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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s been 35 on river road for a couple of years now, since the accident near Pyle middle school. Connecticut also, has been 35 for quite a while now. The speed is reasonable given the density around both roads.[/quote]

The River Road speed limit was dropped from 45 to 35 due to political pressure. That stretch of River Road (from 495 to Goldsboro) was built for 45+. Notice it's a 2-lane divided highway, and no driveways exit directly onto River but rather onto a service road. It has guardrails also.

The death near Whitman (on Pyle Road) was due to a driver going over 100mph and another car took a left turn in front of it. I doubt dropping the limit form 45 to 35 would make a driver doing 100mph slow down.

My kids and I now play a game when driving around of finding more dangerous roads in MoCo with a higher speed limit than River Road. Plenty of 1-lane roads with driveways directly onto the road at 45. Heck, look at Bradley Boulevard -- that is 35 also, yet there's a lot more risk there since it's only 1 lane and so many driveways backing onto it.[/quote]

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