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The point is this is not a freeway, it is a PARKWAY. Further, people do not get to vote with their feet on this one -- it was a binding legal settlement.. To call acting in a way that harms people living in the West Seventh and Crocus Hill communities "civil disobedience," is to co-opting the spirit and history of the term for selfish gain. Selfish gain you ask -- you gain approx. 30 seconds to your day when you speed (55 mph) through my neighborhood. The residual for the people in the affected communities for your "gain" is a statistically significant increase in noise and pollution with the resultant harm. Regarding your call to 35E PARKWAY drivers to heed the most "practical road sign of all SLOW TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT," ... Have you ever seen that sign on Wheelock Parkway? How about Ford Parkway? Peace, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mary C. Zanmiller West Seventh Neighborhood Saint Paul, MN USA -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 10:31 PM To: Mary C Zanmiller; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [StPaul] 35E PARKWAY...NOT Okay, I'll take the bait. To call that stretch of the freeway a "PARKWAY" is laughable, you may as well say snow is hot. You can legislate a speed limit, but drivers decide the speed. People vote with their feet on this subject everyday, their right feet. Reckless driving is one thing but I'm here to say there's no shame in driving 55, even 60, on 35E. Let's call it civil disobedience. The risk of a ticket is mathematically slight, and I suspect no one since the first year of this stretch of freeway's existence has ever been ticketed for driving 46 - 55 MPH, it's over 60 when the risk kicks in. As for stricter, nay, pure enforcement of the unnatural speed limit I say BRING IT ON...nothing could bring about more quickly the demand to undo this chimera of a restriction. Lastly, I hope those who take showy pride in obedience to every speed limit sign (every? I doubt it) will heed the most practical road sign of all SLOW TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT. Bill Holland Mounds Park _____________________________________________ SPPS Budget Reduction Forum - Feb. 23-27 Co-Sponsored By NEAT: http://www.stpaulneat.org/ _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
