Comments on: Brakes Slammed On Higher Florida Speed Limits

By: BLH

BLH — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 02:07:34 +0000

@MarkT = (Copied from Comment) = get left lane drivers into the right lane where they belong !! = AMEN!!

@Charlotte = (Copied from Comment) = And one day, you tail gait me, after I’ve “nicely” tapped my brakes to ask you to back off, and if you don’t, you might get VW stamped across your headlights. I’ve noticed a lot of people pulling out in front of people, and in order to keep from hitting them, their vehicle does a nose dive. Not me, I’ll speed up more and stamp VW across your side door. But speeders are the worse = Really?? Road Rage creator at it’s best!

People are going to do it anyway, why not make it legal .. oh wait, @Jerry has hit the nail on the head! Excellent job!

By: Mark T

Mark T — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 01:21:56 +0000

It’s really strange to me that the speed limit back in the 60s on the interstate was 75 mph in most areas and 50 yrs later it’s 70 mph ???

By: Mark T

Mark T — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 01:13:07 +0000

@ 429, same thing was said when it was 55 mph and went to 65 mph !

By: Mark T

Mark T — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 12:19:26 +0000

I’ll gladly trade the 5 mph increase, if they will get left lane drivers into the right lane where they belong !!

By: sandra

sandra — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 02:39:13 +0000

If I drove a “VW” I wouldn’t be stamping anything…..something about the law of physics , ya know?

By: 429SCJ

429SCJ — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 01:19:42 +0000

This was a good decision as lives will be saved and traumas avoided.

By: troubled

troubled — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 22:25:01 +0000

Try doing 35 mphs on 297a, the dump trucks will run you over. You get passed by law w/no light ECT…. I know I see every day.
me, just saying

By: JSCS

JSCS — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 20:47:00 +0000

Thank you Lord, for Gov. Scott vetoing this bill. No matter what the speed limit is some people will go above it.
This law would just encourage some people to speed even more than they do now.
I say they should write more tickets. The county or state can always use more money.
Speeding, cell phones and just not paying attention causes the majority of accidents.

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 18:17:30 +0000

@ fxrshovelhead You are not kidding! Just Saturday night going down hwy 97 there was a deputy riding my back bumper, so close I could barely see his headlights. When he got the opportunity to pass, he was GONE!!! with no emergency lights on nor a siren. As fast as he got away I’d say he had to be doing at least 100 mph. I’d figured if he can do it then so could I, so i floored it to 65 : – )……yet to be passed again by an unmarked Tahoo on down the road. I don’t understand why people are raising sand about other people speeding when the law enforcement does it all the time with no sirens on or nothing. Do they get a free pass?

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 17:43:19 +0000

I agree with bigbill1961. I see people speeding, not just five or ten miles over the limit, but a lot more. So, if you allow them to do 75, they’ll do 95. I may add they do it anyway. I’ve notice a lot of drivers these days are tail gaiters, which is my biggest pet peeve. And one day, you tail gait me, after I’ve “nicely” tapped my brakes to ask you to back off, and if you don’t, you might get VW stamped across your headlights. I’ve noticed a lot of people pulling out in front of people, and in order to keep from hitting them, their vehicle does a nose dive. Not me, I’ll speed up more and stamp VW across your side door. But speeders are the worse, and I hate to say this ladies, cause I am a woman as well, but I have found that young women are the worse for speeding and tail gaiting. Slow down, safe a life and your own.