Montana had a "reasonable and prudent" speed limit and thumbed their
noses at the 55 speed limit. The goobers didn't like that, so put
Montana over a barrel to pass a 55 speed limit. Montana did so,
under duress, but in the law, the penalty was $5, payable to the
state trooper. It also made no records, and did not send information
about the "speeding ticket" to any other state, or any insurance
company. In effect, Montana still thumbed their nose at the 55 law.
If you have ever tried to drive across Montana at 55, or even 70, you
will understand why Montana needs a different speed limit. It is a
big state. 500 miles on I 90.
As for speed ratings, I always contended that cars should have speed
ratings and so should drivers. The speed limit should be a
combination of the road, the driver and the car. That is how fast
you can go on a race track. Arbitrary "speed limits" are for
"revenue generation" not for "safety" even though the sheeple are
told the opposite.
To put it in perspective: If you were to leave Kittery, maine, and
drive south on I -95 for 500 miles, how many states would you cross?
10 You could get to Virginia. From Extreme northwoods to the Old
South, in the distance of Montana.
And, texas is bigger than Montana
and alaska is big enough to swallow texas several times.
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
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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.
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