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In article <34C6E040.1AF6@ix.netcom.com>,  <pobox-dc@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>John Hughes wrote:
>> 
>> In article <34BD37EE.3AE6@ix.netcom.com>,  <pobox-dc@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> >Here in the DC area, they just raised the speed limit
>> >to "65" (between the Balt & Wash. Beltwats) and now everyone wants to do
>> >80!
>> 
>> Uh, no, they don't.
>
>Huh? When do you drive? Are you sleeping at the wheel?

Yes. I am always asleep at the wheel. Furthermore, you are correct-- I
go 80, just like everyone else except you, and that's why no one
passes me and everyone passes you. No, actually, I'm just a liar. I am
lying when I say I tend to drive 70 and am rarely passed. I really
drive 80, and the point of my life is to annoy you. You got me!

I know I'm speeding, and I won't gripe if I get a ticket, but that's
not the issue. People do not go 80 as a general rule between DC and
Baltimore; they never did and they still don't. Sure, there are people
who are going to drive as fast as they can no matter what the traffic
is like, and feel the need to pass absolutely everyone, but that's not
everyone, and it's not a result of raising the speed limit.

>Just last night I went to Baltimore, and as I approached the rest stop
>in Laurel, a car sped past me. A trooper pulled him over (radar) about
>1/2 mile ahead.

Did your radar gun clock him at 80? How fast did that guy drive before
they raised the limit to 65?

>Coming home, southbound, it happened again. 

Did your radar gun clock him at 80? How fast did that guy drive before
they raised the limit to 65?


jah