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Sadly, this club spends more ink and effort on how to speed than how to ride well.
A friend of mine recently got stopped in his truck just outside Lovington, NM. His real name is not Rogers - close, but not.
Off: Do you know why I stopped you Sir?
Lonnie: Sure. You stopped me because I was speeding and I didn't see you. Don't let it happen again and I'll let you off with a warning this time.
Off: And just WHO are YOU?
Lonnie: I'm Lonnie C. Rogers.
Off: Well Lonnie C. Rogers, get your smart ass outta here and remember you owe me one - Smartass. [with a smile].
Yeah, and if you are on the roads worth riding, your chances of speeding are pretty slim.
Couldn't agree more, but unfortunately they don't make roads like that in the US. Places like Co have ridiculously low speed limits on many roads that 55 would be a smart pace, but they are posted 35, even in the middle of nowhere.
Are you serious? 35 MPH on a wide open back road I would assume? What are they thinking? What roads specifically...just curious?
Almost any road in CO that has corners had ridiculously low speed limit. Guanella Pass for is just an example, check out the speed limit sign at the 1:47 mark, the rest was 35 by memory.
I was not impressed with the roads there
I would like to hear from a highway engineer on this topic. Like most of you, I usually think highways are marked with too slow speed limits. However, I once heard a talk by a highway engineer who told the group that most roads are marked for what the road engineers consider the safe speed for the worst conditions. This translates to marking the speed limit on a road for the largest truck that will drive on the road, such as a semi rig on most numbered routes. I now understand slower speed limits better, if I try to imagine a large truck making that curve.
...........However, I once heard a talk by a highway engineer who told the group that most roads are marked for what the road engineers consider the safe speed for the worst conditions. This translates to marking the speed limit on a road for the largest truck that will drive on the road, such as a semi rig on most numbered routes. I now understand slower speed limits better, if I try to imagine a large truck making that curve.