[Shotimes] LLBs in IL and FL

[Paul Nimz]

I drive the I57 every day going to work.  Although it is out in the open and
not too heavy of traffic the cops won't even bother to notice you unless you
are going over 80.  I've been hit by radar as semis pass me doing a good 20
mph over the truck limit and the cops don't chase anybody down.  They are
more into looking for the "right" type of vehicle so they can search for
drug booty.

Paul Nimz
'97 TR
'93 EG mtx


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Fourchy" <krazgeo@jps.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] LLBs in IL and FL


> On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 13:09:48 -0800, Alan Fanning wrote:
>
> >Thinking of some of our roads out here (I-5 comes to mind), I wonder if
the
> >trucks may have damaged the right lane so that the left is a lot more
> >attractive for cruising along.
>
> That's my logic.  I-80 between Sacramento and San Francisco is either 3 or
4 lanes
> wide, and was built in 1965.  (Imagine how great it was back then, 4
lanes, and
> hardly any cars, even during rush hour!)  Between Vacaville and Vallejo it
is 4
> lanes,  all (except for a couple miles of pretty good asphalt repairs
going in one
> direction) concrete, and until 2000 hadn't needed any major repairs, save
for that
> one asphalt section.  At that time, CalTrans decided to plane (smooth the
surface)
> of the right three lanes.  Prior to that, the #4 lane, the farthest right,
was
> rougher than a cob in most places, due to 35 years of trucks.  A few
months after
> the planing, all three lanes were very smooth, with the #1 lane still
having its
> original slight irregularities due to older technology in concrete
pouring.  But
> now, after three years, the outer lane is as rough as a cob again, and the
#3 lane
> is right behind it.  I've cruised in the left lane forever for this
reason, since
> the '60s, and never gotten a ticket for it.  Now, especially with the
Lowrider, if
> I'm in either of the right two lanes, the tires are only on the road half
the time.
> The rest of the time at least one is airborne at any given instant.
>
> When they finally decide to replace those two outer lanes of concrete
(coming soon,
> no budget or not), I want to have retired already.....the trip in or out
will take
> half a day, either way.
>
> Now that half the CHP officers are furloughed, the new unofficial speed
limit is 75,
> and anything over 80 is what the remaining cops look for first (got that
info first
> hand from a flying cop).  MPG suffers a bit, but I sure am enjoying the
commute,
> especially at night!!  ;-)
>
> George
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