Lower speed limit on Parkway in Ocean County

I took the Garden State Parkway north up to Union County twice over the weekend, and was struck by two things: how many troopers there were north of Holmdel - they seem to be a rare sight south of Asbury Park - and how the average rate of speed was well over the posted limit, even in the right lane, despite the troopers' presence. The flow on Saturday, when the roads were dry, was about 68-70 in the right lane. On Sunday, when it was raining off and on much of the day, it was virtually the same.
One trooper, just north of the Driscoll bridge, was running radar. Everyone was exceeding the 55 mph limit there by at least 10 mph. On the bridge itself, where the limit is 45 mph, it was common to see people weaving through the narrow lanes of traffic doing 70 or 75 mph, despite construction in the right lane.
The speed limit on much of the Parkway north of the bridge is 55 mph. It should be. Traffic is dense, and in many areas new lanes were added to accommodate it by restriping narrower lanes rather than increasing the width of the roadway. If you don't stay in your lane, there is virtually no margin of error.
The same response to dense traffic - creating narrower lanes rather than building new ones - was employed in much of Ocean County, where the Parkway is even more dangerous due to narrow, or nonexistent shoulders, and steep embankments with uninterrupted banks of trees awaiting those who leave the road.
Portions of Ocean County are among the most dangerous stretches of the Parkway. Making them safer will require wider lanes, wider shoulders, guard rails and stepped up enforcement - including the use of new electronic technology. Unless, and until that occurs, the speed limit in Ocean County should be reduced to 55 mph, as it is along other hazardous stretches of the Parkway.