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Arif Khokar wrote:
> 
> "Ken M." wrote:
> >
> >
> > Don't be misled by what I wrote. Last night I was driving with a
> > group of 18 wheelers, who keep in contact via CB radios, and they
> > alert one another about radar traps. What I experienced may not
> > be the "norm" and there may be radar/plane enforcement measures
> > used at other times. If I were the only one on the road last night,
> > I'd probably be paranoid -- and be driving between 60 & 63!
> 
> Understandable behavior when driving by yourself.  It isn't fear of having
> an accident that leads many people to be paranoid of exceeding the speed
> limit when alone on the road. 

Points and fines!

 Regardless, I'm sure that packs of cars go at
> least as fast as you said at other times as well.  But, as you might have
> read in posts on lowering the speed limit that I and the 3 people I referred
> to had a discussion about, you might have read that the main argument was
> that the VDOT conducted a study and found that a lower speed limit in the
> Roanoke area and Harrisonburg area was necessary for safety pending actual
> improvements on the road itself.  In fact, I believe that both Bruce and
> John mentioned that the proportion of trucks vs cars was about 50/50 at
> times warranting a lower speed limit.  If what you say is true, then the new
> speed limit has no purpose and shouldn't be there to be used against drivers
> who happen to be driving 70-75 mph by themselves at off peak times.

Lowering a speed limit from 65 to 60 is a way for the government
to say "we are taking care of the problem." It really doesn't
solve anything (safety) doing so.

I never drove on Route 81 until about three years ago, and soon after
there was a terrible collision one night (in heavy fog) and I believe
an 18-wheeler piled into a family's station wagon, killing several
children. That's what started this whole speed/safety/enforcement
crackdown on Route 81 and Route 95. 

Funny -- nobody ever mentions fog!
-- 
(ken)


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