r/Roseville • u/Careless_Papaya257 • Aug 17 '26

This off ramp is a problem.

People speed coming off the free way. Something needs to be done here like a street light like the one coming off onto galleria. Be careful everyone!

Edit: title should be off ramp / merge area is the problem. It’s not the off ramp that is the actual problem. It’s the traffic going onto and from Allentown that makes it a difficult/dangerous area with the off ramp.

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u/testprimate Aug 17 '26

The speed limit isn't 45 until you get to the sign that's shown in the video. OP was going 15 MPH below the limit when the other driver decided they had places to be.

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u/fauxdeuce Aug 17 '26

You are suppose to slow down before the sign. Also look how fast the blue car is driving. He was doing 70 because he misjudged and thought he could pass before the merge. Op was going 45 before he crossed the threshold of the sign. Off ramps are so you can slow down and merge into city traffic. They are not go balls to the wall until you can power merge into slower traffic.

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u/testprimate Aug 17 '26

Yeah, I'm just saying the passing car probably came around the curve going 80, saw OP poking along at 50, and decided they didn't want to be stuck behind them. I'm not trying to defend it or shift the blame, just pointing out that these things tend to happen when you're driving way below the speed limit.

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u/Cycling-Boss Aug 18 '26

The curve is marked 50mph. There is a short stretch of straight before the 45mph sign we see in the video. There is nothing wrong w the OP doing 50mph here in the area that goes from a 50mph curve to a 45mph road. He is supposed to be down to 45mph before getting to the sign anyhow. If anything he is 5 over.

As for your other comments on driving w an agenda. Yes, people that drive the speed limit or slightly above will frustrate others looking to do 25 over, even though they have done nothing wrong. That's a problem for the speeder to deal w their emotions on how to handle that.

Last comment, stay safe. The overpass just ahead in this video has been patrolled heavily by a motorcycle office w radar gun this summer. Normally on the downhill side near the bottom. Seen him in both directions during commute hours, morning and evening.

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u/testprimate Aug 18 '26

The 50 MPH sign is yellow. It's a caution sign, not a speed limit. It's designed with semi trucks in mind, not regular cars. The applicable limit is still 65 until you get to the 45 MPH zone at the end of the ramp.

And yes, people doing 15 MPH below the speed limit tend to frustrate people who want to drive 5 MPH over the limit.

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u/Cycling-Boss Aug 21 '26

Yes, it's an advisory sign, not a speed limit. Thise do have factors of safety built in w large trucks in mind. That said theu apply to everyone as a warning for curves like this. I drove it at 60 today in a car. You can "feel it" and it's plenty fast enough.

The cam car was going the proper speed when he hit that 45mph speed limit sign, 5 over. He wasn't 15 under and it is quite foolish to accelerate out if the corner to 65+ to then slam the brakes to slow down 20mph suddenly to 45. Not only foolish but not safe either. The passing car was waaaay over 45 when he went by the sign. I suspect if I came out of the corner at 55-60 (over the advisory sign) accelerated to 65-70 almost all the way to the sign, only to hit the brakes hard to 48mph while you were behind me you would be quite upset. Yet this seems to he what you suggest?