since i'm 'back', re-intro. (4 Viewers)

Jan 7, 2004
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++ [ originally posted by swag ] ++


Damn! You remembered that. I gotta be careful, given the long arm of the law. ;)

Yes, that was the same trip.

There are speed limits in Nebraska. You might be thinking of Montana in the daytime.

But driving through Albequerque, NM once -- talked about messed up. I approached these signs saying, "Caution: Experimental Speed Limit Ahead". So I'm naturally thinking, "WTF is THAT?!"

Then I see a series of digital readouts along the side of the freeway... 64mph .... then 52mph ... then 58mph.

I think the experiment must have been a complete failure, because I never saw them again. If anything, sounded like a confusing way for the highway troopers to pick some easy speeding prey driving through town.

here in canada after every intersection the speed limit changes but its more like 50, 60, 40, 80, 70 (km/h that is )
 

Zlatan

Senior Member
Jun 9, 2003
23,049
Round here it's 60 kmh in populated areas, 40kmh near schools, pre schools and hospitals, 80 kmh on the open road and 120 kmh on the freeway.
 

Bjerknes

"Top Economist"
Mar 16, 2004
115,916
++ [ originally posted by swag ] ++


Damn! You remembered that. I gotta be careful, given the long arm of the law. ;)

Yes, that was the same trip.

There are speed limits in Nebraska. You might be thinking of Montana in the daytime.

But driving through Albequerque, NM once -- talked about messed up. I approached these signs saying, "Caution: Experimental Speed Limit Ahead". So I'm naturally thinking, "WTF is THAT?!"

Then I see a series of digital readouts along the side of the freeway... 64mph .... then 52mph ... then 58mph.

I think the experiment must have been a complete failure, because I never saw them again. If anything, sounded like a confusing way for the highway troopers to pick some easy speeding prey driving through town.
:LOL: What the hell IS that? Did they have any limit signs around the area?

Some policing issues are so trivial. I was in a crappy little town called Emmitsburg, Maryland last weekend, parallel parking right on the mainstreet with only one traffic light. After dinner at a pub we walked outside only to find a parking ticket on my windshield, 10 bucks for five minutes over. Then I came home and saw a report on 60 Minutes about a girl who had an unpaid parking ticket somewhere in Georgia, and after a few months the police came...for the parents. This only for a measley unpaid parking ticket. What is up with that?

So am I gonna pay the ticket? Fvck no. Fvck "Emmitsburg." :LOL:
 

swag

L'autista
Administrator
Sep 23, 2003
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++ [ originally posted by Andy ] ++


:LOL: What the hell IS that? Did they have any limit signs around the area?
No -- they took them all down, covered them up, and only left out these temporary ones with digital readouts. A civic engineering grad student's thesis gone horribly wrong??


Some policing issues are so trivial. I was in a crappy little town called Emmitsburg, Maryland last weekend, parallel parking right on the mainstreet with only one traffic light. After dinner at a pub we walked outside only to find a parking ticket on my windshield, 10 bucks for five minutes over. Then I came home and saw a report on 60 Minutes about a girl who had an unpaid parking ticket somewhere in Georgia, and after a few months the police came...for the parents. This only for a measley unpaid parking ticket. What is up with that?
Oh, sure. It always starts with just a 'simple' parking ticket. The next thing you know, you're popping pills and you end up like Claire. ;)

(Almost forgot how this thread got started there...)
 
Apr 12, 2004
77,165
++ [ originally posted by Andy ] ++


:LOL: What the hell IS that? Did they have any limit signs around the area?

Some policing issues are so trivial. I was in a crappy little town called Emmitsburg, Maryland last weekend, parallel parking right on the mainstreet with only one traffic light. After dinner at a pub we walked outside only to find a parking ticket on my windshield, 10 bucks for five minutes over. Then I came home and saw a report on 60 Minutes about a girl who had an unpaid parking ticket somewhere in Georgia, and after a few months the police came...for the parents. This only for a measley unpaid parking ticket. What is up with that?

So am I gonna pay the ticket? Fvck no. Fvck "Emmitsburg." :LOL:
Yea, good call.

NOT!

I hope you get arrested, that would be a 180 for you.

That scheiße is expected of me.


