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On Mon, 6 Jul 1998 03:07:39 GMT, James C. Armstrong <jca@netcom.com> wrote:
>In article <359fa6da.425789493@news.dimensional.com>,
>Scott Weiser <weiser@dimensional.com> wrote:
>>On Sun, 05 Jul 1998 08:04:59 GMT, eta@my-dejanews.com (Eric Anderson)
>>wrote:
>>>On Sun, 05 Jul 1998 07:24:16 GMT, weiser@dimensional.com (Scott Weiser) wrote:
>>>>And that "more safer at SP+15" depends upon everybody
>>>>else obeying the speed limit so YOU can go 15 over.  
>>>
>>>Where does this dependency come from?  I think that most competent drivers
>>>(that is, the majority) could travel in reasonable safety at 15mph over current
>>>speed limits, if other factors permitted (weather etc)..  Excellent drivers
>>>could probably go even faster
>>
>>It's pretty obvious that the 15 over is dependent on going 15 faster
>>that *other vehicles*.  If everybody goes 15 over, that illusory
>>safety disappears and you have to go faster yet.
>
>???  It seems to me that people feel safer when travelling in a
>pack where everyone is driving at a comfortable speed.  If the vast
>majority of traffic is going +15, then one is more likely to feel 
>at risk going +0 than +15.

Until the Tulie fog, when they hit the cars going 0.

Kablammo!

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