80% of the cars in the fast lane on the interstate go 80 or above. This is excessive speed at all in a rural state.
80% of the cars in the fast lane on the interstate go 80 or above. This is NOT excessive speed at all in a rural state.
“80% of the cars in the fast lane on the interstate go 80 or above. This is excessive speed at all in a rural state.”
Well, I live in texas; God Bless Texas. Anyway, here in the great state of Texas we have an 80mph speed limit on our remote rural interstate highways and some state highways. We even have a stretch of road down around Austin that has an 85mph speed limit. I’ve driven I-10 from Odessa to El Paso several times and the traffic moves fine with no problems. I just set my cruise at 84.9mph, pop open a Dr. Pepper and a bag of pig skins, recline my seat and enjoy the next four hours reading my Kindle. Suggest that the good folks of Iowa get with it and up their speed limit. Then, everyone can drive the same speed as their governor :)
“80% of the cars in the fast lane on the interstate go 80 or above. This is excessive speed at all in a rural state.”
I live in Montana - when I’m on the Interstate I set my cruise control at 84 MPH.
It’s a common speed - and a big state.
Congestion permitting, the average speed of traffic on the DC beltway and surrounding highways is 70-75 MPH (55 limit); I can’t see 85 on a rural highway being a danger to public safety. Of course, the arbitrary rules that us peons ought to apply to the bosses as well, but I think this is just a smokescreen to try and get the guy’s job back for something unrelated.
Agreed. Out on I985 N of Atlanta I would likely have whizzed past the Gov at 85 MPH. :-)
As much as we all may hate to admit it sometimes the Governor of the state may have more pressing business than th rest of us plebes. If he has a trained police trooper driving him I say its none of our business how fast he goes.
The cop that got fired sounds a leetle anal to me. Or maybe a leetle Democrat.