[DeTomaso] New speed limits

Fri Sep 7 16:10:35 EDT 2012

This road has tolling zones, not entry/exits.  There are roads in Oklahoma
with entry/exit booths - sorta like a parking lot.  They show the elapsed
time, and I bet they give you a hard time if the elapsed time is too low.
But I don't think they hand out speeding tickets - even though they could.

All tolling zones CAN detect your speed.  They have loops cut in the road,
and they compute your speed very accurately (by measuring the milliseconds
to cross the leading and trailing edges of a loop - and then simple math -
computed in feed-per-second).  They have to know your speed to know when
to save your picture.

It would be SOO easy to hand out tickets to people that are speeding.  All
of the equipment is already there.  We even got the speed in the messages
from the lanes.

At any rate, this road has tolling zones.  They detect the car (loops
again - but different loops).  Once a vehicle is detected, it reads your
transponder, and charges your account.

On 9/7/12 3:08 PM, "Asa Jay Laughton" <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:

>Since it's a toll road, the big question to me would be the question
>of fines if you complete the circuit too quickly.  i.e. they can tell
>how fast you ran the road by the toll ticket time enter vs. time exit.
>  In some states (I think I've heard) they will cite you for speeding.
>
>Asa Jay
>
>Quoting Dave <dave at damardirect.com>:
>
>> Bill,  I asked a good friend in Dallas about this 85 mph limit. Here
>>  is what he said:
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 10:52 AM, <ppswinc at gmail.com> wrote:
>> It's not I35.
>>
>> Our national media has little better to do than report on the speed
>> limit. You think? I saw this on NBC national newscast 2 days ago.
>> The story graphics made it appear as a roadway from Austin to San
>> Antonio which it's not. At least not at this time.
>>
>> What they're talking about is TX 130, a toll road that loops on the
>> east side of Austin metro. There is very little traffic on it and it
>>  is a great way to stay off the parking lot that's officially call
>> IH-35 in Austin from Georgetown to Buda which basically is what this
>>  road circumnavigates.
>> 
>>https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=TX-130+S&daddr=Texas+45+Toll+W&hl=en&l
>>l=30.396569,-97.580566&spn=0.655035,1.344452&sll=30.216355,-97.636185&ssp
>>n=0.328122,0.672226&geocode=FaYu1AEd3Oct-g%3BFZ55ywEd2rYr-g&mra=mrv&t=m&z
>>=10
>>
>>
>> A yellow Pantera would enjoy a run on it and could probably turn the
>>  53 mile route in little more than 25 minutes. I've never seen a
>> radar trap set up and hope this doesn't jinx it. In my E class MB
>> it's a breeze at 95-100 mph. You do have to watch out for the slower
>>  traffic, naturally. For Dave, it would be worth every penny of the
>> 8  buck toll to run it. That's not the exact toll cost; only my best
>>  guess. If you don't have the RFI toll tag you have to stop and pay
>> at the booths.
>>
>> Happy flying and best regards always,
>> Shrek - The little Green Ogre aka "SLOWER TRAFFIC"
>> Shrek only flies in he dreams.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bill Lewis [mailto:lotus0005 at hotmail.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 8:51 PM
>> To: detomaso at realbig.com
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] New speed limits
>>
>>
>> San Antonio and Austin - that would be I-35.  Raising the speed
>> limit to 85!!!!  Woweeee!!  Bumper-to-bumper, just like in CA!
>> Gonna be fun, dudes.
>>
>>> From: red3644 at hotmail.com
>>> To: detomaso at realbig.com
>>> Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 16:43:54 -0500
>>> Subject: [DeTomaso] New speed limits
>>>
>>>
>>> The TexDot crews are putting up 85mph speed limit signs on a
>>> section of road between San Antonio and Austin.
>>> Now the signs will reflect the minimum speed that everybody is
>>> already driving on Texas highways.
>>>
>>> 
>>>http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/06/13705669-85-mph-texas-to-open
>>>-toll-highway-with-fastest-speed-limit-in-nation?lite
>>>
>>> The 300 mile trip from San Antonio to Ft. Stockton now regularly
>>> takes under 4 hours...I've done it in 3 flat.
>>>
>>> Michael
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