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re: Doubling Down on Dumb: Louisiana May Consider Lowering Speed Limit on Basin

Posted on 8/27/19 at 5:46 pm to
Posted by eScott
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 8/27/19 at 5:46 pm to
Drive it at 4am and you'll see them doing 80 in the left lane. When the state troopers come out at 5am they start sticking to the right lane.

Louisiana should make it law that trucks have to stay in the right lane on the interstate.
This post was edited on 8/27/19 at 5:48 pm
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
59761 posts
Posted on 8/27/19 at 5:50 pm to
In kentucky on one stretch of I think I-75 they make them stay in the left lane. Completely fricks everything up.
This post was edited on 8/27/19 at 5:52 pm
Posted by mindbreaker
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2011
7643 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 6:28 am to
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Louisiana should make it law that trucks have to stay in the right lane on the interstate.


This only works if you set the minimum speed limit for personal vehicles the same as the maximum speed limit for trucks. You know how many idiots on the interstate I see going under 60 or even 55. this screws up traffic just as bad as anything.
Posted by tigers win2
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2009
3840 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 7:01 am to
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Drive it at 4am and you'll see them doing 80 in the left lane. When the state troopers come out at 5am they start sticking to the right lane.


Seems like the basin bridge is the perfect location and proper application for speed cameras that can capture speeders 24 hours a day. Put them every 1/2 mile.
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
43144 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 7:31 am to
Lowering speed limit will just make it worse
Posted by BourreTheDog
Member since May 2016
2439 posts
Posted on 8/28/19 at 9:29 am to
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Louisiana should make it law that trucks have to stay in the right lane on the interstate.


This compounds the problem, as 95% of the Tractor Trailer traffic is ‘thru traffic’ and a right lane only for trucks forces merging traffic to intersect w/ large, slow to react, vehicles. If you are going to restrict truck lanes, put them in the far left lane.
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