# See that? It's the speed limit. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 18, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-its-the-speed-limit/260457 "2004-08-18T21:16:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-its-the-speed-limit/260457/41 "2004-08-19T18:26:18Z")
HA! I got to know that road really well. I was seeing someone in the Bay Area, and I lived in Lakeport. Eventually I was driving it like the locals. 50 mph in the fog. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-its-the-speed-limit/260457/42 "2004-08-19T18:29:20Z")
Yeah, Calistoga to Santa Rosa, and onto the 101 via Mark West Springs Road. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-its-the-speed-limit/260457/43 "2004-08-19T18:35:27Z")
> [@](#): > > So iā€™d say itā€™s on you, mā€™dear. The next time Iā€™m driving in Cali, Iā€™ll think of you. ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-its-the-speed-limit/260457/44 "2004-08-19T19:05:02Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > The next time Iā€™m driving in Cali, Iā€™ll think of you. Only if you promise to pull the hell over when youā€™re holding up a line of traffic. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-its-the-speed-limit/260457/45 "2004-08-19T19:11:09Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Yeah, Calistoga to Santa Rosa, and onto the 101 via Mark West Springs Road. Ugh. That road gives me nightmares. First time I ever drove it was in the _rain_. Because this is _me_ weā€™re talking about, therefore the cards must be, by law, stacked up as high as humanly possible in any given situation. I was almost in tears by the time I got to SR, took a few hours for my fingers to completely unclench! I avoid it like the plauge now. Iā€™ll easily go a half hour out of my way just to avoid that damn road. I love driving on it because itā€™s a gorgeous drive, I just make sure Iā€™m a passenger. šŸ†’ ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-its-the-speed-limit/260457/46 "2004-08-19T20:39:40Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Yeah, Calistoga to Santa Rosa, and onto the 101 via Mark West Springs Road. Heh. I got married in a winery off of Mark West Springs Road. I refused to tell anyone how to get there and made everyone take a shuttle bus from downtown Calistoga. Ainā€™t no way I was gonna let wedding guests negotiate that one. And my favorite ā€œdrive like a lunaticā€ road up there is the Oakville Grade. Iā€™ve had many a fun little jaunt over that one in my old Saab Sonnett III. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-its-the-speed-limit/260457/47 "2004-08-19T20:54:11Z")
You got married at Fetzerā€™s?? That is SO cool! And, yes, absolutely agreed; driving Mark West Springs Road is always a challenge. Adding wine to that is a baaaaaaaad idea. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-its-the-speed-limit/260457/48 "2004-08-19T22:39:33Z")
Hans Fahden, actually. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2004, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-its-the-speed-limit/260457/49 "2004-08-19T22:44:15Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > But I learned in Defense Driving 101 that it is not the responsibility of a driver keeping up with the speed limit to make sure drivers behind them can continue to speed. A slow driver is one thing, but if youā€™re stuck behind someone doing the speed limitā€¦itā€™s on you to pass _them_. Not for them to pull over. In the prep material for the UK written test for a licence, I vaguely remember a question along these linesā€¦essentially the answer was pullover, because youā€™re not responsible for somebody else breaking the rules, but by allowing them past youā€™re removing the immediate danger of them tailgating you. Damned if I can find a cite, though šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-its-the-speed-limit/260457/50 "2004-08-20T00:33:02Z")
> [@XWalrus2](#): > > I donā€™t go above the speed limit for two reasons: > > 1. Like I said, I donā€™t feel comfortable going above the speed limit. > 2. The police here are _looking_ for teenagers speeding. Really. Iā€™m not just paranoid. I donā€™t blame them, either, seeing as weā€™re a risky group of drivers. Unless you have a different breed of cops there than Iā€™m used to, you really arenā€™t in any danger of getting pulled over if youā€™re only going 5, maybe 10 MPH above the limit. It just isnā€™t worth the copā€™s time. He knows how fast people drive in real life. And donā€™t be too hard on yourself for being a teenage driver. Elderly drivers are every bit as dangerous as young drivers in terms of accidents per mile. When was the last time you heard of a teenager plowing through a farmerā€™s market? ---
**Author:** ![OneChance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/74df32/32.png) [@OneChance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneChance)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2004, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-its-the-speed-limit/260457/51 "2004-08-20T10:30:13Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > I drive like driving Miss Daisy now and do not care about the cars bunched up on my tail. Actually, I do not even realize theyā€™re there most of the time. How do you know theyā€™re there if you donā€™t realize that theyā€™re there? Color me confuzzled. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-that-its-the-speed-limit/260457.md?page=2)