I don't know if the officer was telling the truth or not regarding the existence of previous warning signs or if the driver entered the highway before seeing the signs. There is justification for slowing down in a construction zone when workers are present. However, if some motorist wants to suffer damage to his vehicle from loose gravel by driving too fast, that is his business. As to the danger, it appears the weather was fine. It is not the business of government to impose endlessly silly nanny state rules, as is increasingly the case. Too often, speed traps are difficult to avoid. For example, US 69 in Oklahoma, unlike several Oklahoma interstates, is not a toll road, yet the towns along the route are notorious for setting up speed traps, thereby collecting revenue, none of which is spent on improving the highway, which is in atrocious shape from the Texas line to Big Cabin. US 69 is really a toll road, even if the state of Oklahoma refuses to acknowledge it.
We would be a far better country if government on all levels just left people alone, even if they do foolish things. Most traffic laws are far more about enriching the local Boss Hogg or, in liberal cities, imposing an anti-automobile social agenda, than actual safety.
“However, if some motorist wants to suffer damage to his vehicle from loose gravel by driving too fast, that is his business.”
I see. So you don’t mind paying several HUNDRED DOLLARS to have your windshield replaced, because some irresponsible driver who was violating posted speed limits got his tires off on the shoulder and sent gravel flying across the highway?
Or maybe he loses control and swerves head on into your lane, killing you and your family.
I guess that’s OK?
“Too often, speed traps are difficult to avoid.”
Only if you are speeding.