Speed limit on Nevada State Route 376

[The A.W.G.]

I'm not really super familiar with american roads so this is just more a curiosity about the world than a question about the game. I was driving on the Nevada State Route 376; beautiful scenery, open space, desert, blue sky... and no bends nor intersections nor urban centers for miles and miles and miles.
Still, speed limit was only 35 for almost all the time. I felt it was really weird because very similar roads have usually a limit of 70. I checked on Google Maps and the IRL limit is indeed very strict (45, https://goo.gl/maps/bqehHAjLZmwYk9mv6 )
Why is that?

[Rogue]

I believe it's to save wild life in the area. In addition, parts of Nevada and Arizona are Open Range, meaning cattle can be just about everywhere.

[Asigion]

Originally posted by RoadHog:

I believe it's to save wild life in the area. In addition, parts of Nevada and Arizona are Open Range, meaning cattle can be just about everywhere.

Thank you, that is very interesting information. I had no idea they still had Open Range in some states.

[B_Wald]

When I drive that route I turn off traffic offences and tear ass down that road, 70-75 mph. There's no free-range cattle in the game after all ;)

[Asigion]

I must admit if I drive on long safe stretches of open road with very low speed limits I stick with my normal speed of 50 mph. I have done that because I could make no sense of why such safe stretches of road would have very low speed limits. Now I can drive those stretches of road knowing the reason so thank you to the OP for asking the question and thank you again RoadHog for your explanation. Now I might consider staying within the speed limit on those stretches. Or not. :)

[Montana Ted]

RoadHog is correct. Same thing here in Montana. We have lots of open range. Also, not far from my house is a 35 mph zone because its a big horn sheep route that they've used for many generations.

[The A.W.G.]

Thank you I had no idea that could be the reason.

Originally posted by Willy.J.K:

I must admit if I drive on long safe stretches of open road with very low speed limits I stick with my normal speed of 50 mph

Don't you get speed tickets? I get almost always one as soon as I go 10% over the limit

[Asigion]

Originally posted by AWG:

Thank you I had no idea that could be the reason.

Originally posted by Willy.J.K:

I must admit if I drive on long safe stretches of open road with very low speed limits I stick with my normal speed of 50 mph

Don't you get speed tickets? I get almost always one as soon as I go 10% over the limit

Only when the police cars appear and I don't see them but then money only matters in the early stages of the game. It isn't a case you travel those roads all of the time so the occasional fine for exceeding a ridiculously low speed limit which until now I didn't understand the reason they existed was no problem. Now I understand the reason for them I might start to obey them.

[The A.W.G.]

Originally posted by Willy.J.K:

Now I understand the reason for them I might start to obey them.

Ahah I don't think this is how law works but ok

[Verfallen]

Originally posted by RoadHog:

I believe it's to save wild life in the area. In addition, parts of Nevada and Arizona are Open Range, meaning cattle can be just about everywhere.

one would think that on a long straight line, you'd be able to spot an herd of cow in the middle of the road before bowling through...

[LarryA]

Originally posted by RoadHog:

I believe it's to save wild life in the area. In addition, parts of Nevada and Arizona are Open Range, meaning cattle can be just about everywhere.

Is a small sign Open Range and Cattle Guards.

[Rogue]

Sure, on a bright sunny day you'd see them but how about at night or in the fog? No big rig operator wants to smash into a Herd of Elk.

[HunterKiller]

Thanks for that info. Maybe they will bump it up to the speed it's supposed to be. 45m/ph, not 35m/ph.

[Joe__Walker]

the 45 m/ph is for cars, trucks have differen speed limits.

[Gambler]

Maybe because its a 2 lane highway. I would think most 2 lanes in the USA would have lower speed limits then the Interstates, no matter how safe it look. Odds are that most head on wrecks at 70 , the drivers will be dead, but at the lower limits, it mabe survivalable.

[Glutinous Rice]

The speed limit on that road is 70 mph. The speed limits in the US tend to increase in steps.
https://goo.gl/maps/UPPowF4ZPZHNzr1y6