Just like Montana ---- http://www.businessinsider.com/texas...montana-2011-9
Texas Raises Speed Limit To 85 (137KPH)
Just like Montana ---- http://www.businessinsider.com/texas...montana-2011-9
Warum werden wir so früh alt und klug so spät?
Re: Texas Raises Speed Limit To 85 (137KPH)
Wasn't Federal funding for State roading tied to keeping the limit down - or is that ancient history?
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument. -William G. McAdoo, lawyer and politician (1863-1941)
Re: Texas Raises Speed Limit To 85 (137KPH)
That used to be so in the '70s, Joe can update what it is now. I recall CHP rigidly enforced 55mph (I know, when I slowed to 95mph coming back to LA from Tijuana one night, CHP caught up with me. But that's another story).Originally Posted by johcar
On long holiday weekends, where was there a mass exodus from LA to Las Vegas, the California Highway Patrol used to drive in the centre lane of the Freeway with a roof sign saying "It's 55", with individual cars spaced every 10 miles. There was always a back up of cars between each 55mph block. Then when the California cops reached the state border with Nevada and turned back, it was all on. The start of the Le Mans. (Nevada had a prima facie speed limit where if you weren't driving dangerously, it was legal).
PS the 95mph sequel was a court appearance wherein I apologised to the Court and the US as a "visitor to [your] country" ... and got off with a $85 fine. I had no shame in those days
Last edited by WalOne; 04-09-2011 at 07:03 PM.
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Re: Texas Raises Speed Limit To 85 (137KPH)
Nothing much has changed then Wal ....I had no shame in those days
Re: Texas Raises Speed Limit To 85 (137KPH)
For "where was there", I meant "when there was"
I have very high hopes that seriousness is a reversible condition.
Dr Lester Levy
I've studied deeply in the philosophies and religions, but cheerfulness kept breaking through.
Leonard Cohen
Re: Texas Raises Speed Limit To 85 (137KPH)
I guess you know who your friends areNothing much has changed then Wal ....
I have very high hopes that seriousness is a reversible condition.
Dr Lester Levy
I've studied deeply in the philosophies and religions, but cheerfulness kept breaking through.
Leonard Cohen
Re: Texas Raises Speed Limit To 85 (137KPH)
I tried showing a cop my PNG license and spoke to him in Pidgin English ... didn't work ... think the skin colour tipped him off ...
Re: Texas Raises Speed Limit To 85 (137KPH)
Now they're hell bent on using up the world's oil supply before anyone else gets control of it
Re: Texas Raises Speed Limit To 85 (137KPH)
Yeah, I employed my best cultured English accent. His Honour picked up on that, and enquired where I was from. Pronouncing sentence, he said, "if you're not more careful young man, you'll go back in a wooden box. Fined $85."I tried showing a cop my PNG license and spoke to him in Pidgin English ... didn't work ... think the skin colour tipped him off ...
I have very high hopes that seriousness is a reversible condition.
Dr Lester Levy
I've studied deeply in the philosophies and religions, but cheerfulness kept breaking through.
Leonard Cohen
Re: Texas Raises Speed Limit To 85 (137KPH)
No worries for SJ though ... don't think that ol' truck of his will go over 30mph ... downhill with a tail wind ...
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