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<DIV><FONT size=4>Fred</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Many states, particularly but not only, Western ones, used to
have speed limits outside urban areas that read “reasonable and prudent” or
something similar. But several years ago the Feds started cracking down on
these, as of course they know what is best for us! They threatened to
withhold the tax monies they refund to the states for road maintenance if the
states did not comply. I believe Montana was the last to cave in.
They put in a maximum limit of, AIR, 80 and set the fine as $5 for exceeding it,
unless circumstances dictated the speed monitored was unsafe. Don’t know
the current status.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Speed limits, if there are to be any, should be dictated by
the engineered capability of the road—but usually they are not.
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<DIV><FONT size=4>I liked the old North Shore system—no speed limit, only
restrictions in places where needed.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Dwight</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=fwschneider@comcast.net
href="mailto:fwschneider@comcast.net">Fred Schneider</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 11 July, 2013 14:31</DIV>
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href="mailto:pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org">Western PA Trolley
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [PRCo] PRCo 55A Rankin Side</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none; DISPLAY: inline">I
wonder Bob, how many states set their speed limits based on what the majority
drive. Essentially that is what Pennsylvania does. We
start with what most people drive, then reduce it by 5 or 10 depending on the
enforceable limit. At lower speeds the limit cannot be enforced
until you are 10 miles over the limit. At 50, 55, 60, 65 etc., the
cops can write a ticket for 5 over. So they reduce it to 5 or 10
under what most people are driving so that it can enforced at what most people
are actually driving. There are exceptions … in some urban areas the
Feds jumped in and wrote, this is what you have to have as a speed limit and in
those cases, our cops generally ignore insane lower limits. For
example, route 30 from Lancaster to Columbia has a 55 mile limit on a 4-lane
expressway … the state troopers generally ignore anyone under 70 (unless
his wife didn't give it to him last night). But look out for the
some local cops.<BR><BR>Hallam, in York County, used to have a reputation for
being a place where anything goes. Their local cops would prowl not
only route 462 (old route 30) but also the new US 30 expressway where it cut
through their borough in order to make money. One day I was driving
the old road and I should have known better. The guy ahead of me was
doing 50 in a 40 zone, then 10, then 45, then 20,up and down. At one
point where he slowed down to 10, I went around him. He disappeared behind
me and the Hallam cop swooped down and ticketed me for illegally passing.
I said, "You didn't see anything…. You were not here."
His response was, "Doesn't matter, I know you did it." In other
words, he was in cahoots with the other guy who was baiting motorists so the cop
could write tickets. That was worse than a Georgia cop hiding behind
a billboard. But that was 30+ years ago and I think that a-hole is
dead now and the borough cleaned up its act.<BR><BR>I suspect Texas writes their
limits based on what people actually drive also. Out west of the
Pecos you will find some limits in the 80s.<BR><BR><BR>On Jul 11, 2013, at 12:34
PM, Bob Rathke wrote:<BR><BR>> <BR>> Speaking of budget cuts: last week I
read a newspaper story about how the state of Indiana is losing revenue from
speeding tickets issued on the Indiana Toll Road since the speed limit was
raised from 65 to 70 MPH. I don't remember the amount of the shortfall,
but the number of tickets is now half the number it was in a comparable period
when the speed limi was 65 MPH. Apparently many drivers feel comfortable going
just 5 MPH faster, and no more. <BR>> <BR>> Bob <BR>> <BR>>
<BR>> ----- Original Message -----<BR>> <BR>> From: "Fred Schneider"
<fwschneider@comcast.net> <BR>> To: "Western PA Trolley discussion"
<pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org>, "Herb Brannon"
<hrbran@cavtel.net> <BR>> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 10:29:49 AM
<BR>> Subject: Re: [PRCo] PRCo 55A Rankin Side <BR>> <BR>> It isn't
just Pittsburgh or St. Louis or Baltimore these days. The small
cities are just as bad. <BR>> <BR>> I did find a number on
line for Pittsburgh …. violent crime rate is 802 incidents per 100,000
population. Violent crime is defined as murder, forcible rape,
robbery and aggravated assault. It is much lower than Cleveland,
Buffalo, Chicago, Atlanta, St. Louis, Detroit. Really bad is 2 1/2
times Pittsburgh's rate … and that happens in places like Detroit and
Chicago. <BR>> <BR>>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_cities_by_crime_rate <BR>>
<BR>> But guys. It isn't just the big cities that have
problems. We are drawn to them by news stories about places like
Detroit but some of the worst are places like East St. Louis and Camden, NJ.
