[s-cars] Red light traffic in Illinois

[Thomas R Green]

Yeah, everyone is in a big hurry, and they still have periods during  
the day where traffic is not so heavy that it slows everything down.   
The suburban communities on the SW side in Kansas is where the big  
growth is gobbling up farm land like crazy.  It's all chopped up into  
smaller municipalities so traffic enforcement is nil, until a new  
subdivision of moms with kids gets organized and demands traffic  
enforcement.  Otherwise, the Dodge City mentality prevails
as the drivers try to keep that speedy commute to work that helped  
make the lower house prices, low taxes and new schools away from the  
problems of K. C. MO inner city schools so attractive and seemingly  
affordable .  Of course, even though freeway and beltway building is  
cheap and easy compared to established areas, they can never make them  
big enough.   They will have to deal with transit issues soon even if  
they don't have a Big Dig.

The S6 has made some speedy trips across the KS plains, helping to  
combat the boredom.  Running from tornados and hailstorms provides the  
only excitement.

Tom

On Jul 24, 2010, at 8:33 PM, Lee Levitt wrote:

> I'm in Kansas City for a coupla days and I gotta say, the locals  
> redefine rolling stop. Sometimes I don't even see brake lights!
>
> Lee