CHP crackdown along I-80 between Sacramento and Reno. Good!
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12477874?source=rss
A Folks, if you are going to Reno, you have been warned. The Highway Patrol is cracking down big-time in an effort to reduce speeding and crashes on I-80 from the Sacramento County line to Colfax. Officers issued over 700 tickets last weekend. There was an average of 585 crashes on this highway from 2003 to 2007, but beefed-up enforcement is credited with reducing the number to 414 last year, nearly a 30 percent decline. The average speed of those cited: 85 mph. The CHP will set up in two locations — at Clipper Gap and at the Penryn Road off-ramp. Drivers have a tendency to slow down when they spot the first checkpoint, then zoom off afterward. Bad move. ------------------------------------------------- I know posters here hate the "speed kills" slogan, but there is truth to it, especially on downhill curves as on that portion of I80. When going a bit too fast downhill in a curve most people follow their instincts and brake, or suddenly take their foot of the gas, or even down shift and they spin out. In "normal" conditions you can get away with these things, but it's easy to take all weight off the rear wheels going downhill. It takes a bit of training to do the counterintuitive thing and keep your foot on the gas. The cops are doing these people a service in this case. Actually they're doing everyone a service, you dont want to have one of these idiots spin out in front of you. |
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