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Old 07-05-2020, 10:40 PM   #33
Terri Kennedy
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Originally Posted by kognito View Post
I grew up driving in the woods around reservoirs in northwest NJ.
Clinton Reservoir? I used to drive there a lot in the 70's before it was paved.

NJ has a default speed limit of 25 MPH urban, 50 rural. Since kids kept stealing the signs from Clinton Road, it fell back to the default 50. I had a lot of fun in the Atom up there as it had been paved for years by then. I may have exceeded 50 at some points .

The road is full of unsigned curves, most of which are off-camber and many of which have unexpected blind elevation changes. Here is one of the few decent YouTube videos. Most of them are about hauntings, killer clowns, druid temples, etc. I suggest you run this one at 2x to get a better feel. Of course, I only was at high speeds in the long section in the middle where there are no houses. BTW, I've never seen as much traffic as this video shows. It is rare to see even one other car in the undeveloped areas. They must have been shooting on a weekend.



BTW, I have a page of mid-70's pictures here.
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