Re: Speeding, Tailgating, and Reckless Driving

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From: E. Faubion
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 00:00

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"Mark Folsom" <folsomman@redshift.com> wrote:

>Some people think very irrationally about
>possible events having terrible consequences and smallish probabilities.

I've never met an accident victim who expected the crash to happen.

>That being said, it's still the case that high speed driving on freeways,
>when conditions allow, is as safe as plodding along and risking falling
>asleep.

Both can and do result in crashes.

Now where's that computer program you promised?  You said you could
write it and I'm waiting.

efaubion@oklahoma.net
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/6123/

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From: in@the.sig (E. Faubion)
Subject: Re: Speeding, Tailgating, and Reckless Driving
Date: 1998/06/30
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