"rw" wrote in message
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//snip// This summer I met a tourist from LA who got three moving
violations in
two days in Stanley, and she deserved every one of them. I asked our cop
if he could drop one of them, just for good will, but I don't think he
did. Don't speed in this town. Leave your hectic, hell-bent-for-leather
driving habits at home, on the freeways, where they belong.

What happens is that people get distracted by the scenery when they're
coming into town on the highway and forget to slow down from 65 (or more
typically an illegal 75 or higher) to 35, despite the prominent signs. Our
local streets are gravel roads and we enforce the speed limits and stop
signs strictly. It's a safety issue. We don't want the revenue. We just
want people to slow down.

I was in Sequim, Washington over the weekend. The crosswalks in that little
town have yellow patches at either end. If a pedestrian is on or beyond that
yellow patch, traffic stops while he crosses the street. Incredible! A bit
hard for this lead-footed Missouri boy to get used to.
Bob