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Re: 65 means 65




In article <40er2g$e8s@nnrp3.primenet.com> Mr. Fun wrote:
>kennystar@megaweb.com (KENNY MORSE) wrote:
>
>>Michael.....
>
>>This is true. The majority of my class students have little or no experience with
>>75mph speed limits.  But since the relativity they DO have is going from 55
>>as the law to 65 in the boonies, and NOW they have a chance to fly at a 
>>speed they think is more "fair", they go 75-80.  YOU may have found
>>a few places where the 65 mph has traffic below it, but those are few and
>>far between.  Remember....YOU know what happens to you and your friends...
>>I know what happens to the MAJORITY of people who get caught, which is
>>just a slice of life of the total of all drivers.  Also, I talk to people on the air.
>>MY polling, as far as I'm concerned, reflects reality. I don't make a thing
>>up...I don't have to. People tell me everything.
>>.
>
Mr Fun replied:
>You're crazy.  If you think you are exposed to a statistically balanced
>cross-section of drivers thru your contact in Driving School or your radio
>show you are really quite out of touch with reality.  The place where ALL of
>us are in touch with a statistically meaningfull sample of drivers is ON THE
>ROAD where we observe what they do in the wild.  
>>
>Must be hard to find hats to fit that big head of yours...

It sure is! But luckily, people like YOU provide me with the income
to afford the custom job.
.
>   you are not hearing from any "majority" anyplace other then on the highway
>just like the rest of us.  The people you see in school are not a typical
>cross section of drivers - from my occassional visits to such classes, they
>are heavily biased toward the lower socioeconomic groups who can't afford the
>ticket and/or higher insurance or "another" ticket.  The higher socio groups
>seem to prefer not to waste the time in class and just mail in the money.
>Ditto for who you see in court - it's almost exclusively the lower
>socio-economic group, again, that's my obeservation but it's been quite
>consistent over many years in several juristicstions.
>
Wrong again, Fun man. If you had been in Harbor Court in
Newport Beach tonight for class, we had 600 people (in
4 courtrooms, who's average income was probably way 
above yours OR mine! You should have seen the cars
in the parking lot....the Lexus' (or is it Lexii?), the Corvettes,
the Supras, and just a few (like a dozen) Mercedes. I had
a guy in my class who owned a new SL 500 (which I saw him
pull up in so I asked him the cost.....he told me the RETAIL
(which to ME is a dirty word)...$138,000.

Nice try though.

Kenny Morse
"Mr. Traffic"
http:www.usbusiness.com/mr_traffic.html

P.S. Thanks for helping my swelled head get bigger too.




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