drdubb
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Saw a news clip....he was arrested. Pretty serious charges.
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http://m.yourglenrosetx.com/article/20151019/NEWS/151019367
William Crum sends Granbury motorcyclists to the ditch, not his first encounter with law enforcement
Personally, if Crum was 20 below the limit then he can be passed legally as far as I am concerned. He makes himself the equivalent of farm machinery. It is not illegal to pass when something is impeding normal traffic.
This was in Texas. Most roads even 2 lane ones have 70 mph speed limit so 20 under might have been 50 mph, not farm machinery speed even in Texas.
I see no reason why this has a double yellow. Unless the photo stretched it out. I wouldn't have a problem passing on a double yellow if it was safe to do so and I was following a driver doing 20 under the limit.Something that may be foreign to many on the forum here, especially those in the northeast, is that most all Texas roads are built properly with the correct banking around curves for high speeds, along with a shoulder instead of a vehicle-flipping rut in the dirt.
Texas (I are one) highway speed limits were 70 day/night 55 MPH in the good old days. I'm sure the roads were designed for quite a bit more speed as you could drive 75 and not get stopped. Then came 55 and the big Lone Star State became effectively even bigger!
Many of the rural FM (Farm to Market) two-lane roads are now 75 MPH however it is surprising how many people drive 45 or 50.
Where the accident happened appears to have a 60 MPH speed limit. It has been a few years since I drove down Tin Top Road but it can be fairly busy for a rural FM highway.
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Heck Therapy, I can show you roads around Ocala, Gainesville, Williston, Archer which are similar with 65mph speed limit on them; IE, 19, 27, 24, 241, 337, 336, if not 65, then most of the roads, even the 2 lane county roads are at least 60mph.70 on 2-lane roads!! Really?
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I knew I wanted to move to Texas!
But looking at where they are and what kind of roads they are indicates to me (as seen in the video) that no way was this a 70 mph roadway.
Maybe I am wrong, but if it was 50 and Crum kept dropping to 30 (or 60-40) I might pass him too.
Let's see what comes of the trial. It will all be there, if there is one.