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Re: Solve speeding by limiting cars!



In article <4895bo$oar@nntp.atlanta.com>, dwarner@atlanta.com wrote:

> In <3pu04u$6p1@ludes.com>, marks@ludes.com (Mark Spencer) writes:
> > The
> >majority of all accidents are due to speed. Thosands of lives would be saved
> >every year if cars were unable to exceed a safe speed.
> >
> I've been exceeding the 55/65  by at least 10 MPHlimit ever since it was 
> established.. I also run 10-20 over the limit on back roads, curves, wherever 
> traffic and road conditions allow a comfortable limit that's higher than the 
> posted limit..

Ooh, you outlaw you. :-0

> Strangely enough, I'm still alive, and the only times I've suffered bent 
> sheetmetal were in parking lots and bumper-to-bumper traffic..  Oh, I
> also ended up in a ditch after missing a turnoff on a dark rainy night at 
> about 10 MPH UNDER the posted limit, "proving" that low speeds 
> cause accidents.

This does not prove low speeds cause accidents, it proves you weren't
paying attention, and you can't drive in the rain. I believe the phrase
OPERATOR ERROR fits here.
-- 
Randy


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