• Pogogunner@sopuli.xyz
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    Agreed, having a minimum speed sign on a stroad is just begging for pedestrian deaths. It would be such an obvious liability that nobody in charge of transportation would allow it.

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      Every municipality has a minimum speed limit so you can’t just have someone driving 1km/h down the road creating a rolling blockade. Most are posted on the entrance into the municipality.

      There are reasons for both sides to have and not have specific laws.

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        I’m a traffic engineer and I’ve literally never heard of such a thing (except on freeways).

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        Where are these municipalities?

        These are US signs and this isn’t a thing anywhere that I have traveled to across the US other than the 40 minimum on some interstates and highways.

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          Every municipality has some form of minimum speed law, do you want me to list every single one? You even provide an example of places they are used… and want to argue they don’t exist…? What?

          Can you provide an example of a place without any minimum speed laws?

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            In Kansas, every single street that isn’t a highway, and most highways don’t have minimums.

            Outside of Kansas I have never personally seen them posted on anything other than highways either.

            I have seen general traffic laws about not impeding traffic by going unreasonably slow, but no posted minimums.

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              Maybe brush up on your traffic laws dude

              Kansas allows ANY municipality to set specific minimum road limits… look at that!

              Again, can you provide a municipality or even a state that doesn’t have a minimum speed law? I’ve even made it easier for you.

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                Every municipality has a minimum speed limit

                I don’t think that you understand how ‘slow speed as to impede’ IS NOT A LIMIT.

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                  See law A, see law B if they want to specific.

                  And yes it is a limit, if you’re impeding, you’re below that limit. Some places also have adjustable signs to account for these potential scenarios.

                  You seem to fall in the category of people that need specific posted limits, since the concept of variable speeds seems to be lost on you. Just because it’s not posted on a sign, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist… shit take dude. Read your legislation, as well as the legislation of any places that you plan to travel too. Because you will be surprised by them amount of mundane shit you’ve missed and could be breaking the law without knowing.

                  And ignorance is never an excuse dude.

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                    Reread your original post. You stated that the minimum speed is posted at the entrance to every municipality. These people are saying that they’ve only ever seen minimum speed signs posted on highways. Maybe that’s what you meant, but your post sounds like it’s posted on local roads all over the place.

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                I love that you linked the exact proof that you’re wrong, and still keep holding on. That is absolutely not a “Minimum Speed Limit.” I really don’t think you understand what “Speed Limit” actually means.

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                  I’m sure you’ll be informed if you’re driving unreasonably slow. But as far as I can tell it’s similar to other minor but uncommon state by state traffic violations

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          I believe in Denmark the rule is just not to be a nuisance in traffic. I’m not sure a lower limit is that necessary.

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        That sounds so reasonable. And yet I have never seen one in any country, state, or city I’ve been in.