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Steve Rudd <srudd@airmail.net> wrote:
>Marc wrote:
 
>> And I go 20 in school zones marked at 20 (I'm the slowest car on the
>> road, but I go over 100 mph all the time in the city limits of Dallas.
>> I always use my signal, always come to a complete stop.
 
>> I break one law.  I firmly believe that there is no one set speed at
>> which one becomes unsafe.  Under the correct circumstances, 200+ mph
>> isn't unsafe on a public road.
 
>> Now I'll just sit back and wait for the flames, though they will try
>> and tell me that I'm advocating 200 in a school zone, and not in west
>> TX where I've driven for more than an hour without ever seeing a
>> single other vehicle with miles of visability and no entrances to the
>> restricted access road.

>No flames here, it's hot enough in the 'plex as it is...

>However, about driving 100+ in the Dallas city limits, if it's on the
>tollway I hope you are in the slow lane - you dawdlers can interrupt the
>traffic flow.

I reverse commute.  Live in N. Dallas and work in further N. Dallas.
I've crested a hill (the one just after Forest) and seen a mile of
nothing.  no cars, and the nearest entrance is at LBJ, so I just
rolled the speed up.  I don't remember the speed I hit before slowing
down for the entrance, but it was in the 3-digits.  All during rush
hour...

LBJ at night, Walton Walker at night, Tollway just about any time, and
35 not in rush hour are all places where one can safely hit 100 in
Dallas.  Although some of them for just 100mph, you had better be in
the slow lane.  There's nothing like going 80 in the slow lane and
being the slowest car (by far) on the road marked at 60.

Too bad people in most cities won't ever get it...

>BTW, as of September, it will be illegal ($200 fine) to drive below the
>speed limit in the passing lane (we finally get one). It's a start.

Cool...

>And, we will see a change in signage. Now the signs will simply read
>"Guardrail Ahead", as you can assume it's damaged.

They all already are...

Speaking of which, does anyone out there adjust their driving when
they see one of these signs?  "Well, I was planing on crashing, but
with a damaged guardrail I decided not to."

Marc
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