 guys go 55 (the speed limit) in atlanta, in all the lanes |
| guys go 55 (the speed limit) in atlanta, in all the lanes |
 Mar 1 2006, 03:04 PM
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Mar 1 2006, 03:19 PM
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 Eric The Sexy Group: Moderators Posts: 831 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 30 |
it's been done before, on I-10 for that matter
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Mar 1 2006, 03:24 PM
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QUOTE (moebary @ Mar 1 2006, 03:19 PM) it's been done before, on I-10 for that matter Which is retarded in its own right... -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Mar 1 2006, 03:45 PM
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Eric The Sexy Group: Moderators Posts: 831 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 30 |
yep
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Mar 1 2006, 03:55 PM
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i did it with some friends in fort worth.
only we went 25. was funny but... man do you get scared for road rage =/ |
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Mar 1 2006, 04:03 PM
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 monogamous gays & stem cells Group: Members Posts: 3,789 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 8 |
that is hilarious.
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Mar 1 2006, 04:11 PM
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i would be pissed
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Mar 1 2006, 04:18 PM
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That was awesome.
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Mar 1 2006, 04:20 PM
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monogamous gays & stem cells Group: Members Posts: 3,789 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 8 |
QUOTE (schwab @ Mar 1 2006, 04:11 PM) i would be pissed yeah, i have some serious road rage sometimes, but if i was right behind one of those guys, and i had nowhere to go, i would laugh about it. |
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Mar 1 2006, 04:21 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 1,761 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Lubbock/Dubai Member No.: 57 |
QUOTE (lamont's lament @ Mar 1 2006, 04:20 PM) yeah, i have some serious road rage sometimes, but if i was right behind one of those guys, and i had nowhere to go, i would laugh about it. i would enjoy doing it, in any other situation i woudl be furious in texas they would have been shot -------------------- bored...so i did this
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Mar 1 2006, 05:19 PM
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  Group: Agents Posts: 4,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lu-bok Member No.: 41 |
maybe just go the minimum speed limit. that would get some people pissed.
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Mar 1 2006, 05:22 PM
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Fool Group: Members Posts: 2,127 Joined: 23-February 06 From: LBB Member No.: 56 |
I've done it before in places like Slide where there's two lanes. I'll get next to someone going like 35 and just slow down and ride next to them for a ways.
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Mar 1 2006, 05:37 PM
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 Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
the cops in dallas tried to do this for like a month about a year or two ago, they called them "rolling roadblocks"...
it didn't last very long, and laura miller caught a lot of flak for it (bitch needs to die) -------------------- WAIT. I'm not finished.
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Mar 1 2006, 05:48 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 1,761 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Lubbock/Dubai Member No.: 57 |
haha abc news right now says this is coming on next
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Mar 1 2006, 06:05 PM
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heh pretty good
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Mar 1 2006, 06:32 PM
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they do realize that that kind of road block is illegal right?
doesn't matter if you are going the speed limit or not -------------------- *the* aggie bitch
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Mar 1 2006, 06:38 PM
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QUOTE (basschick @ Mar 1 2006, 06:32 PM) they do realize that that kind of road block is illegal right? doesn't matter if you are going the speed limit or not Under what law? Are you sure it's illegal in their state? Or Texas even? -------------------- Spam? Isn't that something poor people eat?
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Mar 1 2006, 06:39 PM
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Their actions almost got someone killed.
I would have ran them off the fucking road. |
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Mar 1 2006, 06:42 PM
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QUOTE (John6.7 @ Mar 1 2006, 06:39 PM) Their actions almost got someone killed. I would have ran them off the fucking road. Wrong. The actions of the driver in the white van almost got a car ran into. Also, you don't know if there was anyone in the car or if it was broke down on the side of the road with the driver not present. -------------------- Spam? Isn't that something poor people eat?
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Mar 1 2006, 06:43 PM
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QUOTE (James @ Mar 1 2006, 06:42 PM) Wrong. The actions of the driver in the white van almost got a car ran into. Also, you don't know if there was anyone in the car or if it was broke down on the side of the road with the driver not present. yeah the drivers werent breaking the law, the impatient person who tried to pass in an illegal manner almost got someone killed -------------------- bored...so i did this
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Mar 1 2006, 06:44 PM
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If they were not going slow he would not have had to go around like that.
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Mar 1 2006, 06:45 PM
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Fool Group: Members Posts: 2,127 Joined: 23-February 06 From: LBB Member No.: 56 |
QUOTE (John6.7 @ Mar 1 2006, 06:44 PM) If they were not going slow he would not have had to go around like that. They were going the speed limit. -------------------- Spam? Isn't that something poor people eat?
