John F. Carr wrote:
> In article >,
> Pooh Bear > wrote:
>> Are you suggesting speeding in a construction zone is ok ?
>
> Yes, and the police around here agree. When a state agency
> posted a dangerously low 45 MPH speed limit in a construction
> zone the police told drivers to drive 60 and said if a speed
> reduction were necessary the police would set up a 55 MPH
> rolling roadblock.

"dangerously low 45 MPH speed limit" - that is downright comical.

Exactly how did the police tell all these drivers it was OK to speed through
the construction site? Bullhorns? Signs?


>> Over here in the UK we take the construction zone limits quite
>> seriously for the simple reason that some poor humans actually need
>> to do their job there and we don't want to kill them by accident !
>
> Over here a large majority of fatalites are vehicle occupants,
> not workers, but the workers have a powerful lobbying force.
> The government would rather see ten dead drivers than one
> dead union member.

Simply amazing.