Near miss

I am all in favor of slower speed limits. Oregon has the right idea. There were a lot of secondary roads in idaho, Utah and Wyoming that had posted speed limits of 65. Way too fast for the twisting roads with steep grades. Also, many western states are enamored of the extraction industry whose drivers have a "schedule". This was what I was told by the VB in Dinosaur when I told the volunteer about some near misses on 191 caused by impatient Simplot drivers. Scenic Byway? NOT! We drive what we feel is a safe speed and do pull over when we can. One of the near misses was on the road by Abert Rim in Eastern Oregon. Scenic Byway. We were the only ones on the road when my husband asked, "Where did he come from? A Les Schwab semi with a pup was coming up fast so my husband looked for a place to pull over. Kinda hard when there is a 2500' foot high fault scarp on your side of the road. Incredibly, he passed us and the pup almost went off the narrow road. I don't know what the emergency was for tires as there was no snow in Burns or wherever he was bound. More and more we are opting for gravel roads but even then, a semi cab roared passed us on the gravel part of Hart Mountain Road. Rant over.