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

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From: Scott M. Kozel
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 00:00
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Brandon Sommerville <grimrod@mindless.moc> wrote:
> 

"mindless"?

ROTFL.

> 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.
 
> 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.

-- 
Scott M. Kozel    kozelsm@richmond.infi.net  
Highway and Transportation History Websites  
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From: "Scott M. Kozel" <kozelsm@richmond.infi.net>
Subject: Re: More Speeding and Reckless Driving (Was: Re: Aggressive Driving)
Date: 1998/07/07
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