Speeding 'cushion' may dwindle due to recession
By Larry Copeland, USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-03-30-speeding-cushion_N.htm?se=yahoorefer
(The Governors Highway Safety Association, which represents state highway
safety offices, issued a report in 2005 stating that police in 42 states
routinely let drivers exceed speed limits. )
The recession may be claiming a new victim: the 5-10-mph "cushion" police
and state troopers across the USA have routinely given motorists exce