Checking for speed on Custis 11/9

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  • November 9, 2011 at 2:48 pm #910578
    OneEighth
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    Saw a guy with a radar gun trying to clock bike traffice on the Custis just West of the S-curve of Meh. (It only blossoms into the S-curve of Death when there is a carpet of wet leaves or frozen precip.)
    Could someone be making the case for banked corners, gravel pits, and piles of tires on the outside of corners? Or are they going for speed bumps?

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  • November 9, 2011 at 7:37 pm #932239
    jrenaut
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    @Dirt 10439 wrote:

    I had to rest for a while after that and the hills hurt on the way home. It wasn’t exactly smart, but I’ll likely try it again on Monday. :D Someday I’ll do something useful.

    That’s okay, I have a much shorter commute than you do :D

    November 9, 2011 at 7:46 pm #932243
    dbb
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    If you want the speed without the work, try the speed cameras in Cheverly.

    The Washington Examiner reports today http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/maryland/2011/11/speed-camera-company-quits-cheverly-equipment-challenged that the speed cameras “clocked” “bicycles were clocked going 38 and 57 mph”

    The only way I would make those speeds is if the recording device were broken.

    November 9, 2011 at 8:28 pm #932254
    consularrider
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    @dbb 10453 wrote:

    If you want the speed without the work, try the speed cameras in Cheverly.

    The Washington Examiner reports today http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/maryland/2011/11/speed-camera-company-quits-cheverly-equipment-challenged that the speed cameras “clocked” “bicycles were clocked going 38 and 57 mph”

    The only way I would make those speeds is if the recording device were broken.

    Enjoy the speed camera on Military Road in North Arlington. It’s at the bottom of a downhill stretch and it’s easy to get up to the 30 mph speed limit (and since I always obey the speed limit, that’s all I’m going to say).

    November 9, 2011 at 8:32 pm #932255
    Dirt
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    @consularrider 10464 wrote:

    Enjoy the speed camera on Military Road in North Arlington. It’s at the bottom of a downhill stretch and it’s easy to get up to the 30 mph speed limit (and since I always obey the speed limit, that’s all I’m going to say).

    There’s one on West Street in Falls Church that would be AWESOME to play with, if I were the kind of person who played with such things.

    November 9, 2011 at 9:00 pm #932259
    CCrew
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    I have a blast playing with the red light cameras at Glebe and Fairfax in the wee hours. If I come off the Custis and down onto Fairfax “just so” and stop just at the far side of the crosswalk I can trip them every time :)

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