The cops around Fillmore, UT have what they call the "Utah 500",
that's the number of speeding tickets they give to BYU students going
home after school lets out in April. Probably happens around the
Christmas vacation time too. All those California kids heading home
to go surfing or anxious for an In-N-Out burger fix. This speed limit
change could put a dent in the city treasury if it passes.
Wes
On Feb 18, 2008, at 7:43 PM, Ed Van Scoy wrote:
> Or.... At least the sppeding tickets won't be so bad ;-)
> Ed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glen Barrett [mailto:speedtimer@beyondbb.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 07:34 PM
> To: 'Ed Van Scoy', 'Land-Speed List'
> Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Faster towing!?
>
> I guess we will have to slow down when we go thru Cedar City.Glen-----
> Original Message ----- From: "Ed Van Scoy" To: "Land-Speed List"
> Sent: Monday,
> February 18, 2008 7:17 PMSubject: [Land-speed] Faster towing!?> Utah
> Considers
> Joining 80 MPH Speed Limit Club>> 80MPH limit unveiled in Texas.
> Texas may
> lose the distinction of being the> state with the highest legal
> speed limit in
> the US. With the blessing of > the> Utah Department of
> Transportation (UDOT),
> state Representative James A> Dunnigan (R-Taylorsville) introduced
> legislation
> that would test the > effects> of higher speed limits on a stretch of
> Interstate 15.>> The state House Business and Labor Committee
> unanimously
> approved > Dunnigan's> bill on Wednesday.>> "The engineering studies
> that we
> conduct would determine what the > appropriate> speed would be," a
> UDOT
> Government Affairs Director Linda Hull explained > on> Wednesday.
> "Looking at
> it from the outside we think it might be eighty > miles> per
> hour.">> The test
> would consider the 85th percentile speed -- the actual speed at >
> which> the
> majority of traffic is moving in safety -- along with ten other >
> factors to>
> determine whether to increase the I-15 limit from 75 MPH to 80 or
> more. >
> UDOT> would report back on the safety effects of the change to
> legislators who
>> would> determine whether limits could be raised elsewhere in the
>> state.>> A
> similar bill that would have raised the speed limit to 80 MPH last
> year > was>
> amended before becoming law. Instead of setting a top speed of 80,
> that > law>
> mandates that all speed limits be set according to engineering
> studies.> The
> same law also requires slower vehicles in the far left-hand lane to
> > yield>
> when a faster vehicle approaches from behind. Texas officials
> approved an >
> 80> MPH limit on I-10 and I-20 in 2006>> Ed Van Scoy> #128 B/GT
> Corvette>
> SCTA-BNI/Gear Grinder
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