Originally Posted by mobilaltima
Benzadmiral, it is very nerve racking for me driving in New Orleans lol, its nothing for my cousin who has lived there for 5 years.
I live an hour south of New Orleans, one way in, one way out, two lane roads, "down the bayou". Yet there are still people who have been living here their whole lives who drive way under the speed limit, which is 45 on the "front road" and 65 on the "backroad". For those of you familiar with the area, the front road is LA-1 and LA-308 while LA3235 is the backroad, which both lead to Grand Isle and Fourchon. Youre safe driving 5 mph over anywhere down here, except in Golden Meadow of course, 30 mph is strictly enforced. You can, and I regularly do, drive 60 in a 45 on LA 308 and parish cops wont bat an eye but state troopers will be quick to turn their car around. Out of towners usually drive extremely slow in the 45 mph area despite their being an abundance of 45 mph signs, yet they speed through Golden Meadow and wonder why they get stopped and given a ticket. Ahh, life on the bayou.
I do slow down when I enter towns -- I expect to see a 35 mph sign, or even 30 or 25 all within a short space, and I drop my speed accordingly. In the right lane, of course. Traffic "enforcement" (i.e., "catch a driver doing 5 over") is a revenue generator for these communities, and I don't want any tickets.
Are LA 1, 3235, and 308 properly, smoothly paved? To give you an idea, I think U.S. 90 leaving Westwego and running toward Houma and Thibodaux to be a properly paved highway.