Speed Limit Enforced

Having recently driven through Virginia, I saw a bunch of signs that said “Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft”. And that got me thinking.

I doubt the speed limit is actually enforced by the aircraft. It should say “Vehicle Speed Measured by Aircraft”, or something like that. Because there’s no way the airplane is pulling you over.

Plus, “enforced” sounds a little strict, like they have some way of making you go the speed limit whether you want to or not. I suppose that’s on purpose, as they want you to obey. The sign gave me the mental picture of the aircraft being a military VTOL that would descend and hover right in front of you, with guns very visible to let you know they mean business. That would be enforcement.

All the commissioners of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together that the king should establish a statute and enforce an injunction that anyone who offers a prayer to any god or person besides you, O king, for thirty days, shall be thrown into the lions’ den.

Daniel 6:7

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