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Originally Posted by djplong
Yes - but my point was that it was a *45* zone - 6-lane, limited access FREEWAY going dead-straight (no twisting curves like I-89 in the Vermont Green Mountains).
What COULD have been a 65 zone, but being generous and saying it SHOULD have been 55 since it IS more of an urban area, was marked as *45*.
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Do I get your point that the speed limit was set at 45 in order to generate speeding tickets rather than being based on some traffic safety study. I find it odd that a city the size of Washington would deliberately bollix up normal traffic flow by instituting a lower speed limit just to give tickets. I would rather believe that a safety study showed that 45 was the proper limit.
But then, I may be wrong, they may have done it to generate revenue from speeding fines. I'll bet they have a hay-day on weekdays.