So We Are Thinking About Raising Speed Limits...

[dennishoddy]

The Cimarron Turnpike is ridiculous. It's the only turnpike I use, and that's rare fortunately. It's so rough that we can't keep drinks in the cup holders and any where there's a bridge, brace for impact when driving on to and off of the bridges................as in the rear of the truck leaves the ground and my traction light comes on. I know a 2012 F350 is no caddy but good Lord!! I've lost a spare tire, broke a spare tire cable, and 3 of 4 lug nut covers since September.

I’ve pulled on to the shoulder before just after the last Stillwater exit eastbound when pulling a boat trailer thinking I’d lost a wheel bearing more than once.
The two miles east of the Hallet tool booth is brutal in an suv. I can imagine how it is in a F350.

 

[Tanis143]

The Cimarron Turnpike is ridiculous. It's the only turnpike I use, and that's rare fortunately. It's so rough that we can't keep drinks in the cup holders and any where there's a bridge, brace for impact when driving on to and off of the bridges................as in the rear of the truck leaves the ground and my traction light comes on. I know a 2012 F350 is no caddy but good Lord!! I've lost a spare tire, broke a spare tire cable, and 3 of 4 lug nut covers since September.

Sounds a bit like Indian Nation Turnpike. I've been down gravel roads that were smoother than the south bound lanes. Our poor Kia Soul felt like she was about to rattle apart.

 

[SoonerP226]

Sounds a bit like Indian Nation Turnpike. I've been down gravel roads that were smoother than the south bound lanes. Our poor Kia Soul felt like she was about to rattle apart.

Yeah, the Indian Nation Turnpike is one of those that really makes you want to audit the hell out of the OTA to see where the money is going.

It's still better than some of the Texas highways I've traversed recently, though.

 

[Slim Deal]

Meh. 20+ year old car, 60+ year old reflexes.

55-60 mph is fast enough for me...

Yeah, the Indian Nation Turnpike is one of those that really makes you want to audit the hell out of the OTA to see where the money is going.

It's still better than some of the Texas highways I've traversed recently, though.

At one time Texass roads were really good. Their Farm to Market roads were always better than OK's State highways. When a road was patched you could see the repair but never feel it when you drove over it.

 

[Cowcatcher]

At one time Texass roads were really good. Their Farm to Market roads were always better than OK's State highways. When a road was patched you could see the repair but never feel it when you drove over it.

Several of the roads I travel down there are still smooth as glass. Even country roads in the middle of nowhere. Missouri seems to have road building figured out pretty good too.

 

[TerryMiller]

Oklahoma has Haskell-Lemon.

'nuff said.

 

[Slim Deal]

Several of the roads I travel down there are still smooth as glass. Even country roads in the middle of nowhere. Missouri seems to have road building figured out pretty good too.

MO does have the best roads in our proximity. We get nothing for our tax dollars.

A little off topic; MO has the best liquor prices as well. Our favorite cocktail is Mojitos and we use Bacardi Rum. A 1/2 gallon at the Langley liquor store 36 to 38 bucks, At Sam's in Joplin the same bottle is 28 bucks. Buying our liquor in MO pays for fuel, we usually buy 3 or 4 at a time. MO does some good things without taxing people to death.

 

[Cowcatcher]

MO does have the best roads in our proximity. We get nothing for our tax dollars.

A little off topic; MO has the best liquor prices as well. Our favorite cocktail is Mojitos and we use Bacardi Rum. A 1/2 gallon at the Langley liquor store 36 to 38 bucks, At Sam's in Joplin the same bottle is 28 bucks. Buying our liquor in MO pays for fuel, we usually buy 3 or 4 at a time. MO does some good things without taxing people to death.

Back when I lived in MO and family would come visit from Tx, they'd stock up on cigarettes.

 

[Shadowrider]

A former co-worker said his buddy on the HP (not sure if it was OHP or where he's from, Alabama) only looked at the first digit on his radar readout. If that was the same as the first digit of the speed limit, you were OK.

I'll take you back even further...

...like 40 years or so. A friend was with OHP and told me that the OHP had a "rule of thumb" of giving 9 and taking 10.

Rule of thumb used to be: "Nine you're fine, ten you're MINE". Still seems to hold.

 

[SoonerP226]

At one time Texass roads were really good. Their Farm to Market roads were always better than OK's State highways. When a road was patched you could see the repair but never feel it when you drove over it.

Some of them are really good, but a lot of them are really showing their age, some quite badly. And they're pretty uniformly LOUD. Even my mom's cousin who lives SE of Lubbock complains about how loud their highways are.

My grandmother, a native-borned Texican who lived half her life in Oklahoma, used to say that Texas had the good roads and Oklahoma had the rich politicians. Having averaged around 300mi/day on Texican highways and FM roads since Thanksgiving, I'm not so sure that's true anymore.