I-81 is a fast moving road, and people try to hustle through the construction zones without slowing down. This is a recipe for disaster.
I drive this road every other week, and when I hit a construction zone, I slow down and get to the right. I don’t give a hoot what traffic is doing. They can go around me if they want to speed.
I would rather get hit with a 15 MPH differential speed from the rear than slam head on into something at 65 MPH.
If it starts getting hairy, I just turn on my emergency flashers. I will not be buffaloed into speeding up. Not going to happen. Those speed limits are there for a reason, particularly in the construction zones.
If ten percent of vehicles would comply with the speed limit, the rest of the traffic would have to slow down.
It must be a Western Va thing but people on I-81 here don’t drive that fast. The problem is that they slow down or stop for everything. I usually drive around the speed limit and I don’t get passed that much. But an 18-wheeler will pull out into the left lane to pass someone and then slow to 45 in a 65 on a hill. Once the brake lights come on, all Hell breaks loose.
Of course, I think we are more mountainous here between Wytheville and Harrisonburg
“If ten percent of vehicles would comply with the speed limit, the rest of the traffic would have to slow down.”
There you go bringing logic and commonsense into the discussion.
I am definitely a fellow right lane speed limit follower. ESPECIALLY in construction zones.