Hey, y'all!

I've been so busy with traveling and working my "real job", I've negelcted the blogsite, so please accept my apology.

In recent months, I've been posting a lot of Georgia highway-related articles on the GRG Facebook page. One of the recent posts is an Athens Banner-Herald editorial regarding Georgia's speed limits.

Apparently, there's been some talk under the "Gold Dome" to increase Georgia's maximum speed limits in the name of "economic development".

Here is what current Georgia law dictates on this subject...

§ 40-6-181.  Maximum limits

   (a) The limits specified in this Code section or established as authorized in this article shall be the maximum lawful vehicle speeds, except when a special hazard exists that requires a lower speed for compliance with Code Section 40-6-180.

(b) Consistent with the provision of engineering and traffic investigations regarding maximum speed limits as provided in Code Section 40-6-182, no person shall drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of the following maximum limits:

   (1) Thirty miles (30) per hour in any urban or residential district;

   (1.1) Thirty-five (35) miles per hour on an unpaved county road unless designated otherwise by appropriate signs;

   (2) Seventy (70) miles per hour on a highway on the federal interstate system and on physically divided highways with full control of access which are outside of an urbanized area of 50,000 population or more, provided that such speed limit is designated by appropriate signs;

   (3) Sixty-five (65) miles per hour on a highway on the federal interstate system which is inside of an urbanized area of 50,000 population or more, provided that such speed limit is designated by appropriate signs;

   (4) Sixty-five (65) miles per hour on those sections of physically divided highways without full access control on the state highway system, provided that such speed limit is designated by appropriate signs; and

   (5) Fifty-five (55) miles per hour in other locations.

(c) The maximum speed limits set forth in this Code section may be altered as authorized in Code Sections 40-6-182, 40-6-183, and 40-6-188.

Forgive me for stating the obvious, dear readers, but while my beloved Georgia does have fairly significant stretches of rural Interstates and non-limited access divided highways, we do not have anywhere near the wide open spaces as you'd find in western states (e.g. Texas). If we did, then I'd be alright with increasing maximum speed limits up to 75, 80, or 85 MPH for rural Interstates.

As for Georgia's speed limits, I'm quite content with the current speed limit law and strongly urge our lawmakers to leave them alone.

Speaking of rural Interstates, I filmed parts of I-75 southbound in Tifton and Valdosta on our way to St. Augustine. Here's the Tifton video...



What do you think of Georgia's speed limits? Please feel free to post your comments and thanks in advance for doing so. In the meantime, that's it for now. I'll be working on the Valdosta videos and post them to the GRG YouTube channel as soon as I can.

Thanks for reading, have a great weekend, and please come back often.

 

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