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Re: Comments from Mr. Traffic



In article <3vlq52$kk1@newsbf02.news.aol.com>,
GRichards <grichards@aol.com> wrote:
>you are NOT going to see a speed liit of 70 or 75 mph. I know about those
>studiews and i also know about hwo I drove when the speed limit was 70. 

(Uh, never post in a hurry, Gary. :-)

I don't understand this.  For one, 70 MPH didn't seem so unsafe when it
was the law on rural highways like I-5.  For another, if you drove when
the speed limit was 70, you were much younger then... and more likely to
take risks you'd consider too dangerous now.

For the record, I drove 70 legally on my learner's permit... but 55 was
imposed before I got a real license.

I've said it before and I'll say it again.  We are *already* driving at
70 and 75 MPH, and we are *not* killing each other in droves.  (For
instance, when was the last accident you heard about on I-280 between
Cupertino and San Francisco?)  If the highway was designed for it, and
people can obviously handle the speed, why not make it legal?

The only reasons I can think of have to do with money: fines, court
costs, insurance rate hikes, and electronic countermeasures.  Too many
institutions make too much money and draw too much power from the
ridiculous speed limits in force today.  "Speed Kills" is a big lie
designed to line the pockets of the State, the insurance industry, and
the radar and radar detector industries.

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