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The following is the ENTIRE text of an article in the Tallahassee =
paper for Xmas Day, 1998:
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MONTANA - State now has no daytime speed limit at all
The state's high court has taken the brakes off Montana's famous =
speed limit, or lack thereof.
Montana lost the last vestige of a daytime highway speed limit =
Wednesday when the Supreme Court declared as unconstitutional a vague =
requirement to drive at "reasonable and proper" speed.
The 4-3 ruling said the law fails to fairly warn motorists when =
they are driving fast enough to get a ticket.
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Besides the obvious implications about driving fast, it seems to me =
that a couple of interesting precedents might be set. If you can't =
get a ticket for driving beyond "reasonable and proper" speed, what =
about charges of "reckless driving"? Does good judgement have no =
legal standing whatsoever?
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We had a rather more substantial article in the Washington Post. The way=
it
works is, because the law was struck, there is currently NO daytime speed=
limit at all. It is truly Montanabahn. But, the attorney-general is
pushing
the legislature to spoil it with a 75 mph speed limit. So get out there
while
you can.
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