state by state speak your mind about......connecticut

[Chan790]

23. All that is true and yet..as a state we have one of the better driving records.

Go figure. Honestly, with all those 5-line interstates and 3-lane state roads the speed-limits should be 70MPH in some places and are too low by about 15MPH. Connecticut DOT's slogan should be: "We know you can't wait to leave...and we've facilitated that effort."

Actually, it's because of our former Republican governors who were adamant about spending every DOT $ the CT General Assembly budgeted on not building the approved light-rail public-transit system covering about 2/3 the state. The GA would budget $50M for the rail project and Rowland and Rell would create "emergency" road-projects out of thin-air to eat up the budgeted funds.* The two rail projects (extension of the Metro-North line across CT into Springfield MA and a five-line light-rail system centered on Hartford and running about 35mi out from the city to New Haven, New Britain/Bristol, Windsor-Locks/Bradley-Airport) were both estimated for completion in 2010 and neither is even half-done.

And yes, we're considered to be a good driving state and get insurance rates reflecting a lower rate of accidents than other areas of similar population-density and traffic-patterns.

*-Seriously, there are NASCAR tracks that have not been resurfaced as often as I-84 and I-95.