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Unlimited Speed Limits in Nevada?
I have a brother in-law that is one of those "World Renown Experts on Everything" types (man how freaking tedious is that personality type?). So we are talking cars and driving fast and he claims there are roads in Nevada and Montana with no speed limit.
I say Bull Sh#$ as it would be common pop culture knowledge if it was true. He claims to have driven these mythical Unlimited Speed Limit roads.
I wish this blow hard was right but I doubt it. Maybe 90 mph...but unlimited...not in this country, not ever.
So what's the real skinny? I hope it's true, but it's simply too good to be true.
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75, looks like: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_l..._United_States
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i heard the same thing a long time ago, never knew if it was true or not, what i heard though was that there was no enforced speed limit as long as it wasn't rush hour traffic, and you were within reason of an adequate speed, whatever that means, i always took it as 150 would not be cool, but 100 or so would be ok. but i still never found out if it was true, assumed urban legend
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Excerpt from Wiki link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_l..._United_States
Montana
For a brief period (December 1995 - June 1999) Montana had no rural highway speed limit. However, even so a law prohibiting reckless driving, applicable to extreme speeds but less stringent than the previous "reasonable and prudent" standard, still applied.
In the years before 1974's 55 mph National Maximum Speed Limit and for three years after its 1995 repeal, Montana had a non-numeric "reasonable and prudent" speed limit during the daytime on most rural roads. Montana Code Annotated (MCA) Section 61-8-303 said "A person . . . shall drive the vehicle . . . at a rate of speed no greater than is reasonable and proper under the conditions existing at the point of operation . . . so as not to unduly or unreasonably endanger the life, limb, property, or other rights of a person entitled to the use of the street or highway."
Typical speed limit sign that one would see at the Montana state line from December 1995 to June 1999.Montana law also specified a few numeric limits: a night speed limit, usually 55 or 65 mph (90–100 km/h), depending on road type; 25 mph (40 km/h) in urban districts and 35 mph (60 km/h) in construction zones.
The phrase "reasonable and prudent" is found in the language of most state speed laws. This allows prosecution under non-ideal conditions such as rain or snow when the posted speed limit would be imprudently fast.
On March 10, 1996 [13], a Montana Patrolman issued a speed ticket to a driver traveling at 85 mph (140 km/h) on a stretch of State Highway 200. The 50 year-old male driver (Rudy Stanko) was operating a 1996 Camaro with less than 10,000 miles (16,000 km) on the odometer. Although the officer gave no opinion as to what would have been a reasonable speed, the driver was convicted. The driver appealed all the way to the Montana Supreme Court. The Court reversed the conviction in case No. 97-486 on December 23, 1998; it held that a law requiring drivers to drive at a non-numerical "reasonable and proper" speed "is so vague that it violates the Due Process Clause ... of the Montana Constitution".
Due to this reversal, Montana scrambled to vote in a numerical limit as it technically had no speed limit whatsoever in the meantime. In June 1999, a new Montana speed limit law went into effect. The law's practical effect was to require posted limits on all roads and disallow any speed limit higher than 75 mph (120 km/h).
Montana law still contains a section that says "a person shall operate a vehicle in a careful and prudent manner and at a reduced rate of speed no greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions existing at the point of operation, taking into account the amount and character of traffic, visibility, weather, and roadway conditions." However, this is a standard clause that appears in other state traffic codes and has the practical effect of requiring a speed lower than the posted limit where a lower speed is necessary to maintain a reasonable and prudent road manner.
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So what's the real skinny? I hope it's true, but it's simply too good to be true. | Yes it is true! I was on one of these roads last night in my M/Roadster. I was averaging 150 mph but kept having to stop every 1 or 2 miles to pick up one of the gorgeous girls hitchhiking in bikinis and drop off the one from before. It's a wonderful stretch full of wild twists and curves without a single road blemish in site. There were cops everywhere but all they did was clap and give us the  as we flashed by, quite refreshing! There was a gas station every 200 miles and 94 octane was $.50/gallon so it worked out fine. When I reached the end of this magical road I WOKE UP and looked outside to see if there was any SNOW on the ground!
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There are road events with no limits. The Silver State Classic is run in Nevada (http://www.silverstateclassic.com) . From their FAQ --
"I heard you will not be able to event if you get a speeding ticket on Highway 318 within 90 days of the event."
"That's true. It is part of Nevada's requirements for the permit and the highway patrol will notify the event officials. Also, remember we are guests in town, so save the squealing tires for the starting line."
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