Have you noticed that there is not a single street, road or highway in Rio Rancho, Albuquerque or the rest of the state of New Mexico that you actually drive the "speed limit" or less? On I-25, we don't drive 65 or 70 or 75 MPH. Tell me that during rush hour we're not hitting 85 MPH each way.
On Montgomery and San Mateo Boulevards, we don't drive 35 or 45 MPH.
Drivers on North 4th Street average 45 MPH despite all the signals and traffic.
Alameda Road operates smoothly at 50 MPH, not the posted 35 MPH, except when the Sheriff clogs it up.
Then there's the night rider on Montano Road who runs past the radar signs at 90 MPH almost ever morning. No one has ever seen him.
On our "residential" streets we don't drive 25 MPH. But we're pretty good at obeying the school zone speeds. Yeah, sure . . .
What's wrong with this system of roads we designed?
I mean, somebody actually drew the plans for each of these roads, looked at all the driveways, followed all the rules, calculated the 80 or 85% "design speed" and specified the signs that tell the police how we are supposed to drive.
But why don't we behave like the engineers told us to? WTF are they thinking?
Just asking.
