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Re: Aggressive Driving

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From: Galaxie 500 XL
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 00:00
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here's some interesting statistics for those of you traveling at high
speeds, especially if you're driving any of the following vehicles:

The following figures are from Road and Track

Make/model                           Braking  60-0mph        80-0mph

Acura 2.5TL/3.5RL                   139/141 ft            249/256 ft
Audi A4                               145                   269
BMW M3                                114                   204
BMW Z3/Z3 2.8                       118/123               211/215
BMW 318ti                             129                   229
BMW 540i                              132                   232
Cadillac Seveille STS                 128                   240
Chevrolet Blazer                      157                   287
Chevrolet Camaro SS                   129                   222
Chevrolet Corvette Coupe              116                   204
Chrysler Sebring JXi Convertible      152                   275
Dodge Neon Coupe                      153                   277
Dodge Viper GTS                       155                   278
Ferrari F355 F1                       123                   222
Ferrari 550 Maranello                 112                   199
Ford Escort ZX2 Sport                 149                   272
Ford Expedition                       158                   285
Ford Explorer XLT                     156                   285
Ford Mustang GT                       127                   220
Ford Taurus LX                        148                   269
Ford Taurus SHO                       134                   242
Honda Accord EX Coupe                 141                   265
Honda Civic Coupe EX                  163                   275
Honda CR-V                            136                   241
Isuzu Rodeo LS                        141                   251
Jeep Grand Cherokee                   140                   242
Land Rover Range Rover                160                   279
Mazda MX-5 Miata                      146                   270
Mercedes-Benz C43                     123                   219
Mercedes-Benz E320                    131                   235
Mercury Cougar                        122                   230
mitsubishi Eclipse GSX                123                   221
Nissan maxima SE                      140                   243
Nissan pathfinder SE                  147                   268
Oldsmobile Aurora                     131                   244
Oldsmobile Intrique GL                139                   248
Plymouth Grand Voyager LE             161                   285
Plymouth Neon sport                   142                   255
Pontiac Grand Prix GTP                143                   255
porsce Boxter                         120                   210
Porsche 911 C2/C4                   134/126               232/223
SAAB 9-5                              134                   242
SAAB 900 Turbo Convertible            126                   220
saturn SC-2                           139                   250
Subaru legacy 2.5 GT                  136                   236
Toyota Avalon XLS                     144                   244
Toyota Corolla DX                     186                   319
Toyota Rav-4                          147                   260
Toyota 4 Runner limited               138                   255
VW New Beetle                         155                   272
VW Cabrio                             128                   230
VW Jetta GLX                          143                   263
VW passat GLS                         136                   237
Volvo C70 Coupe                       121                   217
Volvo S70 GLT                         137                   247


So is your vehicle here? now imagine since the average vehicle seems to
take 100 or even more extra feet to go from 80-0 than from 60-0, how long
is it going to take you to go from 90-0 or 100-0? how many football fields
are you goig to cross. And if your children or spouse are in the car, is
thier life worth your hurry? 
I'm not saying that i consider 100 mph to be speeding, i consider it to be
reckless. Speed does not kill. Even the insurance industry is now copping
to this fact. recklessness is what kills. I don't consider 10 over
speeding nor do most of the law enforcement officers that I know. but they
will peg you for 20 over if you're doing something else and most people
are doing something else because 90 percent of the time, in order to go 20
over you need to be doing other things that are dangerous or even
reckless. Changing lanes to go around the guy that's already going 10 over
for example. if you're really in such a hurry that you have to take these
unneccesary risks, leave five minutes or better yet fifteen minutes
earlier.

Galaxie
(Who does go fast but tries not to hurry)
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From: Galaxie 500 XL <galaxie@speakeasy.org>
Subject: Re: Aggressive Driving
Date: 1998/07/09
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