Sound Off
Sound Off: On K-10, there is a work zone area and there is a reduced speed limit. However, there are no workers out there lately. Does one follow the 60 mph reduced speed limit or drive the traditional 70 mph as everyone seems to be doing?
Kimberly Qualls, public affairs manager with the Kansas Department of Transportation, said in an email that the K-10 work zone and its speed limit are in place at all times until the work is completed. At times, the reduced speed limit signs will be covered and drivers can go 70 mph. But if the work zone signs are uncovered, drivers should not exceed the reduced speed limit.
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Comments
KUinAussie 8 months ago
why is it this same post was made around a year ago?
id have to dig, but reading this i couldnt help but get the feeling of deja' vu!
srj 8 months ago
It is a good question. I drove it yesterday, put the cruise on 65, and people where blowing by me. And we all know that county line between Eudora and Desoto has radar going a lot.
jjinks 8 months ago
What people don't stop to realize is how much hitting someone will ruin their own lives not to mention the others involved, and for what, to save a few seconds in their day? It is ridiculous the chance they take for nothing.
troll 8 months ago
Or how about stop signs in grocery store parking lots.
Oh, wait, that one has been answered, I don't have to stop at those stop signs.
http://www2.ljworld.com/qa/sound_off/2012/feb/12/soundoff_stop_sign_grocery/
windex 8 months ago
Jc,
EXACTLY. Sometimes I see a pedestrian and I know I'm not supposed to hit them but I'm thinking "this guy sure doesn't look like he pays any income tax, so if he's not going to care about his life, why should I?" Or like if I have a better car ('cause I do), doesn't that mean I get to go faster? Why should I have to go the same speed as, for example, someone who "works" for the government?
jq6pack 8 months ago
Its AN AWESOME question
School zones with no kids -- no reduced limit
Construction zone yesterday on 470, state trooper with a radar gun around the bend in the highway near the 470 entrance, not a worker or piece of construction on the orange barrel area about 1/10 of a mile long (luckily I was with family and under the construction zone limit).
Down the road, miles of construction on 470, a single lane for traffic, several workers in action with equipment, no law enforcement in sight.
The credibility of the very worthwhile purpose of these laws is undermined by the disconnect from the protection required. Oh, and the crassly opportunistic appearance of law enforcement seemingly more focused on issuing tickets than supporting the spirit of the law doesn't help either.
notwhatyouthink 8 months ago
The work zone speed reductions are not just for workers. They are in place because of increased dangers like lane shifts, closures, or reductions. Things like added signage, blocked exits or construction equipment and materials on the side of the road make the safety need for the slower speed.
The fines are double because of people like you don't want to slow down unless made to.
Pork_Ribs 8 months ago
"One" drives the speed limit if "one" does not want a ticket. Is this some kind of joke? To think that you actually vote as well is a scary thought. Can anyone venture to guess as to the affiliation of the writer? Probably intelligent with absolutely no wisdom or common sense....the definition of a liberal.
kernal 8 months ago
If "One" had a "brain", "One" would know this has nothing to do with politics.
JayCat_67 8 months ago
A brain and a life.
kernal 8 months ago
People are speeding through the work zone on E. 23rd where the bridge is being replaced, as well. Thing is, they don't see any workers as they approach, so they continue on at 45 to 50mph but the workers are there. I used to see a LPD car out there but didn't see any this past week.
Oh, wait! We don't want to pay for more LPD personnel cause we don't need them!
Nevermind.
justanotherface 8 months ago
I always go the construction zone speed limit and people fly by me every time on E. 23rd by the bridge. I also get honked at and flipped off by the idiots behind me. I've LOVE to see LPD bust some of these idiots so they can find out how much construction zone speed tickets cost.
Isabelle 8 months ago
I also notice the people coming from Eudora are the worst offenders on K10 eastbound. Isn't this construction in reaction to the terrible accident of the little boy that died on K10? And the family is from Eudora?
JayCat_67 8 months ago
How, pray tell, you just happen to "notice" this? Do you just sit out by the Eudora exits and count all the cars that seem to be going faster than the others. Do you have your own personal radar gun and jot down a record of all cars and notice that the ones coming off the ramp are traveling at a significantly higher speed than those already on the road? And, of course those going toward Lawrence must not be in as big of a hurry, since it's only those going eastbound whom you seem to notice. Geesh!
Isabelle 8 months ago
Nope- I drive it every day east and west and yes, I actually drive slow thru this construction. And yes it's happening in both directions. Do you live in Eudora? Maybe you can tell yr neighbors to slow down and not try and kill someone else.
monheim 8 months ago
Be an adult and assume the posted speed limit is the speed limit. You aren't going to save yourself a significant amount of time. Get over yourself. A lot of people think they notice something that others don't ("Hey, I don't see no workers!"). You're not noticing anything others haven't noticed. You (nor I) don't know the reason signs are left posted when they are. You don't know how long it takes to put the signs and cones up every day. You don't know what the road is actually like even though you don't see anyone working on it. Just get over it. You're not an expert on it and it's not a big deal.
patkindle 8 months ago
laws are not worth much if they are not enforced,,,,,
no one follws the rules, unless someone is watching them ,.... especially on k10, thats where the fools hang out
Squid7085 8 months ago
There are quite a few states who's work zone laws say "when workers present." So for a person who may not have grown up in Kansas, I can understand the confusion, although every one of those states typically has the wordage "When workers present" posted. With that said, I was on k-10 the other day, and there was not a single person going under 70, or even 75 in the work zones. I just fell in behind some traffic going a little over 70 and let the others blow past. I will follow the speed of the slowest traffic almost always.
greyfeld 8 months ago
there were three highway patrol cars that had stopped speeders last night around 12:30 a.m. on my way home from KC. You've been warned.
bladejhawk 8 months ago
Totally different scenario....was on I-35 in Olathe going thru a work zone that was reduced to 1 lane (normally 3 lanes), not a worker in sight the whole zone. Traffic was backed up for miles, and moved at a snail's pace the whole way. Took 45 minutes to travel what normally would take 5! I believe they (KDOT) just didn't want to take down the cones, signs, etc. until Monday morning, and then have to put them back up. Obviously, they didn't care a damn about what effect it had on traffic!
Curtis Lange 8 months ago
I hope MORE people see the answer to this question. It is a tad ridiculous how many people think that just because there aren't any workers there, the construction zone speed limit doesn't apply. I drive through the construction zone twice a day (930pm-10pm and 530-6am) and get passed like I'm sitting still with my cruise set at 62.
The BEST part, though, is once I'm out of the construction zone I go back to my regular 75mph and pass those same idiots that passed me. Can't comprehend the logic of going close to 10mph over in a construction zone where the fine is doubled vs five over for a ticket that doesn't effect one's insurance. Smart. Now, if only they would patrol that stretch (and the JoCo stretch now too) to enforce the damn speed limit.
kwilkins74 8 months ago
I drive 10 highway every day atleast 2 times a day. It never fails people are flying by, some doing atleast 80 and never any radar. I've seen 1 sheriff in the last month at 4 am on Tuesday morning. Wasn't that supposed to be a safety corridor with more patrols.
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