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Re: Speeding, Tailgating, and Reckless Driving

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From: Scott M. Kozel
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 00:00
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Joel Garry <joelga@pebble.org> wrote:
> 
> Scott M. Kozel <kozelsm@richmond.infi.net> wrote:
> >Joel Garry <joelga@pebble.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Somehow that seems extremely impractical while driving 55mph one carlength
> >> back.  If a "Highwayman" doesn't know it off the top of his head, how can
> >> ordinary reasonable folk be expected to know what to do in such a situation?
> >> But I guess it doesn't matter if they are all criminals anyways.
> >
> >You mean the rule - one car length for every 10mph?
> 
> No, you clipped your own "that," idiot:

Back at you, idiot.
 
> >>>That would be determined by consulting your state vehicular legal code.
> >>>Perhaps you could consult your lawyer do help determine this.

That statement referred to how quickly a motorist would need to back off
when someone cut into the gap in front of them.

Creative snipping can twist things around....

-- 
Scott M. Kozel    kozelsm@richmond.infi.net  
Highway and Transportation History Websites  
Virginia/Maryland/Washington D.C. http://www.richmond.infi.net/~kozelsm
PHL area http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Campus/5961/pennways.html
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From: "Scott M. Kozel" <kozelsm@richmond.infi.net>
Subject: Re: Speeding, Tailgating, and Reckless Driving
Date: 1998/07/07
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