eye out for the statey's.
• gerb131

  

  ts1227;836788 wrote:Aren't Louisiana State Troopers dicks as well?

  
  Gonna say what state arent troopers dicks? State dicks for a reason
• Iliketurtles

  

  gerb131;836893 wrote:Gonna say what state arent troopers dicks? State dicks for a reason

  Only State Troopers? All cops are dicks... just ask Ender.
• se-alum

  

  Iliketurtles;836781 wrote:I think the problem with Ohio is there are so many more semi's then in other states. Anytime I travel on I-75 to go south I see so many more in Ohio then in other states.

  True, Ohio is lucky to have major thoroughfares for shipping, which means alot of truck traffic. Unfortunately, the corporate tax is so high, that we don't use what we have to its maximum potential, but thats for a different thread.
• WebFire

  Belly35;836802 wrote:WTF when wasn’t the speed limit 70MPH in Ohio?
  
  Back in the 60/70’s …. 70 MPH was the slowest you could go 85-90 MPH was standard

  
  It was 65 until just a few years ago. I can remember when SR 15 by Findlay was 55.
• WebFire

  WebFire;836935 wrote:It was 65 until just a few years ago. I can remember when SR 15 by Findlay was 55.

  
  Wait, it's 65 now. I've confused myself!
• gerb131

  

  Iliketurtles;836909 wrote:Only State Troopers? All cops are dicks... just ask Ender.

  
  QFT
• Classyposter58

  

  Ohio gave out more speeding tickets last year than any other state so that shows you how bad it is here. Michigan people don't even care thats for sure, whenever I go to Detroit i set cruise on 80 and just fly and still get passed up I-75. Ha only takes about 45 minutes from Detroit to Toledo
• Glory Days

  

  Classyposter58;836959 wrote:Ohio gave out more speeding tickets last year than any other state so that shows you how bad it is here. Michigan people don't even care thats for sure, whenever I go to Detroit i set cruise on 80 and just fly and still get passed up I-75. Ha only takes about 45 minutes from Detroit to Toledo

  
  In 2009, Ohio had the 7th most fatal crashes in the country.
• Classyposter58

  

  Glory Days;837155 wrote:In 2009, Ohio had the 7th most fatal crashes in the country.

  
  That's misleading, we live in a very populated state. Look at the fatality rate to really get an idea of whether or not the state is overly dangerous, for instance 3.5% of crashes in Nevada were fatal while Ohio was only at 1%
• dlazz

  Glory Days;837155 wrote:In 2009, Ohio had the 7th most fatal crashes in the country.

  
  So what? It's all relative based on how many people live in the state.
  
  Guess what rank Ohio is in population? 7th.
  
  http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2011/tables/11s0013.pdf
  
  It makes SENSE for Ohio to have the 7th most fatal accidents.
  
  Edit: I did some number crunching in Excel...Ohio is the 15th (best) in terms of best accidents per millions of people ratio. Out of a million people, there were 0.8 deaths in car accidents.
  
  "Best" state was Massachusetts (.5 deaths) per millions of people
  Worst state was Wyoming (ironically, also ranked 50th in population) with almost 2.5 deaths per million people
  
  Also, fuck you for making me re-learn Excel to prove you wrong.
• adog

  Raw Dawgin' it;836529 wrote:I want to experience the autoban just once. Just watched a video of a Porche 911 GT3 hit 199mph on it. We need that system in the states for the fun of driving and population control

  Drove autobahn once from Cologne Germany to border of Netherland......problem was going roughly 125-130 on autobahn...then trying to stay at the speed limit of ( I think) 65 mph once you cross the border. The Netherlands use freaking speeding cameras. So 6 months after getting back to the states I get a speeding ticket in the mail from the dept of motor vehicles ( or whatever it is called in the Netherlands) for equivalent of 250 us dollars...........now that sucked..
• WebFire

  Glory Days;837155 wrote:In 2009, Ohio had the 7th most fatal crashes in the country.

  
  What were the other years?
• Zoltan

  bogey;836655 wrote:I take I-75 to Florida every summer and you can bet your house that you will see more State Highway Patrolmen in Ohio than in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida combined! I-71 is just crawling compared to those other states due to this it seems. Plus, you have to be going insanely fast to get a ticket in the southern states.....I was going 85 in Georgia and looked in my mirror as a Statey was coming up behind me. He jumped out one lane and flew right past me without even a thought of pulling me over it seemed.

  
  I got pulled over in West Virginia on one of those long downhill stretches in the mountains. I had to be goin almost 90. The cop just told me to keep it under 80 and didn't even give me a written warning.
• gut

  It's basic math....If the average speed is 5mph more, it's that many more cars that can "occupy" a given piece of road in an hour - faster speed=higher throughput. But there may also be something to be said for the slow pokes who are more comfortable driving in the left lane, and slowing things down, with speed limits at 65 as opposed to 70.
• Glory Days

  

  Classyposter58;837202 wrote:That's misleading, we live in a very populated state. Look at the fatality rate to really get an idea of whether or not the state is overly dangerous, for instance 3.5% of crashes in Nevada were fatal while Ohio was only at 1%

  dlazz;837210 wrote:So what? It's all relative based on how many people live in the state.
  
  Guess what rank Ohio is in population? 7th.
  
  http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2011/tables/11s0013.pdf
  
  It makes SENSE for Ohio to have the 7th most fatal accidents.
  
  Edit: I did some number crunching in Excel...Ohio is the 15th (best) in terms of best accidents per millions of people ratio. Out of a million people, there were 0.8 deaths in car accidents.
  
  "Best" state was Massachusetts (.5 deaths) per millions of people
  Worst state was Wyoming (ironically, also ranked 50th in population) with almost 2.5 deaths per million people
  
  Also, **** you for making me re-learn Excel to prove you wrong.

  
  Facts are meaningless, people can come up with statistics to prove anything. 14% of people know that.
• dlazz

  You failed to see the point I was trying to make. The fact that Ohio has the 7th most fatalities is a meaningless statistic.
• Tiger2003

  

  75 MPH is the speed limit here in North Dakota. If you are driving 70 you will get ran over. My cruise is usually set between 82 & 86.