Re: Zero-tolerance speed cameras coming to Texas

In article <lVKvj.94514$_m.52625@bignews4.bellsouth.net>,
"Judson McClendon" <judmc@sunvaley0.com> writes:
> "Doug Miller" <spambait@milmac.com> wrote: 
>
> Either you are very young or just didn't notice it, but I guarantee you've
> seen them. Speeds on 2-lane roads used to be almost always different
> between day and night, in almost every state. Now it is not as common.
> But you don't see "day speeds" and "night speeds" posted as such; the
> signs actually change when viewed in sunlight or auto lights. In daylight
> the sign reads "60" and at night in car headlights the same sign reads
> "50", or whatever the posted speeds are. Not sure exactly what principle
> the signs use, but it was common at least back in the early 1960's when
> I began driving.

I have been driving for 45 years.  I have driven in every state east of
the Mississippi except Maine and all of the states that comprise what
is known as the southwest and you can throw in California, too.  I have
never seen a posted speed limit different at night than in the daytime.

bill

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