Speed Limits

["Robert Myers" <rmyers@olie.wvitcoe.wvnet.edu>]

The intro from our new member from Boulder, via SA (sorry, I've blanked 
on the name) brought to mind a rather simple question.  Does anyone 
remember driving on roads in the good ol' Yew Ess of Aye *without* a 
speed limit?  I mean actually without a speed limit, not having an 
unenforced speed limit.

I do.  When I was a youngster, oh so many years ago :-(, the speed limit 
on Missouri highways was "Reasonable and Proper"  which meant, in effect, 
if you survived, it was reasonable and proper.  You couldn't be stopped 
for speeding alone.  The ossifer had to be prepared to prove you were 
driving in either an unreasonable or an improper manner.  That's a whole 
different kettle of fish than having to prove you were driving 56 in a 
55 zone.  That was before the days of interstate highways.  The 
roads even had high crowns and curbs!  Wouldn't it have been fun to have 
a nice 300 hp Audi Quattro in those days?  (See, I worked the obligatory 
reference in!)

-- 
Bob
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