Officer....

[Grumpy]

And where would THAT be? I know some places don't (or didn't) have posted speed limits during daylight hours (weather permitting), but every place else has a speed limit of 55 or 65 mph.

Arizona has 75 mph on a lot of highways, and the standard real speed is 85.

[Broomjockey]

Actually, you don't need the "convert." Just make sure it's "X unit to unit"
You can also get definitions of words by going "define: word". There's a fair number of google tricks. Quite useful.

[MrSmiley]

Just a quick reminder for everyone... if you need to make a conversion of measurement... and can get to google (friend's house, library, internet cafe, iphone, cell phone), half the battle is over...

All I have to do is search "convert 60 miles to km" for a quick response. This works for all kinds of other fun things too, including currency exchange rates.

Yes, I forget all kinds of different measurements during the average day.

[mattm04]

Florida's Turnpike is 70 mph, everyone does 80 - 85 usually.

I like going at night, that way I can hit the turnpike and do 100mph+ with no cops (or other cars for that matter) around for miles. Just got to slow down near the rest stops

What's sad is when you're pushing 105 - 110mph, and someone STILL comes out of nowhere and blasts past you.

I was in Florida this past Feb. and I drove from Tampa to Ft. Myers. I was gong 85 on 75 and still getting passed. I had a few semi pass me too.

[penguingeekgod]

West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia have 70mph posted limits on the interstates...

...Which means that everyone actually drives about 80.

Add Michigan to that list.

[Pagan]

It's 75 mph in parts of Texas.

And a few places in far west Texas, it's 80mph (like Hudspeth and Culberson Co, but not El Paso Co, I guess because of El Paso). Or at least it was a couple of years ago.

[Music Mo-Gal]

And where would THAT be? I know some places don't (or didn't) have posted speed limits during daylight hours (weather permitting), but every place else has a speed limit of 55 or 65 mph.

It's 75 mph in parts of Texas.

[Pagan]

Kinda of OT - for some reason, I keep hearing the title of this thread in Tommy Lee Jones' voice in "MIB" after the first time that he flashy-things Will Smith.

[bean]

I actually leaned over and checked. Nothing. I then pull out the owners manual and check it. Nothing on kilometers. Apparently our new 08 Malibu and kilometers don't mix.

There should be a metric button SOMEWHERE in the car - most new GMs don't display both MPH and KMH, but if you hit the button, it starts displaying the correct speed (and distance, and temperature, etc).

[IT Grunt]

I rented a Malibu for a trip last month, and it had the same thing. However, I looks like the speedometer is electronic, and you can switch it between kph or Mph through the car's trip/info computer. I remember a selection for preferred units in there, but I didn't dare mess with it. I did notice when I looked close at the speedometer, you could faintly see the light that would switch on when it was in kph.

Aha, a little searching, and I found a youtube video of it in action:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD9Ub...eature=related

[Emrld]

That map is not totally accurate . . . .US 75 north out of Dallas, TX (toward Oklahoma) past Allen goes up to 75 . . .I was just on it Sunday

It must be going by average not all highways

Yes, of course you posted the map for an idea and didn't suggest that we drive the limit it said covered that area.

[redmountaingoldfish]

And where would THAT be? I know some places don't (or didn't) have posted speed limits during daylight hours (weather permitting), but every place else has a speed limit of 55 or 65 mph.

Pretty much everywhere between Iowa and California.

[Evil Queen]

I just went to Santa Fe a couple of weeks ago and nobody was doing anywhere close to that, generally behaving themselves. (Of course, there was some huge back up just north of ABQ and we wound up getting off, going through and getting back on I-25 at Bernalillo.) Generally, when I go down to Las Cruces, I'm the one passing everybody, including semis, and I'm usually doing about 85mph.

Of course, we're also right smack in the middle of "100 Days and Nights of Summer"....

Wave at George as you speed by Socorro for me. He's generally somewhere between it and Belen. Parked. Sleeping, as usual.

Ya know, I've never been to Santa Fe. (silly of me, I know) How is it during the winter months?

[habitofbeingright]

West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia have 70mph posted limits on the interstates...

...Which means that everyone actually drives about 80.

80?? thats the speed we from SC drive during heavy rains, good weather we go faster

[daleduke17]

You all with your high speed limits. You know what it is on the Illinois interstates? 55 near the cities and 65 everywhere else.

Any attempts to go more than 3 over the limits, will have many a state trooper looming over you ready to pounce with tickets a flailing. Especially for drivers coming in from out of states that have a higher limit.

The funny part about this is one time when I went to Chicago I was on I355 and was doing 105 MPH just to keep up with a semi and two other cars.

I know not to mess around with the troopers when I'm around Springfield (where the ISP HQ is) or on a few of the interstates that lead into Chicago from large cities (55 and 57 mainly). They'll bust your ass quicker than hell.