Drivers should follow speed limit

The word "limit" in the dictionary states, "The final or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, etc." It doesn't say anything about a suggestion..

I'm talking about the speed limit signs. I don't think they meant them as just suggestions. If it says Speed Limit 50, that means 50 is as fast as you are supposed to go. Not 65 or 70. But 50. And they've done this for a reason. It's called safety.

I'm getting very tired of going the speed limit and having people behind me riding my bumper, flipping me off and cussing at me and trying to intimidate me to go faster. The place I'm talking about is the 30-mile-an-hour zone on Highway 20 east of Burlington going into town. It's almost a daily occurrence that someone gets behind me and thinks they have to go faster. Why? I'm following the rules of the road. If they think the speed should be faster, let them go to whoever makes those rules and try to get it changed. But leave me alone. If they're late then they need to leave a bit earlier. Or if they think it's fun to harass someone they better think twice. If I were to have to put my brakes on they would be sitting on the back of my car.
I wish the local law enforcement would do an emphasis on that part of the highway. Make people aware of the speed limit in that area. Someday someone might get hurt because of their actions.

Shirley Ann Johnson
Sedro-Woolley

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