[DeTomaso] Mid America Pantera Roadtrip to Phoenix
Bill Lewis
lotus0005 at hotmail.com
Wed Dec 7 08:55:04 EST 2011
We just went through NM last summer and endured those "safety zones." Can someone tell us the official reason for them? ----Bill Lewis
> From: red3644 at hotmail.com
> To: mikeldrew at aol.com; adin at frontier.net; detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 23:52:08 -0600
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Mid America Pantera Roadtrip to Phoenix
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> .....I don't know what it is about New Mexico, but they just don't seem interested in speed enforcement there.
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> 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
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> > 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:
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> >
> > > ** Traversing NM at average speeds well over 100mph [1],
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> > 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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