Dear Editor,
Lowering the speed limit on Killington Road to 30 miles per hour probably makes sense on the stretch from the Lookout Tavern/Basin Ski Shop to West Hill Road. However from West Hill Road the speed limit should be raised to 40 mph and enforced. Forty miles per hour on this northern section would be reasonable. Thirty miles per hour may be viewed as unreasonable. Reasonable laws and regulations are obeyed. Unreasonable ones are ignored.
I base this suggestion from my years on the planning commission and observations from my office on Killington Road. Lowering the speed limit on the northern section would only generate scorn from the reasonable drivers and laughs from the quasi NASCAR wannabes who like to tailgate each other at high speed.
What is the opinion from a professional traffic engineer?
David A.Rosenblum,
Killington
