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Re: Solve speeding by limiting cars!
dwarner@atlanta.com wrote:
>Exactly, the same reason that causes most "high speed" accidents, not the >speed itself. I drove many years before 55 at 80 and above, and the >changing of the signs to 55 didn't magically make me an unsafe driver when >I maintained the same speeds (travelling with the flow).
Speed may not have a direct relationship to the *cause* of the accident,
but it does to the *survivability* of the accident. I don't have the exact
figures at hand, but I do remember that the survival rate was near zero at
80 MPH.
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