Re: More Speeding and Reckless Driving (Was: Re: Aggressive Driving)

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From: Brandon Sommerville
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 00:00

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Scott M. Kozel wrote:

>Brandon Sommerville <grimrod@mindless.moc> wrote:
>> 
>"mindless"?
>
>ROTFL.

It was available and I couldn't resist.  :)

>> Scott M. Kozel wrote:
>> 
>> >If he had been travelling at or below the design speed of the highway,
>> >he likely would have seen the obstacle in time to stop or avoid it.  Of
>> >course the dope didn't help things.
>> 
>> "Likely"?  A brain fogged by dope and you think slowing down might
>> have saved him?  And that sends you off on a crusade against speeders?
>
>I don't have a "crusade against speeders".  
>
>I've merely pointed out a collection of examples of idiotic driving.  
>
>A driver can be an idiot without speeding, as I've shown.

Glad to hear it.  Perhaps I mistook you for Weiser.
 
>> His speed combined with severely impaired judgment killed him.  A
>> competent driver who wasn't on dope would either a) have not been
>> traveling that speed
>
>Non-doped up drivers never slam into trucks at 100mph+?
>
>Baalloooooohhhney.

Sure they do, but that doesn't mean they're competent drivers.  Some
people are just plain stupid, and our pathetic excuse for driver
training doesn't do much to encourage developing any skill wrt high
speed driving.

But surely you don't think that every time you exceed 100 mph you're a
danger to someone, do you?
-- 
Brandon

"Spooooooooooonnnnn!"

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From: grimrod@mindless.moc (Brandon Sommerville)
Subject: Re: More Speeding and Reckless Driving (Was: Re: Aggressive Driving)
Date: 1998/07/07
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