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From: Nate Nagel on 23 Feb 2010 21:05 On 02/23/2010 09:21 AM, Brent wrote: > On 2010-02-23, N8N<njnagel(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> On Feb 23, 12:27 am, richard<mem...(a)newsguy.com> wrote: >>> On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:12:50 -0800, Scott in SoCal wrote: >>>> As if it weren't easy enough already, a new law would make it easier >>>> for towns to set ridiculously low speed limits for political reasons. >>> >>> Nothing wrong with that idea. In Ohio, it's been that way for decades. >>> But when it comes to US and state highways, then Ohio DOT sets the SL. >>> Ever hear of "home rule"? >>> >>> I didn't know school buses could do 70. >> >> To my knowledge, they can't. Generally they are speed limited to the >> maximum freeway speed limit of the state in which they are used, if >> not less. > > Must be fairly recent. I remember being in a school bus doing 70 or > close to it on the way back from a field trip in grade school. Of course > that was way before today's > control-freak-safety-of-the-precious-snowflakes mentality. > > (the two school bus drivers for the field trip were actually racing each > other I believe) > Maybe it's not universal then. I know that the school buses that my school district used when I was in high school had governors, because I remember riding to away track meets in the right hand lane at exactly 55 MPH the whole way. I just ASSumed that it was across the board, but it might have been mandated at the state or local level. I know that a couple of the drivers confirmed to me that they were speed limited. (so were Ryder rental trucks as of maybe 10 years ago as well... that one I know from personal experience!) nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel |