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Re: Cops: Can't Live With Them, Can't Live Without Them



In article <JamieYanak-2104952158480001@database-mac.oai.org>,
Jamie Yanak <JamieYanak@oai.org> wrote:
>
>I don't advocate 55mph speed limit. I think 65mph would be more reasonable.

I think 65 is not reasonable given the nive interstates we have and the 
cars that are now being made.  An upper limit of 85 is more reasonable.

>
>However the thing that causes accidents on the highway is *differences* in 
>speeds *between* vehicles.  If everybody was doing 65mph there wouldn't be 
>a problem. 

I agree with you that large speed differences can cause problems.  BUT, they
are not insurmountable.  Enforcing some basic rules is all it takes.  Left lane
for passing only and no passing on the right.  Easy rules to follow and 
remember.

>
>However the speed limit is generally 55mph, and when people decide that 
>they would rather go faster, and begin changing lanes, and going around others,

If the people who want to go 55 stayed in the right lane, where they are 
supposed to be, then other people wouldn't be forced to work their way around
them.  Going 55 in the left lane is illegal, in some states at least.  So 
those people are not obeying the law!  They are being selfish.  


>
>So until the speed limit is 65mph, you are creating a hazard by exceeding it.
>

Not as much of a hazard as the guy who goes 55 in the left lane and won't move
no matter how nicely you signal him to.  If I am approaching a car going 
slower than me in the left lane I slow down and keep a safe distance and see
if he has any intentino of moving.  If he is not watching his mirrors and 
doesn't move, I approach his car and then back off again.  This is a nice
and polite way of asking him to move over.  If he still doesn't move then I 
will try flashing and if that fails then I will pass in the quickeset, safest
way possible.  Many times this means I am forced to pass in the right lane.

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Alex     __O    '86 Dodge Omni GLH Turbo                                    
       _-\<,_   '87 Alfa Romeo Milano                                       
      (_)/ (_)  '88 Vitus/Dura-Ace                                          


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