Who Can Break the Speed Limit in the Acceleration Lane?

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I guess many of you would think, "Well, I guess it depends on how low the limit is and how long the lane is, now doesn't it!" 💡

Good job. Pat yourself on the back. 👍 Just at least try to answer the question without the "it depends" babble.

But lets take it a little bit more seriously than that. Who here can break the speed limit in the average acceleration lane leading on to any kind of main street in down town? Do try to estimate the length of the lane and tell us the posted limit.

I for one can, but not by much (most of the time). :grumpy:
 
Break the speed limit? Around here the surface streets are all at 25 or 40 mph and the highways are at 65, so you pretty much end up "breaking" the limit if you're just moving with traffic.
 
I've never heard of an acceleration lane, but by the sounds of it it's similar to (or the same as) a motorway on-ramp. Most of the motorway on-ramps in the UK are quite long so I could probably be doing at least 70 (the speed limit on motorways in the UK) on most of them and I only drive a Peugeot 406 1.9 TD with 80bhp.
 
Ohhh, the on ramps, I make an effort to double the speed limit there :D :D Usually I can come close in the dry, unless it is particularly tight....
 
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Ohhh, the on ramps, I make an effort to double the speed limit there :D :D Usually I can come close in the dry, unless it is particularly tight....
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Me to, but cops like to sit right by the on-ramps around here and get your when you shoot onto the freeway.
 
Isn't the idea of these lanes to be able to reach the speed limit by the time you need to merge into normal traffic? I think there are few cars out there that won't do this. It's hardly a big feat of acceleration.
 
I always get up to if not faster than highway cruising when on the on-ramps and just merge into the traffic. I hate it when some people drive to the end of the on-ramp stop look in their mirrors and wait for a large gap.
 
I'll usually do 15mph over just about any given speed limit within the lane. Though, there is a seriously short lane near my neighborhood which I barely get out doing 35mph - with a 40mph limit.
 
In my personal car, it's never a problem. Hell, I can make or break the speed limits about 80% of the time in my work car, which is most often a Geo Metro with a positively whopping 55hp/58lb-ft, 3-cylinder, manual with 230,000+ km's on it (I'm a parts driver... it's not like they're going to give us anything good). Of course, that's... erm... "Extracting the optimum performance" from them, AKA flat-out, fast shifting, revving the snot out of the poor thing. :D
 
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I always get up to if not faster than highway cruising when on the on-ramps and just merge into the traffic. I hate it when some people drive to the end of the on-ramp stop look in their mirrors and wait for a large gap.
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i hate those people...its like, if thats how youre going to drive, why not put a sign on the back of your car saying "kill me"
 
My sentiments follow some of the others in this thread...pretty much any onramp or "acceleration lane" (if you're talking about a street rather than a highway) is long enough for pretty much any car to break the speedlimit... :indiff:

I do enjoy zooming up curved onramps, though...its really the only dangerous speeding or "street racing" (if you even want to call it that) that I do on the streets. :)
 
speed limit on the on ramp? easy.

the real challenge is in doubling the recommended limit on the exit ramp. esp on the cloverleaf.

dont try this at home idiots!! and by home i mean in any car you are driving on any on or off ramp.
 
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speed limit on the on ramp? easy.

the real challenge is in doubling the recommended limit on the exit ramp. esp on the cloverleaf.

dont try this at home idiots!! and by home i mean in any car you are driving on any on or off ramp.
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That challenge has a bit too many variables in it... :scared:

I'm pretty sure there isn't a "science" to those recommended speeds, so doing 80mph on a certain 40mph-recommended ramp might be rather easy, while doing 50mph on a different, 25mph-recommended ramp might be a rather dangerous...

Of course, I'm thinking of two specific examples here in my town, and I've done both (yes, the 80mph one was easier).
 
I'm still learning how to drive and still drive with someone and breaking the limit would be really easy at most times.. since I'm always at the limit and always have space to even get further. The only problem is if you get stuck with someone slow in front of you. Then you can't go faster and messes up the whole thing.
 
Ooookay. I think we're done here now. For a start this isn't particularly interesting, but the topic is, essentially, discussion of intentionally breaking speed limits. Not on my watch.

Move along, nothing to see here...
 
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