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Mar 1 2006, 06:45 PM
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Your Private Eye Group: Members Posts: 252 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 60 |
QUOTE (James @ Mar 1 2006, 06:45 PM) They were going the speed limit. Your point? |
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Mar 1 2006, 06:47 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 1,761 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Lubbock/Dubai Member No.: 57 |
QUOTE (John6.7 @ Mar 1 2006, 06:45 PM) Your point? the other guy caused the hazard by breaking the law so basically if someone runs into you you are saying you can kill that guy because he ran into you and he caused you to do it? and it should be his fault? -------------------- bored...so i did this
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Mar 1 2006, 06:50 PM
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QUOTE (schwab @ Mar 1 2006, 06:47 PM) so basically if someone runs into you you are saying you can kill that guy because he ran into you and he caused you to do it? and it should be his fault? I don't think that makes any sense. |
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Mar 1 2006, 06:50 PM
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wow that was neat
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Mar 1 2006, 07:07 PM
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QUOTE (John6.7 @ Mar 1 2006, 06:45 PM) Your point? My point is that they weren't going slow. They were going the speed limit - the fastest they were legally allowed to drive. When you accept your driver's license, you kind of obligate yourself to following these traffic laws. -------------------- Spam? Isn't that something poor people eat?
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Mar 1 2006, 07:17 PM
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we could do this in lubbock, instead of obeying the speed limit i think it would piss everyone off if we obeyed stop signs and red lights.
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Mar 1 2006, 08:11 PM
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Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
QUOTE (John6.7 @ Mar 1 2006, 06:45 PM) Your point? you're wrong? and in texas it isn't illegal, it's not considered a roadblock unless it actually keeps traffic from moving on the road; this is how it was legal (albiet stupid) when the DPD did it in dallas for a whole 2 or 3 weeks before they realized it was a waste of manpower, time, and energy. furthermore, there isn't a judge in the land that would charge them guilty for obeying the law. -------------------- WAIT. I'm not finished.
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Mar 1 2006, 08:15 PM
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QUOTE (zetec @ Mar 1 2006, 08:11 PM) you're wrong? and in texas it isn't illegal, it's not considered a roadblock unless it actually keeps traffic from moving on the road; this is how it was legal (albiet stupid) when the DPD did it in dallas for a whole 2 or 3 weeks before they realized it was a waste of manpower, time, and energy. furthermore, there isn't a judge in the land that would charge them guilty for obeying the law. What isn't illegal? I think you are talking to the wrong person about that. All I'm trying to saying is that people that don't go with the flow of trafic cause problems. |
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Mar 1 2006, 08:25 PM
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Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
QUOTE (John6.7 @ Mar 1 2006, 08:15 PM) What isn't illegal? I think you are talking to the wrong person about that. All I'm trying to saying is that people that don't go with the flow of trafic cause problems. yeah, i would have quoted the two different posts but this version of IPB doesn't allow that. the first sentance is for you. the rest is for whoever said that it was illegal. i forget who. edit: posts, not threads This post has been edited by zetec: Mar 1 2006, 08:25 PM -------------------- WAIT. I'm not finished.
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Mar 1 2006, 09:08 PM
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If I look in my rear view mirror and see someone weaving in and out of traffic (which I see often), ill drive right next to someone in the lane next to me. I love to do this on Frankford past 4th street. Everyone drives like maniacs on that street. I like to piss people off when I drive.
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Mar 1 2006, 09:17 PM
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So this is the best Georgia Tech can do?
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Mar 1 2006, 09:21 PM
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 Let's Bother Snape!!! Group: Members Posts: 1,598 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Albuquerque, NM Member No.: 10 |
Illegal? Not at al.
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Mar 1 2006, 09:27 PM
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I wish they would have just shut the fuck up and played the video. I was expecting this sweet footage of total road rage, but instead I saw one truck *gasp* pull up beside them, and a van clip a stalled car on the side of the road. WOW
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Mar 1 2006, 09:31 PM
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actually the lefthand lane is considered a passing lane by law and you can get a ticket if you are purposefully going slow it in...
Oh and also, creating a hazardous situation on the road, like they did, is also illegal, no matter how close to the speed limit you were going. Because there is proof that this was a pre-planned event and not just 5 random strangers, they can be charged with creating a hazardous situation on the road. -------------------- FUCK YOU
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Mar 1 2006, 09:42 PM
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Let's Bother Snape!!! Group: Members Posts: 1,598 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Albuquerque, NM Member No.: 10 |
How is said situation hazardous? Plus, it's illegal to speed in order to pass someone no matter where you are.
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Mar 1 2006, 09:44 PM
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QUOTE (Jim @ Mar 1 2006, 09:42 PM) How is said situation hazardous? Plus, it's illegal to speed in order to pass someone no matter where you are. yep, i should know, i got a ticket for it. I think this is fucking hilarious. People are always in a goddamn hurry. Unless you KNOW you are going to miss a light speeding is fucking pointles, you'll get to where you're going only a minute or two earlier IF that. |
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Mar 1 2006, 09:57 PM
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QUOTE (rabble @ Mar 1 2006, 09:31 PM) actually the lefthand lane is considered a passing lane by law and you can get a ticket if you are purposefully going slow it in... Oh and also, creating a hazardous situation on the road, like they did, is also illegal, no matter how close to the speed limit you were going. Because there is proof that this was a pre-planned event and not just 5 random strangers, they can be charged with creating a hazardous situation on the road. obeying the posted speed limit is hardly a hazardous situation, driving 20 over is a good bit more hazardous. -------------------- WAIT. I'm not finished.
