Illinois to let truckiers drive 65 on interstates starting Jan 1
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From: Brent on 16 Dec 2009 00:51 On 2009-12-16, Matthew Russotto <russotto(a)grace.speakeasy.net> wrote: > In article <d393c45e-4caf-464b-b727-6d00a31ac520(a)u22g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>, > gpsman <gpsman(a)driversmail.com> wrote: >>On Dec 7, 12:00=A0am, Brent <tetraethylleadREMOVET...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>> On 2009-12-07, lyon_wonder <lyon_won...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>> >>> > He said the central shop produces 70,000 signs a year for use >>> > statewide ? everything from yield to tourism signs ? but about 40,000 >>> > to 50,000 are refurbished signs. The recycled signs are flattened, >>> > stripped of lettering and paint with high-pressure water, ?kissed? >>> > with a belt sander down to the basic aluminum and repainted. >>> >>> What a waste of money. It's just standard AL sheet. >> >>Which aluminum alloy is "standard"...? > > 5052. Any more questions? laff. Can he be any more stupid? I got curious as to what grade it was and found this: http://www.signsandblanks.com/aluminum-sign-blanks.html Look at the prices then compare to what government pays for labor... and this for already cut signs. These government employees would have to process several signs an hour to even match buying the blanks at retail. Anyway, back to gpstroll's stupidity... http://www.signsandblanks.com/faq#listitem3-6885 What grade of aluminum is used to make road sign blanks? We offer aluminum sign blanks in two alloys, 5052-H38 and 3105-H191. We carry multiple guages (thickness) including .040, .063, .080, .100, and ..125. All aluminum is processed in-house to better control quality. We level, treat, cut, punch and radius aluminum coils into road sign aluminum blanks, all within our 65,000 square foot production facility.
From: gpsman on 16 Dec 2009 08:42 On Dec 15, 11:40 pm, russo...(a)grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto) wrote: > In article <d393c45e-4caf-464b-b727-6d00a31ac...(a)u22g2000vbb.googlegroups..com>, > > gpsman <gps...(a)driversmail.com> wrote: > >On Dec 7, 12:00=A0am, Brent <tetraethylleadREMOVET...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > >> What a waste of money. It's just standard AL sheet. > > >Which aluminum alloy is "standard"...? > > 5052. Any more questions? 1. By what criteria is 5052 "standard" aluminum sheet? 2. What size is "standard" aluminum sheet? 3. What gauge is "standard" aluminum sheet? 4. Is any gauge specified by MUTCD? 5. Is the following correct? (-In message <dip225p9b05vcejgb5sqopkq0gqemspl54(a)4ax.com> Scott in SoCal <scottenazt...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: +In message <alangbaker-820F30.18224829052...(a)news.shawcable.com>, Alan Baker <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote: +Usenet rule: You make a claim: you provide the support. -That rule is hardly restricted to USENET. It's a general rule of debate in any forum.) Thanks! ----- - gpsman
From: Jonathan Grobe on 20 Dec 2009 14:48 So has anyone ever been behind a semi on one of these Illinois rural interstates only driving 55 mph? I haven't (although I don't drive in Illinois very often). -- Jonathan Grobe Books Browse our inventory of thousands of used books at: http://www.grobebooks.com
From: Rocky on 20 Dec 2009 17:22 "Jonathan Grobe" <grobe(a)netins.net> wrote in message news:slrnhisvsc.tpj.grobe(a)worf.netins.net... > So has anyone ever been behind a semi on one of these > Illinois rural interstates only driving 55 mph? > > I haven't (although I don't drive in Illinois very often). Semis like Schneider day cabs are governed to 60 mph so there will be semis still going 60 even after they raise the speed limit to 65 in Illinois. What will be interesting is if the cars in Illinois speed up. I remember when they raised the speed limit on the Ohio Turnpike and even though cars and truck had the exact same speed limit the cars still had to drive faster and speed more time with the troopers. http://wookiee.home.att.net/OhioAt65 Rocky
From: Rocky on 2 Jan 2010 08:03
added: misc.transport.trucking "lyon_wonder" <lyon_wonder(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:f41ph590i8lnmu9d13di8f08mnid0u8jd8(a)4ax.com... > http://www.sj-r.com/news/x730414505/IDOT-prepares-for-trucks-to-go-65-mph > > THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER > Posted Dec 06, 2009 @ 12:30 AM > Last update Dec 06, 2009 @ 08:21 AM > > The most significant change in Illinois speed-limit law in more than > three decades will require fewer signs, not more. About 500 fewer. > > The Illinois Department of Transportation expects to begin removing 55 > mph speed-limit signs for truckers from rural interstates - pretty > much everything outside of metropolitan Chicago - shortly after the > first of the year as the big rigs join the rest of the traffic with a > speed limit of 65 mph. "shortly after the first of the year?" That is bull because the speed limit for trucks in Illinois changed at midnight not "shortly after the first of the year" and all anybody had to do to verify that for themselves was ask a State Patrol Officer at a truck stop just like I did. The Officer told me the speed limit was 65 then he asked me if I drive a Truck. I said yes and then he said they just haven't changed the signs yet. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB3956lv.pdf I like the new speed limit a lot but it seems a few of the 4 wheelers haven't figured out that they can't pass every truck like they used to. I drove on the Ohio Turnpike the day they changed that speed limit years ago and even though the signs showed 65 mph truck driver were afraid to go much over 65 that but that doesn't seem to be the case in Illinois at least not yet. I used the CB radio to tell other truck drivers what the State Patrol told me all the sudden I noticed the three trucks in front of me pulling away from me. Guss the news traveled fast. :-) <snip> > BAN ON TEXTING TO START, TOO > > Texting and driving, and talking on a cell phone in construction and > school zones, also will be banned Jan. 1 in Illinois. That is a bummer because now I have to be stopped to post a message to a newsgroup and then indicate a stop on my log book. > One measure signed in August by Gov. Pat Quinn will make it illegal to > "compose, send or read text messages, e-mail on a cell phone, or surf > the Internet while driving." The ban also includes personal digital > assistants and portable or mobile computers but does not include > global positioning or navigation systems. I guess they have to consider the cars that have the GPS built in . Rocky |