<BR>> <BR>> East St. Louis actually has a published number of 6007 violent
crimes per 100,000 population. And the second worst city in 2010 was
supposed to be Camden NJ and they fired half their police in a budget crisis in
January 2011 and that caused a 50% spike in murders…the actually numbers appear
to be suppressed but it may be the worst city in the nation now … perhaps even
worse than East St. Louis. <BR>> <BR>> A lot of the small cities are no
better than Pittsburgh. Harrisburg, PA had 16 murders in 2013 by the
end of the month of April. This week's news was some teenagers in
Harrisburg who went on a arson rampage … burnt out eight homes and left eight
families homeless. Here in Lancaster … small city … about 55,000 …
you had better know where to go if you don't want a gun in your back. <BR>>
There was a news story yesterday about a neighbor of mine … suburban high class
… lady was let out on bail … she was stealing from other peoples homes and
selling the goods on e-Bay. This was her third case. So
she is out to resume her way of making a living. I guess the jail is
full. I have a buddy from 50 some years ago who lives in a
downtown Reading, Pa., apartment … claims he never goes out at night … just sits
inside and listens to the gunfire. <BR>> <BR>> Come on
Herb. We all have to learn to use those eyes in the back of our
heads. <BR>> <BR>> And the truly sad thing is, these people who do this
become unemployable. In the 1960s and early 1970s, there were firms
in many cities which would hire the ex-convict. Here in Lancaster, I
could think of Ted Schwalm Watch Dial Company or some of the chicken processors
or beef slaughter houses. Back then unemployment was under 2 percent
and some of the companies at the bottom end of the ladder would give anyone a
second chance. But now with unemployment at 6 percent, no one gets a
second chance. You come out of prison and your profession is robbery
… you go right back to it because that is how you support yourself.
<BR>> <BR>> Anyone care to give me a great story of someone who beat the
odds? <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> On Jul 10, 2013, at 11:48 PM, Herb Brannon
wrote: <BR>> <BR>>> I always (like every day) hear the news stories on
Ch 11 evening news about <BR>>> everything going on in So. Side Flats. I
do go there frequently. I prefer <BR>>> what I call the "exciting Giant
Eagle" on South Side to what I call the <BR>>> "Republican Giant Eagle" at
Brentwood Center. So if I have the time I go to <BR>>> the South Side GE.
