I thought Montana or somewhere like that did not have a speed limit but then had to have one because they got sued or something
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 1, 2014, at 4:05 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > The thing that scares me about this is the fact that many folks do not > maintain their cars well. If one is going to run that fast, then it is > important to have a vehicle with decent tires and to maintain the brakes, > suspension etc. > It is amazing how often one sees vehicles on the streets that have suffered > broken ball joints etc. Some people will literally drive until the wheels > fall off. > > Having said that, however, I will admit to travelling pretty fast sometimes. > We went to Grand Forks ND a week ago Saturday and on the way back were > sometimes running 90 mph. The road is so straight and smooth and there is so > little traffic that one must either set the cruise control of pay pretty > strict attention to the speedo. After a while, it feels like one is just > crawling along and then one discovers that one has increased the speed from > 75 mph to 90 mph. > I think I could pretty readily run that road at 100 mph when the pavement was > bare and this is in a pickup truck. Imagine what I could do with a fast car > > Randy > >> On 01/12/2014 2:42 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: >> If you cruise at 70 better watch your rear view mirror... >> HELENA – Four state lawmakers are drafting bills for next year’s >> legislative session that would raise the daytime speed limit on Montana >> interstate highways from 75 to 80 and possibly as high as 85 mph. >> >> State Rep. Mike Miller, R-Helmville, and state Rep.-elect Art Wittich, >> R-Bozeman, both said Utah, Wyoming and Idaho all have raised their speed >> limits above 75 and they haven’t seen any problems as a result. >> >> “I just think our roads are engineered well and technology is such we can >> drive those roads safely,” Wittich said. >> >> Montanans want to be able to drive faster, he said, and should have the >> freedom to do so. >> >> Sens. Scott Sales, R-Bozeman, and Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, also are >> backing speed-limit bills. >> >> Montana Highway Patrol Col. Tom Butler declined to comment on the bills >> until he has a chance to see them, but he told the Missoulian that driving >> faster reduces reaction time and makes stopping more difficult. >> >> “Our overall goal is to keep everyone in one piece and get them home safe,” >> Butler said. “Most crashes are a whole lot of little things that come >> together and become one big thing.” >> >> Windy Boy said he travels around the country to dance at Native American >> powwows and has driven in states with 80 mph speed limits. >> >> “As big a state as Montana is, for the most part, the traffic is pretty >> sparse,” he said. “Once in a while it helps to get from Point A to Point B >> a little quicker.” >> >> Sales said he spent seven months working in the Bakken oil patch, driving >> back and forth to Bozeman regularly. >> >> “If I could drive 85 mph on the interstate, it would save an hour,” Sales >> said. >> >> He said the speed limit in his bill is negotiable. “Eighty-five would be >> fine with me,” he said. >> _______________________________________ > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
