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In reply to the discussion: Our infrastructure is crumbling. There are potholes, dangerous bridges. decaying buildings. [View all]A HERETIC I AM
(24,368 posts)Well, I beg to differ. I've been doing long distance driving for a very a long time. A very long time indeed. You can figure, as an average on the interstate system in the US, that 200 miles will take you 3 hours. That's an average of a tic under 67 MPH. Since the vast majority of interstate highway is posted at 70 these days, and excluding accidents and rush hour density, you can easily average 67 MPH nationwide.
I'm sure you are speaking from your own experience, but that doesn't mean it is the norm. I'll grant you that traffic density between WPB and Boca is higher than further north on I95, but after 10:00 AM and before 3:00 it has been no problem for me to do AT LEAST the speed limit down that stretch. And by "at least" I mean staying with the flow, keeping in mind that as I drive an 18 wheeler, I am restricted to the right hand lanes of that section of the interstate.
As far as the cops being everywhere, Florida Highway Patrol doesn't even give you a second look unless you are going faster than about 7 - 10% above the speed limit. I run down 95 with the cruise set at 71 and, as I said, make it from Jax to Miami Gardens in 5 hours, and that includes the current long stretches of construction where the speed limit is 60 and one or two pee breaks(!).
Of course, if you are driving from Sanford to a spot in Miami that is way south in Miami/Dade county, then sure. Every bit of 5 hours.