Re: A novel suggestion
"....and places in Montana where there's no limit"
Not since 1999 - and even when it didn't have a _daytime_ speed limit there were night time limits to prevent people outdriving their headlight range (safe stopping distances). It still has reduced night time speeds, see below.
It's worth noting that during the period Montana didn't have daytime speed limits, if you were ticketed for driving at an unsafe speed the police assessment was never struck down in court - and that could mean "too fast for the conditions - where conditions means presence of other vehicles as well as road state, visibility and weather conditions" OR "too fast for your vehicle" (the marine concept of hull speed regarding controllability also applies to cars, but for the most part we don't go anywhere near those speeds and unlike boats, cars can't start "planing" over the surface to change the rules.)
That kind of ticket wasn't just an infraction and fine either. It was a fairly serious charge. I know a couple of people who ended up in court for it.
http://www.mdt.mt.gov/visionzero/roads/speedlimits.shtml
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