10-12-2013, 05:43 AM
I've heard the slower pace argument before, and "this ain't the mainland." On the other hand, there are still people who want to get where they're going, and 35 is still pretty slow for a highway unless there are compelling reasons to be stuck with them. For 11 into Hilo I think the reasons are the number of cross streets, and pedestrian crossings, both of which could probably be fixed relatively cheaply with pedestrian overpasses and underpasses. Over and underpasses seem to almost be nonexistent here, whereas mainland roads are riddled with them. In the end that would not only create a faster but a safer road system. I just find it funny that since at least the mid-1950's, with the establishment of the large development plots, people have known a population boom was going to happen here, yet here we are in 2013 still stuck with a mid-20th century road system.
In other places, when you're speeding and caught, you generally know that you were doing it. Here it seems that you can be going what appears to be a reasonable speed and still be stopped for speeding, and what's more, the cops are waiting at those areas where speed limit and intuition don't match. That's a different experience for me than mainland driving. On the mainland you can be a conscientious driver without constantly glimpsing the speedometer and without getting stopped. Here that doesn't work.
In other places, when you're speeding and caught, you generally know that you were doing it. Here it seems that you can be going what appears to be a reasonable speed and still be stopped for speeding, and what's more, the cops are waiting at those areas where speed limit and intuition don't match. That's a different experience for me than mainland driving. On the mainland you can be a conscientious driver without constantly glimpsing the speedometer and without getting stopped. Here that doesn't work.