Oklahoma Speed Limits

[DavidMcmillan]

Speeding and bad driving habits are not limited to OK drivers...

 

[sherrick13]

Yeah, I drive to OKC on a regular basis and see many people already driving 85-90 mph. I do occasionally see the 90 + folks pulled over by the OHP.

As fast as we drive in OK , add 10 MPH for driving in Dallas

 

[Glock 40]

As fast as we drive in OK , add 10 MPH for driving in Dallas

Pretty much like the wind. Just add 10 MPH for Texas.

 

[sedona]

The highway between Duncan and Marlow is 55 then slows to 50 just 2 or 3 miles north of Duncan.When coming back from OKC I have to slow it down the last 10 miles.Never understood the reason for this, its a 4 lane and a pretty decent highway.

 

[rlongnt]

I've driven more than half a million miles commuting between Stillwater and Tulsa. This would have been really nice. We finally moved to Sand Springs and from my office window I can now see the bridge on 97 that crosses the Arkansas River a mile from my house.

 

[TerryMiller]

The highway between Duncan and Marlow is 55 then slows to 50 just 2 or 3 miles north of Duncan.When coming back from OKC I have to slow it down the last 10 miles.Never understood the reason for this, its a 4 lane and a pretty decent highway.

Highway 87 between Clayton, New Mexico and Raton, New Mexico gets my goat every time. There are a couple of "communities" (mostly made up of dilapidated buildings) where they reduce the speed down to 50 mph or 45 mph, even when neither of the towns have the highway (4-lane) go right through town. Those speed zones are something like 1 or 2 miles before and after the town. You feel like you are out in never-never-land before you get to go back up to 70.

 

[Snattlerake]

As fast as we drive in OK , add 10 MPH for driving in Dallas

Oh hell yes, that's just to keep from getting run over. And if there is a slowdown or stoppage the Mercedes and Audis use the shoulder as their personal highways. Look out for motorcycles between lanes too.

 

[xseler]

Highway 87 between Clayton, New Mexico and Raton, New Mexico gets my goat every time. There are a couple of "communities" (mostly made up of dilapidated buildings) where they reduce the speed down to 50 mph or 45 mph, even when neither of the towns have the highway (4-lane) go right through town. Those speed zones are something like 1 or 2 miles before and after the town. You feel like you are out in never-never-land before you get to go back up to 70.

Terry, I believe that's the highway you said that you wouldn't ride with me or Dennis.....lol! Well, maybe you would now, I'm not in as much of a hurry now!

 

[dennishoddy]

The posted speed limit could be 100 MPH and there are always a few jerks that would drive 120 MPH and ruin it for everyone else.

If someone drove 120 in a 100, and you were in the right slow lane, how would it ruin it for you?

Stay in your lane and don't worry about those that are looking for a ticket?

 

[dennishoddy]

And the super courteous trucker going 61mph that jerks left in front of 75mph traffic to let them in...

A HUGE issue for me, and I've stayed in my lane to put some of the idiots into the shoulder. Traffic coming into an entrance MUST yield to normal traffic. That's why that yield sign is there.
You do NOT have to move over. It's a courtesy thing, not law. If I lived in a big metro area, I'd be on the news for taking out idiot drivers. Phone stuck to their ears coming down an on ramp and then all of a sudden seeing my truck impeding their entrance because there is a 90,000 lb semi truck not allowing me to get over in the other lane. I don't have to brake to let them on, they have to yield.
I get the finger and so on, but that is ignorance of the law on their part.
GTF out of my way on the interstates. I'm the person ripping up the left lane.