Those discussions always seem to leave cars behind, and end up in a ditch.
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Really? I got flagged and deleted when somebody said Indians are… And I had the audacity to ask what do you call somebody from India.Guess I should not expect a response.
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I got flagged on your question as well regarding to Indians.
If you are wondering, it wasn’t me who reported you.
Dang, y’all sure did, now my response to your question just looks stupid, and I worked hard on that information… 
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And we appreciated it. Kinda silly if you can’t talk about your own heritage.
To be honest I often don’t remember what or where I posted. I just post like I would if we were sitting around talking. People should just try not to get upset and call names like a 7th grader though if they don’t like something.
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I think you are mistaken or you mistyped, It is the mid 60’s Honda 305 CB Scrambler, Mine was '66 and it was Red…
I also had the a '65 Honda Superhawk 305 CL, with the pregnant gas tank and the kick starter the kicked forward, even though it had an selectric start.
As close to the two engines were, they were drastically different… The 305’s engine, “Looked Fast” the cylinders leaned forward and the 350’s engine’s cylinders were near vertical. The 350s also featured a 5-Speed transmissions while the 305s had a four speeds transmission.
Below is a photos of a 350 off the internet…
You are likely correct, his could have been a 305. Lots of my brain cells have been rewritten after 50+ years🤪
Makes me glad ive never been to Tennessee.
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I have an amazing solution for that…
Leave.
Earlier.
Both of these scenarios speak, again, to the culture of the speed limit in America being the minimum driving speed.
Connecticut is an example of states that have a maximum legal speed limit, in CT’s case, of 65mph. Yet, only certain sections of certain highways are actually posted at that speed.
My interpretation: You still have to obey the ‘local’, or, specific posted highway speed limits, regardless of what the state statutory is.
IE: Most of Interstate 95 in CT is zoned at 55mph, even though the maximum a highway can be posted here is 65.
I believe this is also a contributing factor as to why so many drivers on highways zoned at 50 or 55mph are going, at minimum, 60mph: They are confusing statute vs signed speed limits.
Hey, Chris. I notice you and I travel on the same roads most time. I’m often in CT.
Anyone else want to weigh in, with a proper response, on the difference between State statute speed limit vs posted/local?
TYPES OF SPEED LIMITS
STATUTORY SPEED LIMITS:
Statutory speed limits are established by State legislatures for specific types of roads (e.g., Interstates, rural highways, urban streets) and can vary from State to State. They are enforceable by law and are applicable even if the speed limit sign is not posted. Examples of statutory speed limits include:
** 25 mph in residential or school districts,*
** 55 mph on rural highways, and*
** 70 mph on rural Interstate highways.*
POSTED SPEED LIMIT:
Posted speed limits (sometimes called regulatory speed limits) are those that are sign-posted along the road and are enforceable by law. A posted speed limit could be the same as the statutory speed set by the State legislature, or it could be established by a city, county, or State transportation agency as an adjustment to the statutory speed limit. Some cities and counties will establish a blanket speed limit for roads in their jurisdictions. Those limits are generally posted at the city limits or county lines. The posted speed limit can differ from the statutory speed limit; in these cases, the posted speed limit is determined using an engineering speed study and takes priority over the established statutory speed limit.
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Bingo - Confirms what I thought. So that is the distinction which the public, at least in my state, misunderstood - badly.
About 15-20 years ago Connecticut raised its statutory/maximum speed limit from 55 to 65mph.
I remember people I knew at the time, and some I still know, sayng "Woo hoo, don’t have to pay attention to those 55 signs any more!
And I’m sure CT is not alone in states that increased their statutory limits. So this misunderstanding, and not just a culture of faster, faster, explains a lot of the reason so many people seem to be driving much faster than posted highway speed limits.
Was driving on Taconic parkway just now and the posted speed limit is 55mph. I set the cruise control on and oh boy — my car was crawling like a snail on that highway. Why must cars travel at such a snail speed on a highway! Needless to say, I deactivated cruise control because not only was I traveling like a snail, every single car on the highway was passing me at much higher speed.
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And, if your car has Adaptive Cruise Control, you can set it for the prevailing speed on that expressway, and it will slow-down and speed-up as necessary, depending on traffic conditions.
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New York’s statutory also is 65mph.
So it sounds like state police need to get out there, in higher numbers, and enforce the correct speed limit - what is posted on signs or digital displays along the highway.
And I’m grateful they aren’t. It’s a pain in the butt traveling 55mph on a highway. I always wonder why they decide this is the safe speed limit for a highway. The back roads around where I live can be found at 45-55mph, and the speed feels reasonable. But on a highway ?!?!? Come on now — it’s no wonder no one obeys the speed limit on Taconic, though I’ve seen many people being pulled over and ticked.
Too bad. The law is the law. If 5mph leeway were built in, to allow for speedometer deviation, that would be fine by me.
It’s because of people with your attitude - that the speed limit is the slowest one should drive on roads and highways - that we have this thing called “traffic”.
I’d rather crawl up to intersections than speed up to one, come to a full stop, and have to waste more gas to get going again.
But then again, I’m just a socialist in Yankee clothing…!
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