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Gubernatorial Candidate Wants to Sell Speeding Passes for $25
If Nevada gubernatorial candidate Eugene "Gino" DiSimone gets his way, $25 will buy you the right to drive up to 90mph for a day. DiSimone estimates his "free limit plan" will raise $1 billion a year for Nevada. From the article: "First, vehicles would have to pass a safety inspection. Then vehicle information would be loaded into a database, and motorists would purchase a transponder. After setting up an account, anyone in a hurry could dial in, and for $25 charged to a credit card, be free to speed for 24 hours."
Yup. When I did a daily car commute, the right lane was always the fastest. I mean, think about it, who would be caught dead in the "slow lane"? It would be just so unfashionable! Thus, all the inattentive soccer moms would pile up in the trendy left lane and camp there their whole trip. Even in dense traffic, the right lane would be the fastest.
It is so nice to drive on roads where everybody sticks to the right. Makes it easy to use cruise control and makes determining the relative speeds of fellow drivers easier too.
Moral? Stick to the right, jackass.