Anyway, Skype it up later?
 

jaecole

Senior Member
Apr 7, 2005
3,017
++ [ originally posted by Andy ] ++
What a worthless thread filled with insults and dunderhead discussions.

And geography is the best subject on the face of this earth.
Funny, i think this thread is building bridges :D
 

Slagathor

Bedpan racing champion
Jul 25, 2001
22,708
++ [ originally posted by swag ] ++
Damn! You remembered that. I gotta be careful, given the long arm of the law. ;)

Yes, that was the same trip.

There are speed limits in Nebraska. You might be thinking of Montana in the daytime.

But driving through Albequerque, NM once -- talked about messed up. I approached these signs saying, "Caution: Experimental Speed Limit Ahead". So I'm naturally thinking, "WTF is THAT?!"

Then I see a series of digital readouts along the side of the freeway... 64mph .... then 52mph ... then 58mph.

I think the experiment must have been a complete failure, because I never saw them again. If anything, sounded like a confusing way for the highway troopers to pick some easy speeding prey driving through town.
:howler: Oh that's good :D

Love the way they do things in my home town. They don't actually have any money for fancy radar equipment or stationing officers by roads so they trust the goodwill of people. They put down meters by the side of the road connected to electronic signs a bit further down. If you go too fast, the meter reads it and the sign (when you pass it), says: You are driving too fast!

"Yeah I know. Thanks buddy"

I mean, what the :D
 

Elnur_E65

Senior Member
Feb 21, 2004
10,848
++ [ originally posted by Tifoso Lou ] ++


Max speed in the US is now 70mph

I think you're thinking of Nevada--many areas had no speed limit--until recently. :)
Yeah, they had no speed limit in the night time, in the mid 90s I think. But then Congress has promised to cut the state's highway funding if they don't reintroduce speed limits... which they did of course.
 

jaecole

Senior Member
Apr 7, 2005
3,017
Good tune this btw :D

"Hey scenesters, hey hey scenesters!
Hey scenesters, hey hey scenesters!
Hey scenesters, hey hey scenesters!
You all are in trouble now
(Someone's gonna cop it now)
Someone's gonna cop it now

Hey darling, hey hey darling!
Hey darling, hey hey darling!
Hey darling, hey hey darling!
Everybody's happy now
(Nobody ain't laughing now)
Nobody ain't laughing now

She was the glamourous type
There were times when you'd never have guessed it
Did you see her clothes?
Everyone said she looked like a mess, yeah!

Okay alright (you think you're the leader)
About last night (we won't ever)
I was feeling strange (one last fling)
Slightly ashamed (well I think it's alright)
Casual rubs (when we were steaming)
Said enough (well I think it's alright)
Different scenes
Different scenes

Hey scenesters, hey hey scenesters!
Hey scenesters, hey hey scenesters!
Hey scenesters, hey hey scenesters!
You all are in trouble now
(Someone's gonna cop it now)
Someone's gonna cop it now

Hey darling, hey hey darling!
Hey darling, hey hey darling!
Hey darling, hey hey darling!
Everybody's happy now
(Nobody ain't laughing now)
Nobody ain't laughing now

Did you see his clothes?
Everyone said he looked like a mess, yeah

Okay alright (you think you're the leader)
About last night (we won't ever)
I was feeling strange (one last fling)
Slightly ashamed (well I think it's alright)
Casual rubs (when we were steaming)
Said enough (well I think it's alright)
Changing scenes
Changing scenes

Hey scenesters, hey hey scenesters!
Hey scenesters, hey hey scenesters!
Hey scenesters, hey hey scenesters!
You all are in trouble now
(Someone's gonna cop it now)
Someone's gonna cop it now

Hey darling, hey hey darling!
Hey darling, hey hey darling!
Hey darling, hey hey darling!
Everybody's happy now
(Just don't go and run us down)
Just don't go and run us down"
 

Dan

Back & Quack
Mar 9, 2004
9,290
++ [ originally posted by Erik ] ++


:howler: Oh that's good :D

Love the way they do things in my home town. They don't actually have any money for fancy radar equipment or stationing officers by roads so they trust the goodwill of people. They put down meters by the side of the road connected to electronic signs a bit further down. If you go too fast, the meter reads it and the sign (when you pass it), says: You are driving too fast!

"Yeah I know. Thanks buddy"

I mean, what the :D
I saw that when I was in Middelburg :angel:
 

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