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Re: Aggressive Driving

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From: Brian Varine
Date: Sun, 05 Jul 1998 00:00
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E. Faubion wrote:
> 
> Brian Varine <Witch*Dr@usa.nobulkemail.net> wrote:

> >How about your International Network of Collision Reconstructionists? A
> >organization formed 2 years ago and hosted by none other than Laser
> >Technologies, the people who make laser speed guns and owned (50%) by
> >GEICO Insurance.
> 
> They host the list server and the page and have no influence on it's
> contents.  If you'd read beyond the title you'd have known that.

I did read beyond the title, it says Copyright Laser Technologies at the
very *end* of the page. I'm sure there is good info in there just as
there is at the NMA site. Just because you happen to dislike the NMA,
don't think they don't have valid data.

 
> >> Driver A pulls onto the cross street and Driver B is speeding toward
> >> him.   Crash!   Who's fault?  Both?  Based on court decisions, yes.
> >> Had each driver obeyed the law there would be no crash.  The only time
> >> I've seen a single driver found at fault in instances like this is
> >> when Driver A is traveling at an extremely high rate of speed, then he
> >> and he alone gets tagged for the whole show.
> 
> >Yes, but
> 
> Yes but nothing.  That scenario exists and you can't tell me you speed
> only on the interstates.  We both know better than that.

Well, I won't claim to never ever speed but for the most part I keep my
speeds down in town. And please don't claim that you never ever speed.


> >this is a two lane road where most accidents occur not on the
> >freeway. Freeways are controlled access, people just don't pull out.
> 
> Yet thanks to a few idiots the crashes continue.  My my.  Isn't that
> amazing?

Whats your point here? Accidents happen in parking lots where the speed
is under 10MPH. As long as things are moving, we'll have accidents.

 
> >How about 80 in a 65 out in the middle of nowhere?
> 
> Depends on your attitude whether the ticket counts points or not.  I
> may check your record first and if there's a single speeding ticket on
> it you'll get the full load.  If not you just might get off with a
> cheapie reduced charge or maybe even a warning.

Cool.
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From: Brian Varine <Witch*Dr@usa.nobulkemail.net>
Subject: Re: Aggressive Driving
Date: 1998/07/05
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