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Re: Solve speeding by limiting cars!
In article <randy-1511952103200001@philly212.voicenet.com>,
Randy <randy@omni.voicenet.com> wrote:
>In article <48bf0k$d0q@news.iag.net>, firebug@iag.net (firebug) wrote:
>> In article <randy-1411951813230001@philly48.voicenet.com>,
>> Randy <randy@omni.voicenet.com> wrote:
>> >In article <4895bo$oar@nntp.atlanta.com>, dwarner@atlanta.com wrote:
>> >> 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.
>>
>> I think you missed his point.
>
>No, you missed the point. He said ""proving" that low speeds cause
>accidents." That was his point which is not true.
And here I had given you the benefit of the doubt, thinking you just read
his post quickly and didn't think it through.
He made several points:
1) You can take any situation (and be extension, any group of data), and use
it to prove anything you want to, as long as you take your anecdote (or
data) and claim that it supports your conclusion. No logic is necessary.
Note the quotes around proving. He was making the sarcasm *CLEAR* and
*OBVIOUS*! Not a great deal of intelligence was required to understand him.
2) Exceeding the speed limit is not the cause of all (or even most)
accidents. Whether you chose to properly interpret his post or not, I hope
you can understand this from it.
3) Driver error and inattention is much more dangerous than exceeding an
arbitrarily chosen number.
That post really required no explanation to a person with even a moderate
level of intelligence and literacy. (hint: that was an insult, and an
implication that you don't even have a moderate level of intelligence and
literacy. Not that you don't do a good job of getting that across on your
own)
Feel free to use a dictionary to look up the big words.
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