re: #314 Barefoot Grin

That’s really something—great photos. After college a couple of friends and I met up at a friend’s uncle’s place in Minnesota in order to drive around the PNW. When driving across ND my friend was going about 100MPH saying “you can see fifty miles in front of you, it’s not like they can set a speed trap here” before a state trooper appeared behind us.

The folks who run ghostsofnorthdakota.com and ghostsofminnesota.com do a great job with their photos. I can get lost on those for hours.

Yeah, some places you can see for miles. So can the troopers. Plus, they sometimes use planes as part of the speed limit enforcement. Montana used to have no defined daytime speed limit beyond “reasonable and prudent”. Back in the 70s when federal law (loss of highway funds) set nationwide speed limit to 55mph, Montana would issue $5 fines for “unnecessary waste of natural resources” so they could keep getting federal highway funds. I had heard that some jurisdictions allowed you to prepurchase coupon books and you’d rip out a $5 coupon and hand it to the trooper if you were stopped. That, though, might be urban legend.