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On Fri, 03 Jul 1998 05:32:57 GMT, Eric Anderson <eta@my-dejanews.com> wrote:
>On Fri, 03 Jul 1998 06:47:55 GMT, whorning@pipeline.com (Walt Horning) wrote:
>
>>When the limits were all 55 mph, 65 mph was called "speeding." Now
>>that limits are 65, 70 or 75, how come 65, 70 and 75, respectively,
>>are not now speeding?????
>
>Don't give in to the BS-mongers then.  I refuse to call driving in excess of
>the speed limit "speeding."  My definition of speeding is traveling too fast
>for reasonable safety given the local conditions.  You're not going to find
>that definition in any law book, but who cares about law books?

In California there is such a law, called the "Basic Speed Law."

>
>>The truth is that "speeding" is a lying bunch of bullshit. One is only
>>"speeding" because someone jots a number down on a piece of paper and
>>prints it in a lawbook and someone in a car goes faster. Is that your
>>definition of speeding????
>
>Oh, but it's such an *easy* answer -- you don't even have to THINK when
>something is written down so cut and dried for you.  What's legal is good, and
>what's illegal is bad -- see, it's easy!  Now just don't think about it and do
>as you're told...that's a good boy!  <heavy sarcasm>
>
>Eric


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