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Excellent example. I've noticed a few roads by me that are marked for 45mph that made me think, "woah, that speed limit is quite high for this road", but then I realized that it's actually on-par with the actual speed that people drive on that road (40-45). Then, there are other roads that are marked for 30mph that everyone drives 50mph on and you wonder wtf they were thinking when they set that limit.

Also, the State Police in my state, PA, typically won't pull you over on a highway marked 55mph unless you're doing over 80mph, so what does that tell you?



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