cgrimi's Blog

40 - 60 Isn't that the speed limit anyway.

I like to see someone go at least 40 mph on northbound I-270 between Gravois and Dougherty Ferry Road during the morning rush.

I think someone at MoDOT had to meet a quota of decisions and came up with this.

Your tax dollars at work. Unbelievable.

I agree with speedy.

Geez, this is a dumb idea.

Maybe when 270 is backed up bumper to bumper for miles as it is almost every rush hour AM or PM, the signs could read "0 MPH" because that is the practical speed limit!

Did they reason out, too, that if the purpose is to slow you down when traffic is, ahem, already slowing down, that 1) shouldn't people just notice traffic is slowing, are they saying we are not capable of that?, and 2) maybe paying attention to those damn signs will DISTRACT drivers and CAUSE more accidents when traffic is already at a crawl?

Methinks again, like many things done by MoDOT under Blunt and the current Missouri Congress, that this is driven by money. More money for the contractors building these signs, more money from fines to make up for the shortfalls all taxing entities are facing as they cut taxes for the rich to practically nothing - in other words, I doubt very much our safety is their reasoning here.

No, folks, I think money is the driving force here, as it is with just about anything done in Republican times.

Is there a such thing as a "true" speed limit? If you are on the interstate and traffic is going 75 or 80 - what are you going to do? We were in Orlando this past week and they do 80 all the time unless it's gridlocked.

Traffic flow is the main decisive factor on what that speed limit is. The speed limit on 270 at that projected time can be 126mph (uh umm) but traffic says it's 22mph.

MoDot is up to another crazy idea just like the 40/64 project and/or initially turning down a free $450 million paid for by Illinois.

the way I am understanding how the new signs will work, is, say you are in gridlock on 270 at hwy 44 south bound then down the road at maybe around hwy 40 the speed will drop to allow traffic to clear up ahead. but the question I have is what happens if you pass a sign and it changes just after you pass. can the cops give you a ticket because the speed has changed but you would not know till you reach the next sign and could that sign have not changed yet or even at all. and the way some people drive on 270 is the speed limit not just a suggestion to them anyway! ! ! ! just my thoughts

I can't tell if it is a money maker or waster!

The cost to replace and then maintain the signs has not been mentioned. Only the cost to replace them. And as someone else said, the computer controlled signs can AND WILL have times where they just will not work! There is a cost involved there as well. What will that be? Where will the monies come from for the maintenance/replacement when one is hit in an accident?

The current cost for the current signs is a norm and has been in the budget for years. We have paid for them already and now we will have to pay for new electronic one’s!

Government waist at it’s best! Come on Elliot start digging.