"I Can't Drive 55"

I can relate to what Sammy Hagar was ranting about back in that 1980 something tune. Have you ever really driven 55MPH? It seems as though you are standing still. I'd like to meet the person responsible for picking 55MPH as the standard speed limit. I know many stretches of Interstate allow 65MPH, but here on Long Island it's 55MPH tops everywhere. I think 55MPH is outdated and should be raised almost everywhere. People are traveling well above that limit anyway, let's just make it a law. I consistently pass State Troopers and Police at 65-70MPH and they let you be. I guess they are looking for the real abusers at 75MPH plus. If everyone really drove 55MPH here on Long Island, the traffic would be so much worse than it already is. (if that's possible) The roads here were never designed to hold the volume of traffic that they hold today. You would think, being that we are one of the highest taxed areas in the country, that they would be creative and come up with ideas to alleviate the traffic crisis that we have here. They add carpool lanes and bullshit like that. Yeah, I am going to go pick up some wacky MOFO that I don't even know and drive him/her to work every day........maybe I'll pick up bagels for them while I am at it. It makes me sick when I see the infrastructure in other nations and how beautiful they are. High tech roads, high tech transit systems, etc. New York should really be ashamed of itself with it's 100+ year old bridges and tunnels and it's obsolete rail system. New York is supposed to set the standard for the country and for the world, yet we lag behind in the area of traffic and transit. Yet, it is one of the most expensive and highly taxed areas in the country and in the world. Someone's getting rich off these tax dollars......