Illinois to let truckiers drive 65 on interstates starting Jan 1

On Dec 8, 11:10*am, "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS"
> wrote:

> The board notes you evaded the issue and made a personal attack instead. *
> It must really suck to be a hater.

Must suck to be you.

"Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS" > wrote in
message .70...
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> It must really suck to be a hater.

ROTFLMAO I hope you realized that the handle you use proves you are a
"hater."

Rocky

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"lyon_wonder" > wrote in message
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> http://www.sj-r.com/news/x730414505/...s-to-go-65-mph
>
> "Our plan is to wait until the week of Jan. 4 to begin removing and
> modifying the signs, weather permitting. For us, the big issue will be
> the weather,"

Thanks for the information and now I won't expect Illinois to change the
signs on January first.

> * Iowa: 70

but you also will find a lot of trucks in Iowa doing less than 65 where I
might be one of them.


> BAN ON TEXTING TO START, TOO
>
> Texting and driving, and talking on a cell phone in construction and
> school zones, also will be banned Jan. 1 in Illinois.

Yes. Thanks for mentioning that too and I wonder if signs for that will go
up January 4th.

>
> One measure signed in August by Gov. Pat Quinn will make it illegal to
> "compose, send or read text messages, e-mail on a cell phone, or surf
> the Internet while driving." The ban also includes personal digital
> assistants and portable or mobile computers but does not include
> global positioning or navigation systems.

No Internet while driving and does not include GPS. So where does that put
Google Maps for Mobile where it uses the GPS and the Internet for the data?
It looks like it will be OK.

More on Google Maps for Mobile can be found at:
http://www.google.com/mobile/product...html#p=default

Rocky

In article >,
gpsman > wrote:
>On Dec 7, 12:00=A0am, Brent > wrote:
>> On 2009-12-07, lyon_wonder > wrote:
>>
>> > He said the central shop produces 70,000 signs a year for use
>> > statewide ? everything from yield to tourism signs ? but about 40,000
>> > to 50,000 are refurbished signs. The recycled signs are flattened,
>> > stripped of lettering and paint with high-pressure water, ?kissed?
>> > with a belt sander down to the basic aluminum and repainted.
>>
>> What a waste of money. It's just standard AL sheet.
>
>Which aluminum alloy is "standard"...?

5052. Any more questions?
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On 2009-12-16, Matthew Russotto > wrote:
> In article >,
> gpsman > wrote:
>>On Dec 7, 12:00=A0am, Brent > wrote:
>>> On 2009-12-07, lyon_wonder > wrote:
>>>
>>> > He said the central shop produces 70,000 signs a year for use
>>> > statewide ? everything from yield to tourism signs ? but about 40,000
>>> > to 50,000 are refurbished signs. The recycled signs are flattened,
>>> > stripped of lettering and paint with high-pressure water, ?kissed?
>>> > with a belt sander down to the basic aluminum and repainted.
>>>
>>> What a waste of money. It's just standard AL sheet.
>>
>>Which aluminum alloy is "standard"...?
>
> 5052. Any more questions?

laff. Can he be any more stupid?

I got curious as to what grade it was and found this:
http://www.signsandblanks.com/aluminum-sign-blanks.html

Look at the prices then compare to what government pays for labor... and
this for already cut signs. These government employees would have to
process several signs an hour to even match buying the blanks at retail.

Anyway, back to gpstroll's stupidity...
http://www.signsandblanks.com/faq#listitem3-6885
What grade of aluminum is used to make road sign blanks?
We offer aluminum sign blanks in two alloys, 5052-H38 and 3105-H191. We
carry multiple guages (thickness) including .040, .063, .080, .100, and
..125. All aluminum is processed in-house to better control quality. We
level, treat, cut, punch and radius aluminum coils into road sign
aluminum blanks, all within our 65,000 square foot production facility.

On Dec 15, 11:40*pm, (Matthew Russotto)
wrote:
> In article >,
>
> gpsman > wrote:
> >On Dec 7, 12:00=A0am, Brent > wrote:
>
> >> What a waste of money. It's just standard AL sheet.
>
> >Which aluminum alloy is "standard"...?
>
> 5052. *Any more questions?

1. By what criteria is 5052 "standard" aluminum sheet?

2. What size is "standard" aluminum sheet?

3. What gauge is "standard" aluminum sheet?

4. Is any gauge specified by MUTCD?

5. Is the following correct?

(-In message
> Scott in SoCal
> wrote:

+In message >,
Alan
Baker > wrote:

+Usenet rule: You make a claim: you provide the support.

-That rule is hardly restricted to USENET. It's a general rule of
debate in any forum.)

Thanks!
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- gpsman

So has anyone ever been behind a semi on one of these
Illinois rural interstates only driving 55 mph?

I haven't (although I don't drive in Illinois very often).

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"Jonathan Grobe" > wrote in message
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> So has anyone ever been behind a semi on one of these
> Illinois rural interstates only driving 55 mph?
>
> I haven't (although I don't drive in Illinois very often).

Semis like Schneider day cabs are governed to 60 mph so there will be semis
still going 60 even after they raise the speed limit to 65 in Illinois.

What will be interesting is if the cars in Illinois speed up. I remember
when they raised the speed limit on the Ohio Turnpike and even though cars
and truck had the exact same speed limit the cars still had to drive faster
and speed more time with the troopers.
http://wookiee.home.att.net/OhioAt65

Rocky

> According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, only
> Arkansas, California, Indiana, Michigan, Oregon and Washington state
> still maintain differential, daytime speed limits for trucks and cars
> on rural interstates.

Sounds good, but:

> BASIC CHANGES TO TRUCKS' SPEED LIMIT
>
> * Maximum speed limit increases to 65 mph on interstates outside
> Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties, with the
> exception of trucks of more than four tons.

4 tons??? A typical big rig weighs 17 or 18 tons EMPTY. The tractor
alone is probably 16.

So unless the above is a serious error, only the pickup and RV drivers
have anything to celebrate this New Years.

On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:14:40 -0800, John David Galt wrote:

>So unless the above is a serious error, only the pickup and RV drivers
>have anything to celebrate this New Years.

Pickups were never considered "trucks" for terms of split speed limits, were
they?

If so, I've been driving a lot faster than the posted speed limit in these
"split speed" states than I thought.


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