Speeding in Colorado Mtn's May Cost You Double

Good

 

I obey the posted speed limits (50 mph in good weather) in Glenwood Canyon - and every time through there are trucks barreling by me.

 

It doesn't matter if they don't enforce it. WB from the tunnel is the only place I see them stopping trucks on anything even approaching a regular basis. They could put a trooper on the lookout mountain overpass and write tickets all day, every day. Same thing on WB Vail or EB Georgetown.

And of course there's the frustration of having to follow those speed limits in an obviously empty truck that can easily descend at the car speed limit without touching the brakes.

Like most everything else that comes out of this or any other legislature, it's just more wasted money that makes them feel good with little or no real benefit.

 

Reminds of the gorge in NC...the usual suspects .

 

Pretty much. The ill-trained OTR idiots who zero clue how close to out of control they are, and the various freight and grocery guys who run it everyday at the same speed regardless of conditions.

 

Semis are usually double or more then cars anyways.

IIRC. My speed ticket in Wyoming was 4x higher then cars.

NM too