Does that mean that after it passes I can run 20 mph in the right lane all the way accross ? Cause this is what someones gonna do just to slow the trucks down

 

Did anyone notice that this idiot doesnt even know how much trucks weigh? mine weighs more than 26,000 when it's empty. it's obvious he didnt do any homework, he just hates trucks,

 

And when he does, I hope a J.B. Hunt driver decides "ticket be danged" I'm gonna try to PASS him!! :lol: :lol:

This is ONE time that I'll kick in to help Hunt pay for his crime!!

 

hate the 76 in pa and wont use it

 

I think you are confusing I70 with the PA Pike. The Pike has the longest on and off ramps in the state.( Limited access, with 1,200-foot-long entrance and exit ramps to provide plenty of distance for accelerating and decelerating.) That is the way it was designed, so you can build up speed or slow down without distrubting traffic.
Now, I70 from New Stanton to the WV line, LEFT LANE ALL THE WAY!

 

This is an extremely bad idea, especially with the new law PA recently passed. The new law basically states that if you are coming up to an on ramp where you see people coming down the on ramp, you have to move over to the left hand lane as long as there are no other cars beside you.

In this scenrio, the truck driver would get nailed either way, because there would be no way the driver could stay legal.

No cars around the truck. The truck is coming up to an on ramp where there are cars going on the trunpike. There is a cop near the on ramp. The cop could give the trucker a ticket if the trucker no matter which lane the trucker decides to go in. He he disobeys the move over law, he gets a ticket for obeying the law to stay in the right hand lane. If he disobeys staying in the right hand lane, he gets a ticket for not moving over for the people coming off of the on ramp.

I really could see some traffic lawyers having a feild day with this. This senator better think long and hard about what he is doing, and how it relates to the other PA traffic laws.

5 miles under current speed limit is stupid. It will cause more accidents than prevent them. I did the speed limit on the PA turn pike, and I got passed like I was sitting still.

 

It is very easy to solve this problem. Stay off the PA turnpike. I traveled it a few months ago due to a snow storm. It cost more than $20 for only a few miles. That was the first time I have been on it in years. That was enough for me. There is always an alternate route you can use rather than taking a toll road.

 

I was researching "speed differential" the other day and came across these articles:

http://www.hwysafety.com/hwy_montana_2001.htm

http://www.nj.npri.org/nj99/03/fedagency.htm

Basically, when a government official wants laws to the god of "highway safety", safety actually has nothing to do with it and a lot more of us will die.

And here's a realistic view of setting speed limits:

http://www.motorists.org/speedlimits/

 

trux wrote:

Most of the articles make sense with the main exception of increasing posted speed limits does not increase the average speed of traffic on that road. This would mean that drivers that fully or somewhat obey the arbitrarily low speed limits would not drive faster when the speed limit burden is reduced or eliminated? :roll:

 

Some idiot from CA must have moved to PA