Nevada's DiSimone proposes allowing speeding for a price

Many highways in Nevada are plumb-bob straight, flat, and very lightly traveled, highways where driving 75 mph makes you feel like an ant crawling across a Walmart parking lot toward the sugar aisle. Now gubernatorial candidate Eugene "Gino" DiSimone has proposed a plan to help solve the dire financial straits of the state and this driver's dilemma by allowing some drivers to pay for the privilege to drive much faster than the current speed limits.

The "Free Limit Plan" from DiSimone, a non-partisan, Tea Party candidate for the state's highest office, would work this way: A driver would first have his car inspected for safety. If it passed, he/she would then buy a special transponder, similar to the ones used on toll roads across the country. After setting up an account with the state, the driver could call in via the transponder to buy a day's worth of speeding rights, up to 90 mph, for $25.