I also frequent "Double Wide" on E. Carson. Derrick, you <BR>>> introduced
me to that place many years ago and it's always been one of my <BR>>>
favorites. My State Farm Insurance agent is located on E. Carson a block
<BR>>> and a half east of Double Wide. I sometimes go to the Duquesne
Light Co <BR>>> office in the building at 26th and E. Carson plus a few
other places on E. <BR>>> Carson. Everyplace I go, except for Giant Eagle,
is east of Birmingham <BR>>> Bridge. From 10th Street east to Birmingham
Bridge is definitely the <BR>>> "Combat Zone" in my opinion. If you look
at the wrong person the wrong way, <BR>>> especially on nights the bars in
that area are busy, you may have to "punch <BR>>> it out" to keep from
getting your @$$ kicked. I find it much better to stay <BR>>> east of
Birmingham Bridge. Even that end of E. Carson has its share of <BR>>>
problems and you have to stay alert and aware of who is around you. Then, I
<BR>>> do have a permit to carry but would rather just leave home without
the fire <BR>>> power. Too bad things are such these days that one has to
carry a firearm <BR>>> to insure one's safety and life. It's worth the
extra effort, however, to <BR>>> be right in the middle of the urban
action in a great city like Pittsburgh. <BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>>
On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 10:38 PM, Derrick Brashear
<shadow@dementix.org>wrote: <BR>>> <BR>>>> The brick has
gone to a few events with me; It is not engraved, it is a <BR>>>>
normal, broken-in-half brick. I used it on March to try to raise more money
<BR>>>> for the Brashear Association. Not much, sadly. <BR>>>>
<BR>>>> <BR>>>> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 10:11 PM, Herb Brannon
<hrbran@cavtel.net> wrote: <BR>>>> <BR>>>>> Derrick,
<BR>>>>> What's happening down there in "yuppie land" ? I'm up here
in "common <BR>>>>> folks" territory and everything is quiet all the
time. I have actually <BR>>>>> started calling East Carson Street,
"the Combat Zone". What's getting <BR>>>> into <BR>>>>>
people down there? What this has to do with PRCo Route 55A is beyond me
<BR>>>> but <BR>>>>> I will answer anyway.
<BR>>>>> <BR>>>>> Will you display the brick? I can see
this playing out this way: Derrick <BR>>>>> wins brick; Derrick has
brick engraved and mounted in nice case; The <BR>>>> crime
<BR>>>>> wave continues in the South Side Flats and Derricks house
is broken into; <BR>>>>> The Brick is stolen; The next day another
new business in South Side <BR>>>> Flats <BR>>>>> has a
brick tossed through a window; turns out to be The Brick which
<BR>>>>> Derrick had engraved; Business owner auctions off The
Brick; Derrick has <BR>>>> to <BR>>>>> bid again on The
Brick; Derrick wins The Brick back again and displays <BR>>>> it.
<BR>>>>> <BR>>>>> <BR>>>>> On Wed, Jul 10,
2013 at 9:16 PM, Derrick Brashear <shadow@gmail.com> <BR>>>>>
wrote: <BR>>>>> <BR>>>>>> If I knew the alarm code...
<BR>>>>>> <BR>>>>>> (I know people who could
silkscreen it for me: <BR>>>>>> <BR>>>>>>
<BR>>>>> <BR>>>>
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/a-brick-an-auction-twitter-and-pittsburghs-south-side-678126/
<BR>>>>>> ) <BR>>>>>> <BR>>>>>>
Derrick <BR>>>>>> <BR>>>>>> On Jul 10, 2013, at
5:47 PM, Fred Schneider <fwschneider@comcast.net> <BR>>>>>>
wrote: <BR>>>>>> <BR>>>>>>> Someone needs to
sneak into PTM under cover of darkness and stitch <BR>>>> that
<BR>>>>>> sign onto 1711's sign. <BR>>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>>> <BR>>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>>> On Jul 10, 2013, at 5:02 PM, Derrick Brashear
wrote: <BR>>>>>>> <BR>>>>>>>> Gotham via
Batcave. <BR>>>>>>>> <BR>>>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Herb Brannon
<hrbran@cavtel.net> <BR>>>>>> wrote:
<BR>>>>>>>> <BR>>>>>>>>> What then
would be the correct destination sign for such a charter?
<BR>>>>>>>>> <BR>>>>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Dwight
Long < <BR>>>> dwightlong@verizon.net <BR>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>>>>> wrote: <BR>>>>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>>>>>> Herb
<BR>>>>>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>>>>>> Another possibility: It was an
enthusiast charter with an <BR>>>> incorrect <BR>>>>>>
head <BR>>>>>>>>>> sign.
<BR>>>>>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>>>>>> Dwight <BR>>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>>> <BR>>>>>>>
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