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Belmont Resident · 02-17-2009, 05:10 AM

It used to be only during tourist season now it is all year long.
And it is no different on our trips to Maine. We will see someone doing something stupid and the first thing we look at is the plate. 90% of the time it is Mass., NY, NJ etc.
Last year we were driving back home and ran into a mini blizzard on 95 in the Augusta area. There was a new king cab truck with a 4-6 place trailer in the ditch facing the opposite way with parts all over the place. It had Mass plates.
For some reason they are always in a big hurry to get from point A to point B and do so at the risk of putting the rest of us in harms way. Then they blame our roads for being the problem, never once thinking had they slowed down they might have gotten there without having to sit in the middle of a pile up.
Then there are the ones doing 35 on the highway. Now that is not an out of state issue, it has been ongoing for ever. If you are afraid to drive in the snow stay home or take the back roads. I can see driving according to the conditions but when you can see the pavement or the temp is above freezing and the roads are wet then do the speed limit or a reasonable speed not 25 on 106 or 35 on 93. That’s as dangerous to the rest of us as doing 80 when it’s snowing.

02-17-2009, 05:10 AM	#15
Belmont Resident Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Belmont NH but prefer Jackman Maine Posts: 1,857 Thanks: 491 Thanked 409 Times in 251 Posts	it isn't funny any more It used to be only during tourist season now it is all year long. And it is no different on our trips to Maine. We will see someone doing something stupid and the first thing we look at is the plate. 90% of the time it is Mass., NY, NJ etc. Last year we were driving back home and ran into a mini blizzard on 95 in the Augusta area. There was a new king cab truck with a 4-6 place trailer in the ditch facing the opposite way with parts all over the place. It had Mass plates. For some reason they are always in a big hurry to get from point A to point B and do so at the risk of putting the rest of us in harms way. Then they blame our roads for being the problem, never once thinking had they slowed down they might have gotten there without having to sit in the middle of a pile up. Then there are the ones doing 35 on the highway. Now that is not an out of state issue, it has been ongoing for ever. If you are afraid to drive in the snow stay home or take the back roads. I can see driving according to the conditions but when you can see the pavement or the temp is above freezing and the roads are wet then do the speed limit or a reasonable speed not 25 on 106 or 35 on 93. That’s as dangerous to the rest of us as doing 80 when it’s snowing.