Feel Free to Ignore Digital Speed Signs on I-270 Beginning in July
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| Sammy Hagar approved. |
Now, beginning in July, the signs will play only an "advisory role" in directing traffic. Motorists who choose to ignore the signs -- which change the posted speed limit depending on traffic conditions -- won't face any penalties or tickets so long as they're observing the highway's maximum speed limit of 60 mph.
The Post-Dispatch has more on the story this morning, including the results of a study that found that motorist and local police found the signs to be largely ineffective. The same study, however, noted that accidents have dropped along the Missouri side of I-270 since the arrival of the digital speed signs.
The Missouri Department of Transportation spent around $900,000 on the experimental program.
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