I’m Vanese Ferguson with Coffee Talk.  Driving back from Moose Jaw yesterday a couple of things were very apparent.  Yes, southern Saskatchewan definitely got the worst of recent weather. Highways and roads in general are not awesome.  I was also taken aback, by the sheer foolishness of some of the drivers I encountered. When I’m on a secondary highway that is snow covered in spots, ice covered in spots, I may feel I can do the speed limit but if I get behind someone driving slower than I’d like, I just sit tight and wait for a passing lane. I had one guy in a late model, really small truck fly by me as well as two vehicles ahead of as we went over the causeway at Buffalo Pound Lake but then he couldn’t maintain the speed on the incline so had to pass the folks ahead of me again.  Highway Patrol was also out in full force.  And I was happy to see them – funnily enough – I knew they were right behind me as I got closer to Saskatoon and I see again, a young guy, in a late model mid-size car, like maybe early 2000’s hop onto Highway 11 at Baker Road and he hit that acceleration with his foot very heavy on the gas pedal.  The Highway Patrol stayed just behind me until the outskirts of Saskatoon and then pulled him over. Which brings me to our news poll question asking whether we should increase the speed limit to 120 km/h on double lane highways in Saskatchewan.  They’re contemplating it in Alberta I believe for the Q-E2 which is like driving in the Indy 500 – if you’re doing 120 – you’re standing still.  When I lived there I remember one year heading to Edmonton in bad weather and the RCMP finally put a marked cruiser right in middle straddling both lanes to get people to drive more sanely on black ice. I travel Highway 11 a lot and I’d say most people do between 115 and 124, only a few ever go faster than that.  I don’t think its necessary here.  As someone said to me recently its fools on the road getting nowhere fast that are the problem.  There’s some wisdom in that.  But keep in mind, RCMP and highway patrol are out in full force if you’re travelling over Christmas.