55 mph speed limit on trails

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New York State will be pushing a 55 mph speed limit on our trail system this weekend, Whats every body's take?
 
Frankly, I don't think they are going to be able to enforce it.

IMHO I think it should be passed. As much as I love going super fast through fields and on lakes and feeling my sled pull my arms like crazy, there is no need to go faster then than 55 on a two lane trail. Some may not agree, but i've seen alot of close calls.

Just my opinion. ;)!
 
To do this fairly is impossible. for 1 thing, sleds don't have accurate speedos

what will happen is some hardass dnr officer will come down hard on some unsuspecting fool, and take him to the ringers,
whats going to happen to his driving record and insurance costs?

if you heading down some empty rail bed, I see nothing wrong with going 70+
 
I thought It was already lower than that.
Wouldn't it be nice if there was enough room for one way trails. No more on-coming traffic. Just a thought.(more like a dream)
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NH has a 45 mph limit in the trails and F&G officers are hiding in the woods with radar guns. Several friends have had to pay up and it does go on your driving record.
 
I think it's a crap idea. Just more of the government placing restrictions on us like were children. It's all justified in their eyes as "protection to the people", but we know it's just a way for the state/s to earn more revenue by handing out more tickets. I believe in making things safer for us, but people will still break the law and you can still receive serious injury or death at 55 mph!!! 11 of us on our last trip to the UP, discussed the speed limit topic and agreed that 55 is decent (if we had no choice) as we determined that for 80% (roughly) of our riding was at or below that speed. But should we be limited to 55 mph on lakes and areas where faster speeds are more attainable? In Minnesota the 55 mph limit is enforced in ALL locations...lakes, trails, private property and I think that's crap. Some friends of mine that live in MN have received tickets for doing 500 ft. drags on a lake...what a joke!!! Now that's where I refuse to believe in the speed limit law! Then we also have to take a look at if speed limit laws will increase the cost of trail permits to cover the increased cost of patrolling trails and buying radar guns. If we know the gov. as well as we think we do, you know they will justify any costs to get their way! Just my 2 pennies.
 
I got radared going 80+ on trail 8 in the UP, and apparently that wasnt too fast as i didnt get pulled over.

Wanasrx, there is a trail near Big Bay in Michigan that is the equivalent to a divided highway with 2 one-way lanes with a 4-5 foot tall wall of snow seperating the lanes. Riding on these trails was kinda wierd as they were only as wide as the groomer, but i sure is nice not having to worry about oncoming traffic through that stretch of trail.
 
55 mph? You got to be kidding me! Here in Ontario the limit is 50 kph(30 mph). Try holding your sled to that speed on some of the trails up north that are 20 plus feet wide. I agree in the tight stuff your speed should be limited to 30 or 40 mph, but on wide open lakes and logging roads it could be a lot more. 55 mph is pretty generous for a speed limit for all trails in the states if that is what it is.
 
Man that sucks......30 mph. I thought 55 MPH was bad........and no going over 55 MPH on the lakes in Minnesota, that is crap. Maybe I'm lucky after all that i don't ride trails that much. :( I go across "Horseshoe Lake" alot on my sled. It's only about 4 miles west of where I live. We have our "backyard lake races" out there too.
 
I know in NH it is 45 mph as well. Reasonable a prudent law makes more sense, Be responsible for your own safety!
Yahoo's doing 55 mph in the woods when they should be doing 25 is more of a problem than any open field speed. I still believe that this is by far the majority of injuries than high speed open field running!

This law will solve nothing but "rob" snowmobilers of there ever depleting expendable income!
 
watersuper said:
NH has a 45 mph limit in the trails and F&G officers are hiding in the woods with radar guns. Several friends have had to pay up and it does go on your driving record.
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Remind me not to go to New Hampshire on a sled trip.
 
srxz said:
55 mph? You got to be kidding me! Here in Ontario the limit is 50 kph(30 mph). Try holding your sled to that speed on some of the trails up north that are 20 plus feet wide. I agree in the tight stuff your speed should be limited to 30 or 40 mph, but on wide open lakes and logging roads it could be a lot more. 55 mph is pretty generous for a speed limit for all trails in the states if that is what it is.
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30 mph?
I would sell my sled before I rode that slow.
 
the speed limit in wisconsin was 50 mph, but it was only between sunset and sunrise. You're right though, it only lasted one year because the number of accidents did not go down and they found it far too hard to enforce. The divided memorial trail by big bay is awesome, they should all be like that! ;)!
 
Just another example of trying to Idiot-proof the entire world.

Here in MN I think the limit is actually 50 not 55. A couple of years ago we passed a cop with a radar, then after stopping for gas 10-15 miles down the trail the a-hole got in front of us and tried to get us again. Thankfully we weren't speeding either time.
 
yea just seeing the way the cops and dnr treat snowmobilers for the most part, i think a speed limit is a real bad idea. If you make ONE tiny slip up, they don't care, they will give you the max of their power in most cases.
 
Vipercc is correct, here in Mn the speed limit is 50. I think 50 is plenty fast enough on most trails, but it is hard to keep to that on the lakes.
 
You should consider moving to Manitoba. No official speed limits here. The worst they've done so far is if you're ditch riding not to go over the posted speed limit for the highway you're beside. I've past RCMP cruisers going in the same direction while doing 130kph with no problems. Not sure if you're still able to but we used to ride the Red River right through the middle of Winnipeg (700,000 people) with no speed limits enforceable because it's a waterway that crosses an international boundary and is thus under federal jurisdiction.
 
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