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Mar 1 2006, 10:07 PM
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Let's Bother Snape!!! Group: Members Posts: 1,598 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Albuquerque, NM Member No.: 10 |
As well as weaving in and out of traffic and other things. Hmmm... I wonder who the court would side with...
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Mar 1 2006, 10:30 PM
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Rabble is actually right, there are laws that deal with impeading the flow of traffic. Loosely written laws lead for much interpertation
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Mar 1 2006, 10:31 PM
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QUOTE (rabble @ Mar 1 2006, 09:31 PM) actually the lefthand lane is considered a passing lane by law and you can get a ticket if you are purposefully going slow it in... heh i actually had a friend get a ticket for driving in the left hand lane because he wasn't passing anyone. but you said if you are purposely going slow in it... they weren't going "slow" legally, they were at the max legal limit. This post has been edited by jonathan83: Mar 1 2006, 10:32 PM -------------------- |
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Mar 1 2006, 10:37 PM
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QUOTE (rabble @ Mar 1 2006, 09:31 PM) actually the lefthand lane is considered a passing lane by law and you can get a ticket if you are purposefully going slow it in... Oh and also, creating a hazardous situation on the road, like they did, is also illegal, no matter how close to the speed limit you were going. Because there is proof that this was a pre-planned event and not just 5 random strangers, they can be charged with creating a hazardous situation on the road. that's not a law in every state, but definitely is in texas -------------------- *the* aggie bitch
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Mar 1 2006, 10:41 PM
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QUOTE (basschick @ Mar 1 2006, 10:37 PM) that's not a law in every state, but definitely is in texas Wrong. The actual wording of the law only allows for violations when signs are posted stating left lane for passing only. And then, that only applies to highways, unless the municipality created an ordinance concerning city streets. I consulted my father about this a couple months ago for some reason. However, what Chuck said would allow for ticketing if it could be proven that you were coordinated, but that'd be damn hard to prove in most cases...creating a video of it was pretty damn stupid 
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Mar 1 2006, 11:31 PM
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Here's something to ponder, in Houston, if you are in the fast lane and not going 90 you will be run off the road. However, there are police up and down the beltway and they never pull these people over, why? Because they are going with the flow of traffic.
What these kids did, while funny, is pretty stupid. They created a major traffic jam that could have been relieved had people been allowed to pass. Doing something like this in Houston would get you shot, literally. -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Mar 1 2006, 11:46 PM
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jesus, did a few of you even listen to what their point of doing this was ? It wasn't to create a traffic jam, in fact there was no traffic jam, just a lot of cars going the speed limit. Their point was to show how ridiculous the 55mph speed limit was on that particular road. And how can you call that impeding traffic when the cars were all going the speed limit.
Not speeding does not equal impeding traffic. Now going 55 in a 70 in a left hand lane = impeding traffic. |
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Mar 1 2006, 11:48 PM
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QUOTE (Clint @ Mar 1 2006, 11:46 PM) Not speeding does not equal impeding traffic. not getting out of the way of faster cars is impeding traffic. |
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Mar 1 2006, 11:49 PM
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QUOTE (Hartmann @ Mar 1 2006, 11:31 PM) Here's something to ponder, in Houston, if you are in the fast lane and not going 90 you will be run off the road. However, there are police up and down the beltway and they never pull these people over, why? Because they are going with the flow of traffic. What these kids did, while funny, is pretty stupid. They created a major traffic jam that could have been relieved had people been allowed to pass. Doing something like this in Houston would get you shot, literally. Texas law states that you are to go with "the flow of traffic" but that doesn't mean everybody can legally fly at 90. Just because some cops don't act on something doesn't imply that it is "ok" -------------------- QUOTE (Lance) now we have some dude from argentina wondering how to fuck dogmeat |
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Mar 1 2006, 11:50 PM
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QUOTE not getting out of the way of faster cars is impeding traffic. incorrect. |
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Mar 2 2006, 12:18 AM
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that is completly...badass
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Mar 2 2006, 12:25 AM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 2,499 Joined: 23-February 06 From: El Paso Texas Member No.: 32 |
ya, if the law says speed limit 55...then that's the speed limit.
there's also (at least a texas) a minimum speed d (45?) so you have to go at least 45 and not more than 55 in the given case... is it illegal to go over 55...yes. if it 'slows' down traffic...well it shouldn't slow down traffic cause they can't be doing more than 55.. -------------------- |
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Mar 2 2006, 01:09 AM
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Group: Agents Posts: 4,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lu-bok Member No.: 41 |
the only people in the video directly impacted were the people directly behind the wall and those to maybe 50 feet back. you can see it in the video, after a point it filters to look like normal traffic, just going 55. it didnt look much different from the opposite lane of the highway.
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Mar 2 2006, 08:23 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 1,761 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Lubbock/Dubai Member No.: 57 |
either way, the point was the speed limit needs to be raised
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