Re: French politics

Spehro Pefhany wrote:

On Wed, 09 May 2007 09:53:50 -0700, the renowned Jim Thompson
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On Wed, 09 May 2007 09:14:12 -0700, Joerg
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Jim Thompson wrote:

[snip]

I find that 15-25MPH over the limit is very comfortable for the road.

Sometimes you can even double up... the elevated curved ramp from
Pecos Road to I10W is marked as 45MPH... I don't even lean at 90MPH.


That's unusual. Typically the recommended curve speeds in the US are
quite realistic numbers, less conservative than in other countries.

I don't find that unusual at all... US speed limits are set by
politicians (to maximize revenue), NOT by road designers :-(

...Jim Thompson

I thought the curve speeds were recommended maximums, not legal
maximums, since they're in orange.

They vary a lot from place to place in the US, IME, sometimes there's
an insanely tight curve with a 20mph maximum that's entirely
realistic, but other times you can easily double up on the speeds on
dry pavement.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
Can't speak for all the US, but in California road design is set by speed
limits and some engineering sense, and curve speed signs are set for a
"comfortable" speed around the curve. They are not a maximum here.
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JosephKK
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