| You don't want to get a speeding ticket, do you | | | | Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, |
| and you are a bit nervous about having a radar | | | | Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, |
| detector in case it isn't legal? Well, here's a novel | | | | Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, |
| alternative to driving slowly, buying a radar | | | | South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington |
| detector, or just getting tickets. | | | | and West Virginia |
| Go and live somewhere else. You see there is | | | | That's 33 of the US states allow you to drive at |
| quite a variation in the speed limits in different | | | | 70 mph or higher. |
| states in the USA, and in different countries. | | | | Maybe those places don't appeal, and I must |
| Total freedom does not exist. Even in the | | | | admit that the situation could easily change as oil |
| Northern Territory of Australia they have fallen | | | | becomes scarcer and more expensive expect |
| foul of some erroneous data to impose speed | | | | that to happen soon. Remember, it was the first |
| limits on the longest fast road in the state - until | | | | energy crisis that brought blanket speed limits on |
| recently there were no limits except in towns. | | | | freeways and expressways and motorways in |
| You can get a speeding ticket almost anywhere. | | | | the first place. In the UK the government said the |
| In Germany, there are some autobahns without | | | | limit of 70 mph was temporary. Now, with cars |
| speed limits, but the norm is 80 mph, and almost | | | | being so much safer than they were then it is |
| all German cars have limiters to prevent them | | | | clear that that limit, and the old 55 mph limit in the |
| going over 155 mph. In Italy, there are speed | | | | USA is well out of date. |
| limits, but in many places you can speed without | | | | However,speed limits generally may fall again in |
| too much trouble. | | | | the next five years. |
| But what about in the USA? The thing is to move | | | | To help you keep out of trouble you need to: |
| to a state with a 75 mph speed limit. That means | | | | Know the speed limit wherever you are driving |
| you should be safe to 80 mph but go too fast | | | | not too easy with the way limits change every |
| and you are still in danger of getting a ticket. In | | | | few hundred yards on some roads, and when |
| some states, they even use helicopters to find | | | | you change from one state to the other; |
| speedsters, which can hardly be cost-effective. | | | | Concentrate on your driving, and don't accidentally |
| States with higher speed limits | | | | keep going faster and faster on a straight boring |
| According to my latest information these are the | | | | road without knowing it; |
| states with 75 mph speed limits: | | | | Watch for any signs of speed traps; |
| Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, | | | | Drive on the center lane on highways; |
| Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma , | | | | If legal, buy a radar and laser detector, or at least |
| South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. | | | | a device that tells you where the speed traps are. |
| Hurrah for them! Quite a few, but maybe not | | | | You can still find places where you can drive fast |
| exactly where you want to live. Well, the second | | | | and safely but a device that warns you of speed |
| rank are the states with 70 mph limits the same | | | | traps,which can bring those speeding tickets is a |
| as in the UK. There are quite a number giving you | | | | good idea. |
| more choice: | | | | |