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- From: hdavies@rx.xerox.com (Hugh J.E. Davies)
- Newsgroups: soc.culture.usa
- Subject: Re: Speeding ticket in OKlahoma --- what's
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.142836.27797@spectrum.xerox.com>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 14:28:36 GMT
- References: <C19sGC.FAL.1@cs.cmu.edu>
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- In article 1@cs.cmu.edu, arup+@cs.cmu.edu (Arup Mukherjee) writes:
- >In article <C17IGF.4Mo@agora.rain.com> robart@agora.rain.com (Joe Bob) writes:
- >> Actually, I-80 across Pennsylvania rivals many western highways
- >>for wide-openness and lack of major towns along the way. Of course,
- >>this makes the 300 miles or so of constant 55 MPH speed limits
- >>all the more ridiculous.
- >>
- >
- >True, but it's also perpetually under construction ...
- >("Welcome to PA... Single lane most of the next 300 miles" :-) and liberally
- >sprinkled with craters. I doubt that PA has any plans to remedy this, since it
- >forces more people to take the PA Turnpike which is, mile for mile, possibly
- >the most expensive toll road in the US. [Does anyone have a counterexample? The
- >insane bridge tolls into New York City don't count...]
- >
- >PA and your car: Keep them as far from each other as you can, if you have any
- >choice in the matter.
- >
- >-Arup
-
- Hear bleedin' hear! As my father says "Most states have roads; Pennsylvania
- has PennDOT."
-
- At least the wear and tear on the car (in my case) is usually Hertz' problem.
-
- ---
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- Regards,
-
- Hugh.
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