Trip Planning

 Google maps seems to do a good job of planning routes that avoid major
highways and toll roads but what about speed traps and construction? Years
ago AAA would give you trip maps with the locations of known/common speed
traps and road construction marked; do they still do that? Is there a web
based alternative? I plan on riding from Raleigh, NC to Lexington, KY this
summer.

 Mac Cool wrote:


Just MHO but.......I doubt that anybody puts out the effort to try and list
known speed traps anymore but try a Google search for "speed traps"; you
never know what might show up.

Given your preference for the 2-lanes, I suspect that neither will be a
problem.

If you are in a hurry, why be on the 2 lane to start with?
In general, very little traffic there.  Speed trap wouldn't be very
lucrative and would likely catch only locals.......which could be a problem
when the Sheriff comes up for re-election. ;-)

Also not much construction activity on the 2 lanes either.  Since there is
virtually no truck traffic on them anymore, once fixed they tend to stay
fixed for a LONG time.

Have a great trip !!

 Who Me? wrote:

You've obviously never ridden Hwy 64 between Marion and Bald Knob AR . It's
a main route for those WallyWorld trucks ... and home of some very infamous
speed traps . Almost as bad as Hwy 70 headed East outta Memphis . Google
"Galloway Tennessee speed trap" .
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 Terry Coombs wrote:


Well, no and unlikely that I ever will either......since there is nothing in
that neck-of-the-woods that I care about.  I would venture a guess that
something like 99.998% of the population of the US hasn't either.

Your response doesn't change what I originally said one tiny bit; for every
rule there has to be at least one minor, obscure exception.  There probably
are others too.

I probably should have qualified my statements a little differently:
For most major Interstate routes, there is a corresponding US route (or a
series of US routes) that roughly follows the same path.  Those roads are a
particular pleasure to ride, in my experience, and you always have the
option to hop on over to the super-slab should you find a need to make up a
little time.

 wrote:



My sentiments exactly. I am willing to take a good chunk llonger to
get somewhere if I can avoid as much interstate as possible.   If
arriving somewhere is the important thing,  I will take my car.  For
me, on the bike,  the trip is more important than the destination.

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