Comments on: A slow path to raising speed limits http://www.blueridgemuse.com/node/3468 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:22:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James http://www.blueridgemuse.com/node/3468/comment-page-1#comment-6538 James Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:23:52 +0000 http://www.blueridgemuse.com/?p=3468#comment-6538 Because the interstates of Virginia supply drivers with hundreds of miles of playground, making the prospect of raising speed limits TITillating. Because the interstates of Virginia supply drivers with hundreds of miles of playground, making the prospect of raising speed limits TITillating.

]]> By: Charles Everett http://www.blueridgemuse.com/node/3468/comment-page-1#comment-6452 Charles Everett Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:06:59 +0000 http://www.blueridgemuse.com/?p=3468#comment-6452 Just as Gov. McDonnell signs this bill into law Virginia State Police do a ticket blitz on I-81 and I-95. It's all to close a nice, big budget gap ... and to intimidate innocent people on the highway. Details from TheNewspaper.com, "A Journal of the Politics of Driving": http://thenewspaper.com/news/30/3073.asp Just as Gov. McDonnell signs this bill into law Virginia State Police do a ticket blitz on I-81 and I-95. It’s all to close a nice, big budget gap … and to intimidate innocent people on the highway.

Details from TheNewspaper.com, “A Journal of the Politics of Driving”: http://thenewspaper.com/news/30/3073.asp

]]> By: Remedial http://www.blueridgemuse.com/node/3468/comment-page-1#comment-6417 Remedial Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:32:09 +0000 http://www.blueridgemuse.com/?p=3468#comment-6417 Remind me why we need faster traffic on roads that are already budget-busting maintenance challenges? When fossil fuel costs can soar any old minute? (Guess the gov hasn't had to choose between filling his belly and filling his gas tank. Maybe he has petroleum stocks in his portfolio.) When alternative, affordable and sustainable fuels, as well as options like high-speed rail (Eurostar?) are mostly fantasies? Does anyone care about crash lethality related to speed? How is life in the ever-faster lane improving the life of our communities? (Never mind the planet--myopia does well to see what's in front of its nose.) Remind me why we need faster traffic on roads that are already budget-busting maintenance challenges? When fossil fuel costs can soar any old minute? (Guess the gov hasn’t had to choose between filling his belly and filling his gas tank. Maybe he has petroleum stocks in his portfolio.) When alternative, affordable and sustainable fuels, as well as options like high-speed rail (Eurostar?) are mostly fantasies? Does anyone care about crash lethality related to speed? How is life in the ever-faster lane improving the life of our communities? (Never mind the planet–myopia does well to see what’s in front of its nose.)

]]> By: Quincy http://www.blueridgemuse.com/node/3468/comment-page-1#comment-6398 Quincy Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:28:55 +0000 http://www.blueridgemuse.com/?p=3468#comment-6398 Probably not. It's considered reckless driving to be at 80 or over, so they'll probably still ticket for 80 since it's a bigger revenue generator than a simple speeding ticket. I'm just thankful the one time I got a speeding ticket, the trooper wrote me for 79 in a 65, when I was really over 80 (company car with a crappy cruise control that drifted badly). I think pulling over when I realized I was going that fast and seeing the trooper in the median helped me just a bit. Probably not. It’s considered reckless driving to be at 80 or over, so they’ll probably still ticket for 80 since it’s a bigger revenue generator than a simple speeding ticket. I’m just thankful the one time I got a speeding ticket, the trooper wrote me for 79 in a 65, when I was really over 80 (company car with a crappy cruise control that drifted badly). I think pulling over when I realized I was going that fast and seeing the trooper in the median helped me just a bit.

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