Miata Mailing List: October 1995, Message #106
sponsored by



     


   From: KenFreeze@aol.com
Subject: Re: CA speed limits
   Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 09:16:31 -0400

In a message dated 95-10-03 22:02:36 EDT, you write:

>
>You people are a bunch of whiners!
>
>Granted a higher speed limit to commute in CA would be nice, but ever try
>driving 55 in New Mexico????
>Tumbleweed on your right, tumbleweed on your left.
>It's a 3 hour tour at 70mph from Las Cruces to Albuquerque-imagine at 55mph
>how long it would take.
>Scary.
>
>Sounds like the "plain" states with no traffic need the higher speeds than
>the CA commuters.
>At least you have other drivers to make life more interesting.
>
>
For the CA commute it doesn't matter what the speed limit is because you
probably won't get over 25mph anyway.  I use to have a 22 mile commute that
took 1:15 to 1:30 each morning.
One morning it took 30 minutes to go 3 miles. I'd be happy with the 55 mph
speed limit if the traffic really moved that fast at commute time. (Since
then I changed jobs. Now my commute is 3/4 of a mile. I have to go through
two, count them, TWO stop signs each morning and never get faster then 25
mph.)

Other than that, noboby seems to pay much attention to the 55 mph limit in CA
anyway. I finally had to have my speedometer checked because while doing 65
and 70 cars were always passing me like I was standing still. Turns out my
speedometer was about 5 mph off at 60 mph. So now I travel at 75 mph (when I
can) and cars still pass me like I'm standing still but at least I know it's
becasue they're fast, not that I'm slow.

Have Fun  :-)

Ken '92 (Yellow) Sundance