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Re: Comments from Mr. Traffic




>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?

Unfortunately, once again, Southern California ruins it for you
Northern Californian's.  Killing ourselves in droves? Nope.
Hurting ourselves in droves?  YEP!!!!  Dying is NOT the worst thing
that can happen to you.

California is the capitol of so many sad auto stats, and once again Chuck,
you must not say..."because I don't see it....it must not be happening."
I see it....I hear it...and I'm sickened by it.  ONE death...ONE, is
one too many (especially it is someone YOU love).  One person
ending up like Chris Reeve is too much.
>
>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.

Speed doesn't kill......its the person doing something stupid while they
are speeding.

Kenny Morse
"Mr. Traffic"
responding to> -- Chuck Fry, frequent flyer





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