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re: Worst speed limits in the Baton Rouge area
Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:10 am to Mike da Tigah
Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:10 am to Mike da Tigah
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And there's your reasoning. Money
I just know that at some point there was a city counsel meeting and some PTA mom stood up and gave her reasoning why it had to be that low - and I'll bet she talked about how a kid could be chasing a ball into the road or something equally eye-roll worthy.
Victim of a 44 in a 30, myself.
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Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:11 am to TDsngumbo
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50 on I-110 by Governor's Mansion
Should be lower IMO. That curve is horrendous.
Does anyone know the reason for such a dangerous and poor design? I don't visit Baton Rouge often, but every time I do I'm just amazed such a road would be constructed in modern times.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:11 am to toosleaux
South Harrells Ferry Rd was 35 not too long ago. That was absurd. My wife got a ticket there for going 40mph the week before they changed the speed limit. That wreckless shedevil...
Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:11 am to SouthOfSouth
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I find myself going 50 there all the time without thinking about it. Gonna be bad. Wish it was higher.
I looked down and was doing 60 right after it opened. And then a day or two later is when I saw a cop pulling someone over. I'm not sure where they run radar, but I think it's at that little church/school place almost down on the Highland side of Staring, with that cross in the front lttle grassy area of the parking lot (I've seen them run radar there YEARS ago). I've had to resort to either using cruise control or making sure I have a good buffer of speeders in front of me.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:12 am to BoostAddict
quote:Oh, I remember the whole ordeal quite well. It was actually the residents that raised a fuss whenever the connection to Nicholson became a reality. They didn't want all of the through traffic racing through their subdivision.
You can thank our wonderful politicians for putting pressure on the road and traffic engineers for that (and all similar traffic issues). The developers go to them and then they squeeeeeeel like a pig til they get what they want.
That's the narrative of BR for you -- terrible planning (city officials) and an unfounded sense of entitlement (residents).
Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:14 am to GaryMyMan
I went down a road the other day that had a sign that read... "Deaf Child at Play"
How am I supposed to know the "child" isn't 19 today? How did that sign get put up? Was there a time limit? Is the child also blind?
How am I supposed to know the "child" isn't 19 today? How did that sign get put up? Was there a time limit? Is the child also blind?
Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:16 am to Grit-Eating Shin
But I thought only people in Central and Watson were NIMBYs?? BR residents are against progress too? You don't say?
Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:16 am to Catman88
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ow am I supposed to know the "child" isn't 19 today? How did that sign get put up? Was there a time limit?
A friend of mine had that sign in his neighborhood growing up (not for him) - 20 years later it's still there.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:16 am to beejon
quote:I used to work with an old guy that was with DOTD (it was still LDH at that time) when it was designed. There was always a rumor that they aligned it that way so that southbound traffic would have a head-on view of the state capital when heading through the curve. He said that wasn't true, and that alignment was the only way that they could connect the two portions of the freeway, due to existing adjacent properties and the railroad track. I don't know how true that is, but I doubt he would have lied.
Does anyone know the reason for such a dangerous and poor design?
Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:17 am to GaryMyMan
quote:
I just know that at some point there was a city counsel meeting and some PTA mom stood up and gave her reasoning why it had to be that low - and I'll bet she talked about how a kid could be chasing a ball into the road or something equally eye-roll worthy.
The problem with that is that there are huge wood fences on either side enclosing the neighborhoods and separating them from the four lane stretch.
Even still, I think it only goes up to 40 mph when you pass the subdivisions and go through the field. I suppose you may hit a jack rabbit nibbling on the crops?
Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:18 am to toosleaux
25 mph through Port Vincent
Range in Denham 45>35>25 Speed Trap
Range in Denham 45>35>25 Speed Trap
Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:18 am to Grit-Eating Shin
I was always told it was due to the railroad track.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:19 am to toosleaux
Bluebonnet between Burbank and Nicholson.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:19 am to Shexter
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25 mph through Port Vincent
Range in Denham 45>35>25 Speed Trap
It makes sense once you are at the turn. However the length of the 25mph zone is insane.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:20 am to Mike da Tigah
quote:And that is easily the biggest joke of it. There's never been anything more transparent in the history of the world than that shite.
Even still, I think it only goes up to 40 mph when you pass the subdivisions and go through the field
Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:28 am to toosleaux
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50 on I-110 by Governor's Mansion.
S curves in and interstate
Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:29 am to toosleaux
The new road connecting central and oneal lane is fifty through the countryside. He'll airline is fifty by the old womans hospital. It makes no sense.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:30 am to Mike da Tigah
Ive been told that the speed limit on bluebonnet is like that because of the few houses in the front of the neighborhood that the driveway goes directly onto bluebonnet.
I used to live there and hated that speed limit.
I used to live there and hated that speed limit.
This post was edited on 5/29/14 at 9:50 am
Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:33 am to CBLSU316
quote:That is it, but the argument still doesn't hold water. There are multiple streets in BR with residential drives that have 35mph speed limits. Sherwood Forest is one, S. Eugene is another. I'm sure there are others, but those are 2 that come to mind.
Ive been told that the speed limit on bluebonnet is like that because of the few houses in the front of the neighborhood that the drive goes directly onto bluebonnet.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:34 am to toosleaux
Mollylea between Sharp and McGehee
30mph
30mph
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