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Re: NMA STUDY
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Subject: Re: NMA STUDY
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From: kevinatk@home.com (Kevin Atkinson)
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Date: 22 Jul 1995 12:52:11 -0400
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Newsgroups: ca.driving
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Organization: Clark Internet Services, Inc., Ellicott City, MD USA
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In article <3uq28t$f09@news-e1a.megaweb.com>,
KENNY MORSE <kennystar@megaweb.com> wrote:
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>Since there are no posted limits over 65...I can only tell you what drivers
>do at THAT max! They go 10-15 over.
Yes at that make try setting at at 75 or none and your find the 85th
percentile speed will we 75-80. It will not be 85-90. A federal study
done behore the band estamitites shows that 85th percentile speeds are
around 77 on no speedlimit freeways.
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>>>Do you, Mr. Traffic, really know these roads better than
>>the engineers who designed them??
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>Nope.....only the drivers who use them.
>>You are entitled to your opinions. I suspect, however, that your
>>well-publicized beliefs are equally based in self-interest... after all,
>>how can a traffic school make any money when drivers are no longer
>>ticketed for safe and reasonable speeds?
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>Since I am not the owner of the school....I make the same $$$
>if I have ONE person in class or 100. Also, it is NOT the main source
>of my income....my work in the media is. I am NOT interested in
>people being ticketed at all. Quite the opposite...I wish EVERYONE
>would respect the law...and if they think the law should be changed
....DO IT!!!!
>But since way too many people don't even vote, good luck! Everybody
>bitches...but nobody does anything about it!
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May I point out that that study is done my the FEDERAL GOVERMENT and it
took over 5 years to coplete. This is a fully complete study that is
unbiast in every way. It was so unbiast the the Fedral giverment TRIED
TO berry it.
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References:
- NMA STUDY
- From: kennystar@megaweb.com (MR. TRAFFIC)