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Re: Question for Speeders



Scott Nguyen (yhn1@acpub.duke.edu) wrote:
: Hey all....

:          I was wondering how many of you who actually consider yourselves 
: speeders have gotten tickets..  speeder=one who can't seem to keep 
: his/her car within 15 miles of the speed limit.  I hear that speed 
: enforcement is a joke in USA, i.e.-they ticket when they feel like it..  
: I drive relatively fast (averaged 78 on a 6 hour trip from Atlanta to 
: Raleigh) and have never gotten a ticket..  I was wondering if this was 
: the same with all of you out there who seem to have lead-foot...

I know I have a lead foot.  I believe that all limits should be increased.
Cars are made today with better handling capabilities, so they can handle
higher speeds.  I am all for up-ing th limits.  But with that comes res-
ponsibility.  We all need to be more careful drivers, but I guess that 
won't happen.  I have had my share of close calls by idiots who don't 
know what a turn signal or mirror is.  Sometimes I wish I had a truck 
and could just ram every @#$@^ who almost kills someone before they 
eventually do.

I go at least 60 in a 55, over 30 in a 25, etc you get the picture.
I have gotten one ticket (Mass Pike driving my sister's 1995 Saturn doing
79 in a 65) I believe I was most likely snared while I was passing a truck
that was spraying my windshield with water mist (damp road).

Enough babbling.  You get the picture.  And if you see a 91 Tercel 
coming up fast, GET OUT OF MY WAY!!!     ;)  (Hey, if the car can handle
it without risk of losing control or hitting anyone, by all means do it)

Mike


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