>After 3 days in Detroit in February. I realized that the speed limit signs
are
>regarded by the locals as merely a suggested speed to travel.
>It was snowing heavily and visibility was maybe a 1/4 mile. I got on I-94
headed
>east. The right lane was doing 10mph over the speed limit. I thought at
the time,
>"I wonder what these guys drive like when the weather is good?"
<sarcasm> Don't you know the visibility's better on the freeway if everyone
goes really fast? The air currents clear out the [fog,rain,snow,falling
space junk] and you can see just fine... </sarcasm>
Seriously, when I was driving from Ypsilanti to Dearborn on I-94 every day,
I'd be running along at about 40-45 mph in nasty, snowy conditions and feel
like I was pushing my luck, only to have a yahoo or two blow past at 70+
mph. Of course, I knew I'd see 'em again... after they'd spin off into the
median ditch on a straight, level section of freeway between Rawsonville
Road and Haggerty Road, which collected far more people from the shallow
end of the driving gene puddle than you'd think a straight, level section
of 3-lanes-each-way freeway would gather.
Now I just have to deal with the West Bloomfieldies going down Telegraph...
I think I'd rather be on I-94, actually.
Jim Crider
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