06-24-2010, 06:56 PM
Hi all!
My name's Carol, I've been reading everyone's posts for quite awhile now. I retired last March, and now I've moved into my house in HPP that I bought four years ago. So now I'm here fulltime, and I'm loving it!
Here's my gripe - I have never seen speed limits like here on the Big Island. I got stopped by the local gendarme (the one who lurks at the intersection just before the turnoff into Hilo, driving a dark red SUV) - and got nailed for going 55 in the 35 mph zone! (Which then turns into a TWENTY FIVE MPH zone for the "ramp" onto the highway into Hilo.) First ticket in 30 years, $200 ticket, and who knows how much my insurance will go up.
Now I'm using my cruise control and zealously obeying the speed limits - but I seem to be the ONLY person that is doing so. Everyone is flying by me going at least 20 mph faster than me. How does it make sense to have a very well designed ramp that is posted 25 mph when the merging traffic is going at least 55 mph??
Anybody else have any bad luck with the local speed limits? Any suggestions on how to get the limits raised to more realistic levels?
Aloha
Carol
My name's Carol, I've been reading everyone's posts for quite awhile now. I retired last March, and now I've moved into my house in HPP that I bought four years ago. So now I'm here fulltime, and I'm loving it!
Here's my gripe - I have never seen speed limits like here on the Big Island. I got stopped by the local gendarme (the one who lurks at the intersection just before the turnoff into Hilo, driving a dark red SUV) - and got nailed for going 55 in the 35 mph zone! (Which then turns into a TWENTY FIVE MPH zone for the "ramp" onto the highway into Hilo.) First ticket in 30 years, $200 ticket, and who knows how much my insurance will go up.
Now I'm using my cruise control and zealously obeying the speed limits - but I seem to be the ONLY person that is doing so. Everyone is flying by me going at least 20 mph faster than me. How does it make sense to have a very well designed ramp that is posted 25 mph when the merging traffic is going at least 55 mph??
Anybody else have any bad luck with the local speed limits? Any suggestions on how to get the limits raised to more realistic levels?
Aloha
Carol