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"Scott M. Kozel" <kozelsm@richmond.infi.net> wrote:

>E. Faubion <in@the.sig> wrote:
>> 
>> whorning@pipeline.com (Walt Horning) wrote:
>> 
>> >Typical cop's attitude.
>> 
>> Typical loser's response.
>
>Earl:
>
>More tragic examples of the result of speeding and reckless driving:
>
>A motorist was going 85 mph, weaving from lane to lane to lane.  He lost
>control of his car, and it flipped over several times, his seat belt
>failed, and he was ejected.  The rescue squad workers found him at the
>bottom of an embankment, and his brain was hanging out.  The coroner
>pronounced him dead.  He was put in a body bag.  He was taken to the
>morgue.

While we agree weaving increases danger while driving, this driver
would not be weaving at all if the U.S. adopted international driving
standards that include not backing up traffic in the passing lanes.
Severe fines are given drivers all over Europe who fail to pass
expeditiously. This driver would have passed safely on the left if
"keep-to-the-right" laws were obeyed.

>
>A motorist was taking dope and doing 110 mph.  He rounded a curve on an
>Interstate that was designed for 60 mph.  A tractor-trailer was disabled
>and stopped (air brakes locked up) on the outer lane of the expressway. 
>He hit his brakes at the last second, and he slammed into the back of
>the truck.  His head got chopped off.

The problem here is not a driving problem. Its a drug addiction
problem. Drugs and/or alcohol are the root cause, not driving too
fast. Any other words, this driver was likely going too fast, not
because he was reckless or a "speeder", but because he was on "cloud
nine" and did driving a car was not probably not even in his thoughts.

>
>A motorist was going 80 mph _in the rain_.  His car hydroplaned, and
>spun out.  It went off the road, up an embankment, and down, and hit a
>bridge pier at about 65 mph.  The car literally flew apart.  The guy had
>to be shoveled up.

(A) They do not shovel up people. They wear gloves and pick up the
parts.

(B) If people bought the proper radial tires, this would not be a
problem, and that might have been the root problem, not high speed.
I can remember hydroplaning in ordinary tires at 45 mph, but have
easily done 75 and 80 myself in moderate rain with good radials with
good traction.

(C) The government is partly to blame for poorly designed interstates
that cannot bear the weight of the trucks that produce those ruts in
the lanes. Those ruts hold water. Some roads today have the courser
asphalt and proper "crowning" that virtually eliminates standing
water.

>A New Jersey motorist was going 90 mph on Shirley Highway in Arlington. 
>He rear-ended another car that was going 55 in the middle lane.  The gas
>tank exploded, the cars turned over, and three people got cremated.  
>

He was likely a drug dealer hurry to make a deal in DC. His problem
was greed, not driving skills.