Posted by
NOTLEGALROADKILLYET on Thursday, September 07, 2006 6:58:00 PM
As you get older, you think back to the dumb things that might have prevented you from getting older. I'm talking about terminal stuff, of course.
In 1970 to 1971, a bunch of highway workers came close to getting me killed in Nevada. I was driving east through the state, and came upon a work zone and slowed down. It was well marked, but empty of workers. The next work zone was well marked as well, but equally empty of workers. The third work zone was likewise well marked but with no one to be seen.
By the time I came upon the fourth or fifth such zone, I had decided that there was no real reason to slow down. Sure enough, that last one not only had men working, it had the traffic stopped dead. I was going fast enough that I had to go off the road to avoid rear ending the last guy in line. I don't remember that my car had seat belts or if I was wearing them, so I might very well have died, or killed someone--all because workers who want to be protected from traffic don't realize how dangerous it is to leave signage up when they are not in the zone.
I bring this up because on northbound I-25 at mile 167, there has been a 60 mph sign and two fines doubled signs all summer. The traffic totally ignores these signs.