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Subject: Re: [OM] My first photo of 2013 - Redneck Santa
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:07:13 -0500
I haven't seen that at all but I don't drive the northern part of US 301 
on Friday and Saturday nights or any nights.

Chuck Norcutt

On 1/16/2013 6:44 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> The other problem about US 301 in that area and similar roads like this is 
> that they are full of drunk rednecks in their trucks on Friday and Saturday 
> nights. When we lived in Gainesville, we avoided those roads at those times 
> because of that.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> On 16 Jan 2013, at 22:53, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> A couple of short sections of US 301 in northern Florida can still be
>> hazardous to your wallet.  Two little towns on US 301 (Waldo and Lawty)
>> are happy to supplement the town's coffers with anyone caught going even
>> slightly over the posted limits which rapidly fluctuate up and down for
>> no apparent reason... or speed up as you go up the overpass hill and
>> suddenly drop on the other side.  See:
>> <http://autoclubsouth.aaa.com/pgr/traffic_traps.aspx>
>>
>> This is on our preferred travel route and it's just a minor nuisance.
>> The towns are so small it doesn't take more than a few minutes to get
>> through them.  Some generous folks (motorists no doubt) have posted
>> "speed trap" billboards to warn the unwary.
>>
>> The AAA link above shows the billboards and also mentions several other
>> "strict enforcement" areas in Florida and other states.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 1/14/2013 6:06 PM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>>> As I recall, it was from my high school days. Came up during a discussion 
>>> of East Coat speedways where a Jaguar XK-E could properly be put through 
>>> its paces. Away back then no one would have thought it odd that the 
>>> authorities were doing such. In order to get to the Florida Turnpike, you 
>>> had to first pass through Georgia. And _that_ was hazardous to your wallet.
>>>
>>> --Bob
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 13, 2013, at 2:51 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>
>>>> Must have been sometime other than between 1985-1995 or else excessive
>>>> speed is way more faster than my normal travel velocity.  Still in
>>>> Florida part of the year but not on the turnpike.
>>>>
>>>> I suspect this is urban legend.  Who would travel the turnpike if your
>>>> speed could be so directly monitored?
>>>
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