Thought For The Day

  • Thought For The Day

    Moving Fast

    He in the (DFW) Metroplex where I work and live there are lots of new highways. Now we learn the speed limits (on some) were set without proper review. The limit supposedly has some connection to the “average” speed of traffic. Now that the studies are finished, it’s clear that the limit is well below the actuality. So, the powers that be say they will raise the limits “unless it increases air pollution.” Here’s NEWS – Leaving the speed limit lower will not change the speed of the traffic – as it obviously hasn’t so far. It’s just more “feel good” rhetoric (about air pollution). If we want to slow…