[DeTomaso] Mid America Pantera Roadtrip to Phoenix

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Myself and several of my friends go through NM each year enroute to Wyoming, and we have to endure those "safety corridors" for miles on end.  I have never been able to figure out what they are.   Shaun Gibson

--- On Wed, 12/7/11, Bill Lewis <lotus0005 at hotmail.com> wrote:


From: Bill Lewis <lotus0005 at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Mid America Pantera Roadtrip to Phoenix
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 7:55 AM



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
> 
> 
> .....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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