Letter: Why bother with posted speed limits in Kennewick?
I finally actually passed another automobile on Highway 240 the other day between Kennewick and the Edison overpass. I was shocked that there was another person driving at or below the speed limit.
Where I live, the access street is posted 25 mph and I drive 25 mph, certainly irritating those drivers behind me who ride my bumper just to show their angst at having to obey the law for even a short time.
On Columbia Center Boulevard the 35 mph speed limit apparently doesn’t exist for every other driver, because again I am the only one at that speed, and other drivers weave in and out to gain a place in the race. We usually end up at the same red light.
The only other vehicles I pass occasionally are large trucks.
Law enforcement certainly cannot be everywhere, but is the acceptable limit 5 mph over, 10 mph over or just reckless abandon?
Driving on Interstate 82 at the limit of 70 mph and being passed like I’m standing still should be a problem. When it drops to 60 mph approaching 20th Avenue. and I’m the only one slowing, where is the enforcement?
Earl Martin
Kennewick
This story was originally published November 12, 2015 at 4:27 PM with the headline "Letter: Why bother with posted speed limits in Kennewick?."