How much over the speed limit do you drive?

[ncc1701]

Local roads I keep to the speed limit or just a few miles over. A highway 5 to 10 miles over, depending on traffic & weather.

 

[tvguy]

Do you have speed cameras? They're EVERYWHERE here. Either speed traps that take your picture if you travel too fast or AVERAGE speed cameras on lengths of motorways, which record your average speeds over a lengthy bit of road - so you can't just reduce your speed for a camera. You need to stay slow!

No. They even did away with redlight cameras here last year. The cameras cost more to operate than the fines they generated.

 

[RangerPooh]

I drive in Memphis, TN where the flow of traffic on the highway is rarely anything near the posted speed limit, usually 5-15 mph over it. I don't care for the reckless drivers who fly through, weaving in and out at high rates of speed with no turn signals. There are a lot of those drivers! In school zones I will go the speed limit, same with areas that I know cops like to hide or when going through neighborhoods.

 

[georgina]

I have my insurance company's app which gives me $5 every 2 weeks for good driving, and that means no more than about 8 mph over the speed limit!

Like many above, in 25-35 mph zones I don't usually go more than 5 mph over the limit, but it is difficult on the highways around DC to go 60 in a 55 zone, feels almost dangerous. However, I like my $130 per year discount on our auto insurance, so I keep it usually to no more than 8 mph over. The automated cameras don't ticket unless you are 10 mph over.

 

[clappyclaps]

Do you have speed cameras? They're EVERYWHERE here. Either speed traps that take your picture if you travel too fast or AVERAGE speed cameras on lengths of motorways, which record your average speeds over a lengthy bit of road - so you can't just reduce your speed for a camera. You need to stay slow!

The amount of people that get caught on those average speed cameras is ridiculous. I see so many people speeding through them not realising they're active, it's quite funny imagining the tickets they'll be getting.

 

[sam_gordon]

Catch a cop on a bad day and that 60 MPH could be a super speeder that costs thousands in fines and legal fees and a loss of license.

Sure. IF there happens to be a cop on a specific 1.5 mile stretch of a country road, I'll plead ignorance. Other similar roads are 45 and there's no signs. Bet I get the charges reduced.

 

[BrianL]

I drive in Memphis, TN where the flow of traffic on the highway is rarely anything near the posted speed limit, usually 5-15 mph over it. I don't care for the reckless drivers who fly through, weaving in and out at high rates of speed with no turn signals. There are a lot of those drivers! In school zones I will go the speed limit, same with areas that I know cops like to hide or when going through neighborhoods.

Oh, don't I know it! I'll be travelling up I-40 in the left lane - not going slow mind you, and someone will race up behind me and whip around me on the right before I can even get over. I'll get out of your way, speedy, but you gotta let me!

 

[jimmymc]

Depends on where I am. Detroit highways with a 70 mph speed limit, I'll do 80 or just under. The Ohio Turnpike with my MI license plate, I'll do 4-5 over.

 

[Smugpugmug]

So people just continue to rack up speeding tickets and pay the fines?

I know a few people who just pay the fines and then do it again, so yes lol

When I see a camera, I drive carefully to be at the limit as to not get a fine and without fail, at least 6 people will speed up and pass me. Last time that happened I counted 8.

 

[kdonnel]

Oh, don't I know it! I'll be travelling up I-40 in the left lane - not going slow mind you, and someone will race up behind me and whip around me on the right before I can even get over. I'll get out of your way, speedy, but you gotta let me!

In most states, maybe all, the left lane is reserved for passing. Unless you are actively passing you should not be in the lane.

 

[BrianL]

In most states, maybe all, the left lane is reserved for passing. Unless you are actively passing you should not be in the lane.

Well, I am often passing, and the car will whip out two or three lanes to get around. Also, on the stretch I am talking about the far left is an HOV lane during rush hour, so if I have someone with me I will use it. Those guys who ride up behind me? Yeah, you guessed, only one person in their car!

 

[kdonnel]

Well, I am often passing, and the car will whip out two or three lanes to get around. Also, on the stretch I am talking about the far left is an HOV lane during rush hour, so if I have someone with me I will use it. Those guys who ride up behind me? Yeah, you guessed, only one person in their car!

An HOV lane is not a passing lane so no issue with riding in it. There should also not be any expectation to exceed the speed limit in that lane but that is rarely the case.

As for single riders, that is a benefit of the alternative fueled vehicle license plate in Georgia. Since I have an AFV plate, I can ride as a single rider in the HOV lanes of I-85/75 in Atlanta. Perhaps your state has a similar rule and designated plate?

 

[CynBeth]

I usually go the speed limit maybe sometimes 5 over.

 

[Forevermarypoppins]

I do my best to follow the speed limits posted but I do go over a bit, 5-7mph over. My husband is the sanest driver I've ever been in a car with and he rarely goes over 5.

My dream bumper sticker reads: I don't give a *&^* how big your truck is, PASS ME and lay off my A**

 

[BrianL]

An HOV lane is not a passing lane so no issue with riding in it. There should also not be any expectation to exceed the speed limit in that lane but that is rarely the case.

As for single riders, that is a benefit of the alternative fueled vehicle license plate in Georgia. Since I have an AFV plate, I can ride as a single rider in the HOV lanes of I-85/75 in Atlanta. Perhaps your state has a similar rule and designated plate?

Here it's only an HOV lane for two hours in the morning one way, then two hours in the evening the other way, and they rarely, if ever, enforce anything. I doubt anyone even notices the signs, or cres about them. Regardless, that stretch of I-40 is a racetrack with people whipping all over the place. @RangerPooh knows what I'm talking about!

 

[slo]

I voted OTHER because it depends where I’m driving.

In a subdivision always the speed limit which by me is 25mph. In fact, I put my car in EV Mode which can only be used for 25 and under.

Everywhere else it depends. I can say I never go 20mph over, but I will go 15mph over on the open roads I take to go visit my DD21.

 

[MIGrandma]

It depends where I am. If in town I stick to the speed limit, but on country roads and the expressway I’ll do 5-10 over.

 

[Nayan]

In my area I think the speed limit is just a suggestion . I keep with the flow of traffic, so it's usually 5-10 over. School zone I do what is posted, no more. I-95, good luck!

 

[Dan Murphy]

I'd say I'm most a keeping up with traffic driver. In city driving, that could certainly be under the limit, or stopped. But it could be 5-10 over. On the expressways and tollways, that could be 10-20 over, or stopped also. If the limit a little further out from the city is 70, i won't do 90. School zones, the 20 limit.

 

[Praying Colonel]

There are times in the past where I may (or may not) have driven the speed limit at 30 mph or less, 5 mph with a speed limit of 35-55, 6 mph with a speed limit of 60-70, and 7 mph with a speed limit of 70+. And yes, I know it's weird to break it out like that, and yes I'm always going to look at the conditions.