> Paul Stevens wrote:

>> "Faye" att.net> wrote in message
>> news:3290653e-1b7c-4b4a-b6cc-2491df58ea04@l42g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...

>>> jakdedert wrote:

>>>> Reflecting on this, the second day of the Metro school year.
>>>>
>>>> Okay, when the school zone sign says '15 mph', why do many instead go
>>>> just FIVE mph...

>>>
>>> I have noticed the phenomenon that when I am in my Crossfire, if I go
>>> over about eight miles per hour, crossing guards whistle at me to slow
>>> down. Once I actually stopped and asked why I was whistled when I
>>> wasn't going even close to 15 mph only to get a *duh* response.
>>>
>>>

>>
>> Try downshifting a diesel, to keep the engine in the rpm range it's
>> happiest at, and watch the crossing guard go bananas, even though
>> you were at 15mph and downshifting is slowing you down.

> IME, for the most part, if you confront them, they back down. That
> assumes you are obeying both the letter and intent of the law, of course.
> Normally it's not worth it, unless you have to deal with a particular
> guard daily.
>
> The one at DB Todd & Jo Johnston (MLK Magnet) was particularly
> annoying--her whistle never left her mouth, and seemed to sound off with
> every breath. She seemed to only pause in order to point at me and yell.
> Finally one morning I asked her why, since I was VERY careful to give her
> no legal reason for alarm. She replied that I was 'just' over the speed
> limit. I assured her, in no uncertain terms, that was not the case. It
> seemed to satisfy her. While she whistled every other car in the
> intersection AM & PM, she subsequently left me alone...even going so far
> as to assure one morning that she was whistling up the car in front of me.
>
> The lady at 24th & Fairfax, however....
>
> jak