My husband just got back from his weekly poker game and said the speed limit in Grayton had changed to 15mph. This was around the Upton Grayton area and cops were sitting there waiting to catch speeders. This is crazy!! I know in Atlanta it had to be posted in the paper & wait 30 days to give everyone notice about the change. He said it was hard to tell where it started and ended, plus 15mph is just not reasonable. What's going on!!!!
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SoWal Expert
I don't know, but you can get anywhere in Grayton very quickly while driving 15 mph, so don't worry too much about it. I would rather have that than speed bumps throughout Grayton.
Admin
Uptown Grayton is on 30-A. Are you sure it was on 30-A? Maybe it was on DeFuniak Street which is the main street south of 30-A.
Beach LoverAuthor
It was on 30-A.
Admin
That is unusual for sure. The lowest limit I've seen on 30A is 25mph through Seaside, WaterColor, Rosemary Beach.
Meow
That is unusual for sure. The lowest limit I've seen on 30A is 25mph through Seaside, WaterColor, Rosemary Beach.
Isn't it like 17 mph by the Wheel House?
Beach Fanatic
I think 15 MPH is reasonable. Hard to go much faster than that anyway due to all the moron-operated scooters in the middle of the road.
SoWal Insider
Isn't it like 17 mph by the Wheel House?that's 27 kilometers per hour for all our international visitors.
Admin
Isn't it like 17 mph by the Wheel House?
15 I think - I fogot aboot that.
Beach Fanatic
I knew we didn't meet our budget for court fines received last month, but dang... 
But, seriously, a change in the speed limit does not have to be advertised ahead of time, but signs where it begins and ends should be posted before enforcement begins. I haven't been out there to verify where/what - but if in doubt where it begins and ends, and there is a cop there, stop and ask him/her!
But, seriously, a change in the speed limit does not have to be advertised ahead of time, but signs where it begins and ends should be posted before enforcement begins. I haven't been out there to verify where/what - but if in doubt where it begins and ends, and there is a cop there, stop and ask him/her!
SoWal Expert
Yes, I saw the sign for the first time this morning. 15mph:shock: from 30A/283 to about 200 meters west of Western Lake bridge, where it jumps back to only 40 mph because of the narrow bridge:funn:. Traffic was still moving at 45 - 50 mph. Those are going to be hefty tickets.
I can vouch that coming out of Uptown Grayton is very dangerous.
I can vouch that coming out of Uptown Grayton is very dangerous.
Beach Fanatic
Dig the 'tar, SJ. You look surprisingly like Neil Young. 
SoWal Expert
Dig the 'tar, SJ. You look surprisingly like Neil Young.Yes, especially since shaving the beard, leaving the chops.
Beach Fanatic
I think 15mph is great for that area! :clap_1:
SoWal Insider
Dig the 'tar, SJ. You look surprisingly like Neil Young.
Neil Young can only wish he was as handsome as SJ!;-)
:funn:
Christini Zambini
Yes, especially since shaving the beard, leaving the chops.
Did you really shave your beard?
Beach Fanatic
That stretch of road was dangerous even before Uptown Grayton (anybody remember the wreck between a UPS truck and a Borden's milk truck in the early '90's?), but 15 mph ? The school zones are faster than that.
superJfunn
Isn't it like 17 mph by the Wheel House?no silly kitty it is 17 in my hood
SoWal Insider
no silly kitty it is 17 in my hood
Better install speed bumps before tomorrow afternoon! We'd hate to break the rules our first day in the 'hood! :funn:superJfunn
good thing at the top of the hood. you won't be able to pick up that much speed!!!!!!!!!
SoWal Insider
good thing at the top of the hood. you won't be able to pick up that much speed!!!!!!!!!
Apparently, you've never seen FBB drive! Whoa Nelly!:rofl:
Beach Fanatic
That is totallty ridiculous but not surprising at all. And you can bet that those idiots from DFS will pay more attention to that area of road than to the bank in Grayton if it were getting robbed. And before anyone starts with the "they are doing they're job" bs, don't bother. If you are a local and not in total denial, you are aware of how bad we get the shaft in every area from this county.
SoWal Expert
It may be like the Dukes of Hazzard where Rosco erects his own speedlimit signs just to write up the Duke Boys.
I may have to run over that sign or steal it. :shock: Did I type that outloud?
I may have to run over that sign or steal it. :shock: Did I type that outloud?
Beach Fanatic
It may be like the Dukes of Hazzard where Rosco erects his own speedlimit signs just to write up the Duke Boys.I'm with you brother
I may have to run over that sign or steal it. :shock: Did I type that outloud?
Beach Fanatic
While I'm all for traffic calming, 15mph seems too low. 25mph would be more appropriate. Yesterday, at 25mph in said zone, I had some angry, impatient motorists at my rear bumper.
Who makes these decisions on speed limits? Didn't the recent traffic survey, which was done at considerable expense, recommend nothing less than 25mph for 30-A?
Who makes these decisions on speed limits? Didn't the recent traffic survey, which was done at considerable expense, recommend nothing less than 25mph for 30-A?
SoWal Expert
While I'm all for traffic calming, 15mph seems too low. 25mph would be more appropriate. Yesterday, at 25mph in said zone, I had some angry, impatient motorists at my rear bumper.I thought the DOT was the group who set speed limits, but that may not be the case on county roads.
Who makes these decisions on speed limits? Didn't the recent traffic survey, which was done at considerable expense, recommend nothing less than 25mph for 30-A?
I am beginning to think that they left the l_ off of the 4. Nothing a little black electrical tape and 40 seconds worth of graphics cannot cure, but I would hate to cause a crash by changing it to 45.
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