LJ;955781 wrote:When I say BMW, I mean BMW Financial Services... aka handle every company courtesy car, every consumer and business lease and every BMW financed loan in the U.S.
Alright, even then. On an average day, how many cars does BMW loan or let test drive where a non-traffic stop ticket get issued compared to a car rental company whose whole business is letting as many of their cars on the road every day where a lot of them are strictly for long travel and/or by people who aren't regular drivers to possibly fail to comply with such signage as what FasTrak, K-Tag, PikePass, SunPass, EZPass, I-Pass, I-Zoom, etc are and their rules. Especially since a lot of states (CO, UT, CA, etc) have HOT lanes where are high-occupancy/toll lanes. Either 2+ or pay a toll. So, when you see one that's labeled FasTrack and setup just like an HOV/HOT lane not realizing HOV doesn't qualify as it is 'express toll lanes' only.
Besides, the argument about 'you must know the law whether it's signed or not' pales. MUTCD rule is that toll road advance warning signage must be in purple and any guide sign descriptor must now be in black/yellow (i.e., advisory signage, like a curve speed, pedestrian crossing, etc) unless the road is commonly noted as a turnpike or toll road on other signage.
Same reason a town can't fail to post a speed limit sign and simply assume everyone must 'know the law' that it's 35 through town even without signs. MUTCD rules state a speed limit change must be signed and any change of 10 or more MPH must have an advance warning sign (either advising the future speed or simply stating "Reduced Speed Ahead" a safe distance in advance where a driver can see the sign and still safely slow down to match the future speed from the time they cross the threshold of the Reduced Speed Ahead sign until they reach the Speed Limit sign. It also must be posted at an acceptable size to be read at the rate of speed the current zone is, high enough off the road to be conspicuous, close enough to the road to not be mistaken as being outside the right-of-way, etc.
These rules are in place because towns tried to do that speed trap crap for years and the federal government decided that due to interstate travel all traffic rules/signs must be coherent and posted properly and each state must comply and force all jurisdictions to follow the rules.
The reason why all stop signs are red octagons, stop lights are red/yellow/green, regulatory signs are white with black letters, advisory signs are yellow with black letters, informational signs are blue with white letters, park, sport, activity signs are brown with white letters, etc.
One of the biggest gripes with the MUTCD is the rule that all street blades (i.e., the little signs on stop signs signifying the cross-street) must be retroreflective and in a proper font. This will cost a lot of money but the savings in people finding streets in the dark with currently non-reflective signs can cause rear-end collisions, traffic slowing, etc will make up for it. But, it's on hold for now.
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