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| quote: | Originally posted by flavdave
They can assume he is supposed to know that a work zone sign means to slow down to 40mph because it's probably a law in his state. |
Yeah, you are right. It just seems ridiculous if there is a sign reading, with big numbers, 55, when really you are supposed to be going 40. I guess that 'Work Zone' sign should deter people from even looking at the speed limit sign in the first place, because its meaningless anyway.
Illinois may be dickheads about work zones, but at least they clearly mark them and let the drivers know what they should be doing to avoid breaking the law..which doesn't seem to be the case in Texas, where you have to know the laws beforehand and apply them to the situations you may or may not encounter.
| quote: | Originally posted by Elec
I don't see a single ****** working there. If people are to take those work zone sings seriously, they should only be posted when actual road work is taking place. I constantly speed in work zones in Illinois just like everybody else and never had a fine. Maybe they only activate the cameras at night when they're actually working? That would make sense, since during rush hour people just drive their usual speed through work zones on the highways. |
I agree on the work part. It's pointless for you to have to slow down to a ridiculously low speed when there is nobody working at the site. It is especially a pain in the ass when there is no traffic either. You are just peddling along at snail's pace for no reason at all.
Speeding in work zones is very common. I do it too. I use the same principle I use when I'm driving in regular zones; keep up with traffic. If everybody around me is doing 70-75, despite the work zone speed limit clearly reading 45, I'm still going to pull off the 70. And, just like you, never received a ticket. I'm thinking your theory on the night time approach is the best bet, since its hard to see, and that's when most of the construction crews are hard at work.
Then again, a friend of a friend told a story of a time he got a ticket in the mail for doing 52 in a 45 work zone which is horseshit no matter how you see it. Ever since I heard that, I'm cautious as hell.
| quote: | Originally posted by ********
None the less people DO speed in illinois frequently I was driving with some people going about 160.. |
So not only were you going this speed, but a few others as well? Wow. That's crazy. That's fucking fast.
I'm not sure if it's the case any more, but at one point, Illinois was home to the highest rate of speeders out of any state in the country. This was the case for a number of reasons...
1. That Illinois is home to more interstate highways than any other state in the country...meaning a lot of people drive through here since every single direction is covered. Travelers from New York going west, California going east, Canada coming south, or Florida/Georgia going north will probably run through the land of Lincoln at one point or another.
2. That Illinois is mostly flat, and that people will sometimes unknowingly speed since there are very few hazardous areas of driving. I've been cruising along I-88, a flat and boring as fuck road, only to look down and see I was pulling 110. And I didn't even know it. Places like Tennessee and Colorado are filled with topographical features that will likely make you check your speed often.
3. A lot of those speeding remarks come from Chicago, a city that is home to more highways than any other city (a title similar to the one held by the state). Also, it is home to rabid public transportation...meaning Chitown doesn't necessarily experience the traffic nightmares of LA or Atlanta, and people take advantage of that by flying down I-290 at 80MPH. I'm not saying Chicago doesn't get traffic; that's far from true. But there are times when everybody can drive extremely fast, and be able to pull it off since the traffic is flowing smoothly.
Also, good linkage to that site. Of course, Illinois happens to be a state in which workers do not have to be present. Of course.
| quote: | Originally posted by whiskers
My story: I was once cruising between 75 and 79 on the middle lane of the 'pike and this cop comes in the left lane and passes me doing 85-90mph. |
Haha, yeah I had a similar experience when an Illinois state troopers past me when I was going about 75 in a 55. Needless to say, we both wanted to get to wherever we were going, fast.
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