Speed Kills .... Your Pocketbook

Murraycroexp · Sep 18, 2013

Yep. It's sad when driving through Texas, a much bigger state of course, those numbers in the thousands.

RedBird · Sep 18, 2013

One reason why the speed on I-294 is different than other parts of the interstate system in the Chicago area is the more congestion there is, ie, increased traffic, population, dictates the safest speed limit for that area! Take for example I-80 as you approach Joliet area, it drops to 55mph

moose · Sep 18, 2013

Turtle said:
. But if you notice, people ignore the posted speed limit (and posted speed minimum) and drive at a speed which is safe and prudent for the driving conditions. Sometimes that's 70 MPH, sometimes that's 12 MPH.

Objections, your honor. people drive as fast as they dare and as fast as they can get away with. pure result of luck of enforcement. like Moot said- recommendation only. place some 300 automatic speed cameras in I.L's work zone, get some control freak judge to issue them- and i gurren-dern-tee-you,within a month, not even one trucker will do 70 in a 45.

OntarioVanMan · Sep 18, 2013

RedBird said:
One reason why the speed on I-294 is different than other parts of the interstate system in the Chicago area is the more congestion there is, ie, increased traffic, population, dictates the safest speed limit for that area! Take for example I-80 as you approach Joliet area, it drops to 55mph

and for about 2 miles drops to 45 mph.....doh

RedBird · Sep 18, 2013

moose said:
Objections, your honor. people drive as fast as they dare and as fast as they can get away with. pure result of luck of enforcement. like Moot said- recommendation only. place some 300 automatic speed cameras in I.L's work zone, get some control freak judge to issue them- and i gurren-dern-tee-you,within a month, not even one trucker will do 70 in a 45.

Illinois already utilizes speed cameras in certain construction zones. They're white Chevy Express Vans w/tinted windows.
State Police are also starting to park in construction zones in a effort to reduce speeding.