A view through the windscreen of a Model T Ford pickup truck doing about 35 mph on an L.A. freeway... in the carpool lane.
This is Model T Ford climbing a slight incline at just over 20 mph.
On a flat piece of roadway, a Model T Ford could be doing about 35 mph (almost flat out). I have sometimes encountered Model T Fords on Interstate 35 between Dallas and San Antonio, traveling around 30 mph (speed limit of 70, many cars going 80).
I have never seen or heard of one being pulled over for impeding traffic, being forced onto the shoulder, or having the driver arrested and jailed. I have never heard of one being run over by a Ford F-150 doing 75 mph. If I were to drive a Texas licensed Model T Ford from downtown Ennis to downtown Waxahachie, at 25-30 mph in the right hand lane of State Highway 287, what do you think the chances of my being ticketed for impeding traffic would be? Or being arrested and jailed?
Better, or worse, than winning the State Lottery after buying just one ticket?
Photos from the Model T Forum
3 comments:
Is the driver of a Model T moving at 30 mph among 70 mph traffic driving so slow as to impede the normal and reasonable flow of traffic? Yes, he's driving below the subjectively determined minimum speed of such a road.
Is it a violation of the minimum speed law? No, because he is permitted by law to travel on this road and is going as fast as he reasonably can.
The question of whether he is impeding is irrelevant, as it is in Reed's case. For the same reason.
Some of the interstates in the East have a posted minimum speed limit of 40mph, but I believe this applies to all the PA and DE interstates, even if it is not posted. There are almost always a number of alternatives, so this is not a big issue.
The problem is bridges. Of 7 bridges across the Delaware, 3 are interstates, 1 is for trains, and only 1 bridge (40 miles away) allows pedestrians and bicyclists at any time. While 3 of the bridges have no minimum speeds on the adjoining highways would allow Model Ts, bicyclists are prohibited from 2 of the bridge (but can use the road on either side).
Car clubs cannot impede traffic. Traffic impedes itself in their vicinity, even if they are in an adjoining parking lot. Perhaps ESPECIALLY so. The cars in question should be no younger than those built in the 1960's.
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