[DeTomaso] Mid America Pantera Roadtrip to Phoenix

[michael frazier]

.....I don't know what it is about New Mexico, but they just don't seem interested in speed enforcement there.

Not my experience. They have those darned "safety zones" where the speed limit is reduced to something
stupid like 50mph for miles on regular highways with heavy enforcement.  I-10 in West Texas is now 85mph,
which means most of the traffic is running near or slightly over 90.  We did the 300 mile trip to Ft. Stockton
in 3 hours, counting a quick stop for food and fuel.  At that we didn't really stand out.  Amazing. 

Michael Frazier
Gruppo Rompiculi Corsa 

 

> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 22:34:14 -0500
> To: adin at frontier.net; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Mid America Pantera Roadtrip to Phoenix
> 
> 
> In a message dated 12/6/11 19 22 19, adin at frontier.net writes:
> 
> 
> > **    Traversing NM at average speeds well over 100mph [1],
> > 
> 
> I don't know what it is about New Mexico, but they just don't seem 
> interested in speed enforcement there. I first discovered this when I rode with Jim 
> Demick, who lives about 17 miles outside of Alburquerque. Once clear of 
> the last stoplight, his foot went down and we cruised at 100+ all the way to 
> his town (on the sparsely populated interstate). I asked him about speed 
> enforcement and he just dismissed it, said it was no factor.
> 
> A couple of years later I had to drive to ABQ to attend a safety school 
> (ironically) in my silver Scirocco. When I hit the NM border my foot went 
> down to the floor and stayed there. Aerodynamics and the grade of the road 
> became the limiting factor in my speed, which varied from 109 to 115 mph or 
> thereabouts, for hours.
> 
> What a wonderful place!
> 
> Mike
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