Law of Unintended Consequences


This will never work:

Jarry Slaughter, an Oklahoma Transportation Authority engineer, has posted speed limit signs of 17 mph at three toll plazas that are under construction.

He said he can't scientifically measure the effectiveness of the unusual speed limit, but he's convinced it works.

Growing up in Virginia Beach, we had a 13 1/2 mph speed limit sign posted in a local shopping center parking lot. Legend has it, it was one of the most stolen signs in the city.


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I once heard that on the calfornia coast some wildlife officials were recomending that the speed on one section of hiway be reduced to 10mph to protect a species of insect what a bunch of wussies

Posted by: sandpiper at December 12, 2005 2:27 PM

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