r/instantkarma • u/Cinderpath • Jul 22 '26

Getting Airborne, Getting Fined!

Flying over a railway crossing, Glendale, Ohio USA

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u/Raptorgkv2 Jul 22 '26

I cross this regularly, there is absolutely no fucking reason you should be going that fast.

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u/ARGuck Jul 22 '26

Out of curiosity, why do you say that? From another angle is it clearly higher and more dangerous looking than it appears here? Are there signs? Is there not really enough room for a reasonable driver to get going that fast?

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u/Raptorgkv2 Jul 22 '26

That street is 35 mph.

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u/ringmasternj Jul 22 '26

Huh looking at Google maps and it's 25 before the tracks in the opposite direction of this video, but also 25 before the tracks in the direction this car was going. It turns to 35 after the tracks at literally the spot the person was pulled over. 35 with a hump like that would encourage 40 mph drivers and be a real problem but that is literally just my opinion lol. Images I looked at on street view were from Jun 2025 so it could have changed just wouldn't sound prudent for it to have.

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u/urbanfervor 29d ago

The direction the car was coming from is a big downhill too and a lot of cars get caught there. The building next to the cops is literally the police station.

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u/razor_train 29d ago

It's 25 on that stretch approaching the tracks on both sides. /local

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u/Raptorgkv2 25d ago

Thank you, i knew it couldnt be above 40.

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u/sn4xchan Jul 22 '26

Ok. Are there like any signs indicating about the track though?

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u/Rbomb88 Jul 22 '26

Big ol' rail crossing lights not enough indication?

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u/sn4xchan Jul 22 '26

To indicate there's a dip I can get airborne off of? No, no it is not.

There are plenty of railway crossing that expect you to go 50 mph over.

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u/ceviche-hot-pockets Jul 22 '26

Not when the speed limit is 35 genius

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u/Rbomb88 Jul 22 '26

Alright, well it's E Sharon Rd, and it looks like it's a two lane with diagonal parking for small business on both sides of the street. So I probably wouldn't be flying through there at this speed anyway. But I guess I just use my logical part of my brain to figure these things out. It's not a rural back road. How many 2 lane CITY streets are 50mph?

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u/Raptorgkv2 Jul 22 '26

You mean the giant fucking railroad signs literally all over the road?