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| speed limits, but the norm is 80 mph, and | | | | well out of date.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