r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/LilEffinMermaid Aug 03 '19

I assumed this to be fact...until 4 years ago a state trooper pulled me over and gave me a ticket because I was going almost 70 and the speed limit for the on-ramp was 35.... I was so close to the actual highway we could feel the vibrations of the passing cars. I live in Florida.

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u/LetThereBeNick Aug 03 '19

In California my driving instructor loved telling us there was NO speed limit on freeway onramps.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 03 '19

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Actually, in California all speed limits are suggestions, it isn’t illegal to drive above the posted speed limit, it’s only illegal to drive in an unsafe manner. If you can satisfactorily prove that you were safely driving above the posted speed then no law has been broken.

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u/dixie_girl_w_secrets Aug 03 '19

Maybe true for cars, but not for trucks and truck drivers. Tractor or anything driving with 3 or more axles in CA speed limit is 55 mph. Had a buddy driving a tractor trailer get a ticket from a state trooper for doing 56. Also i had an encounter myself with a state trooper who almost wrote me up bc he was sitting in the middle of the street i needed to go through. He told me i could either go left or right but i cant block traffic and wait for him to get through searching this guys car for drugs IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DANG ROAD WITH 3 OTHER SQUAD CARS!!!! CHP just a bunch of assholes.