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In article <359d2c9a.8323937@news.okc.oklahoma.net>, E. Faubion
<in@the.sig> wrote:
> >A motorist was going 85 mph, weaving from lane to lane to lane.  He lost
> >control of his car, and it flipped over several times, his seat belt
> >failed, and he was ejected.  The rescue squad workers found him at the
> >bottom of an embankment, and his brain was hanging out.  The coroner
> >pronounced him dead.  He was put in a body bag.  He was taken to the
> >morgue.
> 
> Rest assured the leadfoot crowd will find a way to convince themselves
> speeding had nothing to do with this or any of the other crashes you
> mentioned.

I'd hate to see you disappointed, so here I am to say exactly that.
Speeding perhaps increased the severity of this crash -- perhaps if
he'd beeing going 65 instead of 85, he merely would have broken his
neck and smashed in his skull instead of having his "brain hanging
out." I fail to see how a "someone was speeding and driving like an
idiot" anecdote proves anything about those of us who speed and drive
carefully while doing so.

Hell, even the drivers' manual published by my original home state
admitted that speed doesn't cause accidents, in and of itself.  (But
it does make accidents more severe when they happen.)

Fortunately, the police where I live generally take the same view.  If
you're not weaving or following too closely, and you stay near the
flow of traffic at about 15 mph over the posted limit, you'll
generally be left alone.
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