Speed Limits

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1 total messages Started by WHMurray Wed, 27 Jan 1993 22:13

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Author: WHMurray
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 22:13

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>You would probably find more people willing to obey speed limits
>if they were actually set based on local road conditions and
>necessary reaction times. 

For most roads that is exactly how they are set.  The highway engineer
collects information on the actual speed travelled and the speed limit
is set at the 85 percentile rounded to the nearest 5 MPH.  The exception
to this rule is when the speed limit is set by law; i.e., when it is set
for political reasons.

William Hugh Murray, Executive Consultant, Information System Security
49 Locust Avenue, Suite 104; New Canaan, Connecticut 06840                
1-0-ATT-0-700-WMURRAY; WHMurray at DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL

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