California speed limits

[Don Bradner]

Pete introduced a non-sequitur in the shock-mount threads that I thought might
bear a bit of contrary opinion.

California signs used to say "AUTOS WITH TRAILERS - TRUCKS 55 MAXIMUM" (and many
of those signs remain). All new signage consist of two separate signs normally
placed one after another, and usually after the standard 65 (or 70) sign. The
first reads "TRUCKS, 3 AXLES OR MORE 55 MAXIMUM" and the second reads "ALL
VEHICLES WHEN TOWING 55 MAXIMUM"

Pete has apparently replaced "Trucks" in that first new sign with "vehicles"

There is no basis to believe that they don't truly mean "Trucks."

The commercial driver handbook in California is a bit more explicit about what
vehicles are subject to 55:

* Any truck or truck tractor having three or more axles.
* Any vehicle pulling any other vehicle.
* A school bus transporting any pupil.
* A farm labor vehicle transporting passengers.
* Any vehicle transporting explosives.
* A trailer bus


On 3/10/2009 at 10:50 AM Pete Masterson wrote:

>at 55 (the official speed limit for 3 axle vehicles)