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Article #446Re: Why speed limits in Texas are rising
From: Jim Herring
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 00:00
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 00:00
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clink dedicated line wrote: > > I think Austin's traffic is the worst in Texas because of the poorly > designed freeways and constructions that go on forever. Merging into > I-35 from 38-1/2 st. is not just driving, it's like taking a chance > of not being hit. (The ramps are so short, and there are essentially > no buffer zone). > > Just my 2 cents. > > Fred I wish all the on ramps on the lower level of I-35 could be closed. They're too short, causing merging traffic to stop and traffic in the right hand lane to slow down. Ever notice that most people shift to the left lane when entering the lower level? Drivers in Austin are crazy. Some my pet peaves are: Slow traffic in the center lane. Small cars thinking they can fit in the space between me and the car in front. Semi's in the left lane. Cars pulling in front of me to reach the off ramp. People who enter the freeway and immediately go to the inside lane. (Corallary, going from the inside lane to the off ramp in one step). Austin PD cruising at 50 MPH during rush hour. And drivers afraid to pass them. Enough of this. Jim Pedal down.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10e16d,a449c240c329d297,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10e16d,public X-Google-Thread: f52a6,be17f2a68004864 X-Google-Attributes: gidf52a6,public X-Google-Thread: 103916,df84947de7722d9b X-Google-Attributes: gid103916,public X-Google-Thread: 10b82c,df84947de7722d9b X-Google-Attributes: gid10b82c,public X-Google-Thread: 10bedf,df84947de7722d9b X-Google-Attributes: gid10bedf,public X-Google-Thread: 104ad1,df84947de7722d9b X-Google-Attributes: gid104ad1,public X-Google-Thread: 109097,df84947de7722d9b X-Google-Attributes: gid109097,public From: Jim Herring <mustang@bga.com> Subject: Re: Why speed limits in Texas are rising Date: 1996/04/18 Message-ID: <3175D253.503C@bga.com> X-Deja-AN: 148111094 references: <VINCE.96Apr12091031@vince.math.uconn.edu> <4kttld$343@dg-rtp.dg.com> <4ku6ht$q3c@ausnews.austin.ibm.com> <4l2u3e$s7r@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> <4l4bhm$bsq@freeside.fc.net> x-rtcode: 81c63e7f3167985c0475d1a2 content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: The Church of the Holy 168 Grain Match Hollow Point mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: tx.general,houston.general,austin.general,tamu.general,dfw.general,austin.autos,rec.autos.driving,r x-mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win16; I)