Re: Speeding, Tailgating, and Reckless Driving

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From: Walt Horning
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 00:00

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in@the.sig (E. Faubion) wrote:

>danthman@umich.edu (Daniel I. Manes) wrote:
>
>>Okay, let me rephrase the question.  In your opinion, do you think a
>>Ferarri driver going 95 mph on a 75-mph desert interestate during the day
>>with high visibility is a hazard to himself or other drivers solely
>>because of his speed?
>
>I'd have to be there to make that judgment.   But either way if I'm a
>cop and I see him doing this he'll get a chance to explain his views
>before the courts. 

Both the cops and courts are the wrong forum. Politicians are to blame
for higher deaths by not raising limits to the optimum. Former
Governor Shaeffer even posted his opinion in newspapers as to why he
vetoed the law to raising limits in MD. Then the next governor passed
the law. Guess what? Death rate actually went down.

You see here is a case of a politician who cost more people's lives
because he was "politically' motivated, not because he was listening
to the experts.

It turns out, in a number of localities across the country,
particularly in congested areas, raising the speed limits resulted in
saving lives.

Traffic dynamics is dynamic, not static.

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From: whorning@pipeline.com (Walt Horning)
Subject: Re: Speeding, Tailgating, and Reckless Driving
Date: 1998/06/30
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