Moving Too Fast to Drive 55

At the Plattekill travel plaza of the New York State Thruway on Wednesday, you didn?t need a weatherman to know which way the wind was blowing on gas prices and on the economy over all. Forget the $4.27 per gallon for regular at the pumps. Inside, every flat-screen television seemed to feature one scary message or another for people to ponder over their Starbucks lattes or Roy Rogers burgers.