Beg to differ with you Brandi. 

What period of the day were you driving to work the day (or after) of the change?  Was it light out?  Was it rush hour when your attention is fully drawn to the traffic itself (which by the way was going the *original* speed limit, just like myself)?  Conditions in that area of 60 warrant a little more than two small signs that nobody has seen before, especially before sunrise on a workday. 

If you noticed them under the same driving conditions and time of day as when I went through, then good for you - better alertness level than me and about 70 percent of the other drivers on 60 that morning.

Also - they didn’t put a sign up on the offramp from 288 SB until at least a few days later, and I think that would have tipped off a few more people than it did originally.

for my first trip after the change, the signs were very clear and obvious to me, not sneaky.

not all road conditions allow “advance notice” of a change, so as drivers, it’s our responsibility to simply PAY ATTENTION to our surroundings. how hard is that? apparently, harder for some than others!

speeding is something you cannot blame on anyone but yourself. be a grownup, own it, and save the “whine” for the cheese.

Depends on when he did get the ticket.  I for one do not have any problems with the speed reduction, but I will tell you that it didn’t take but a SINGLE day for the Chesterfield cops to start enforcing it.

And if I remember right, no real warning signs of the reduction.  One day it was not there, the other day it was.  At least have a lighted sign up for a day saying “beware - new traffic pattern ahead” or something more than speed limit signs just “appearing” overnight.  I can see why he feels ambushed…

And frankly, I think the whole reason for the reduction is poor planning or construction of the barricades - For one… the merge lane from 288 SB is a serious accident waiting to happen (it’s non existent!)… and then around the curves heading westbound the lanes are so narrow that I’m surprised there hasn’t been any wrecks yet.  Ever try negotiating those curves when right beside you is a big moving van or UPS truck?  White-knuckle all the way!

There was nothing sneaky about the speed reduction and if Mr. Gonzalez travels the corridor regularly, he would have known the speed was dropped back in December.  It is a dangerous section and the speed should have been dropped as soon as the lanes were shifted.  Personally, I feel the area should show more police pressence to scare drivers into slowing down.  I try to slow and get pushed up the road by impatient drivers, especially on the west bound side. The only problem I have is that those exiting off 288 onto 60 do not have a sign to inform them of the speed limit nor do the west bound drivers have enough exceleration lane to merge into traffice safely, they just pop out at you.  I’m sorry that Mr. Gonzalez was the one to get caught, but “oh well” - do the posted limit!