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Re: Arrest Slow Drivers (n left and fast drivers in right)

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From: E. Faubion
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 00:00
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"Mark Folsom" <folsomman@redshift.com> wrote:

>I can write you a computer program that says anything I want it to. 

Good.  Write one using mathematical formulas based on Newton's Three
Laws of Motion that proves your point.   

>What in hell does that have to do with anything?

Everything.  You made a claim, now back it up.

>Who claimed that it was a defense against a speeding ticket? 

No one.  In my business that's what we call a clue.

>Sounds like a truly scientific approach to me.  You don't suppose the
>assumptions, training and propaganda in the background of the accident
>investigator could color his judgement about what he sees at an accident
>scene, do you?

No.  And you're already wishywashing around making excuses for not
finding an investigator who believes as you do.   Seems to me you know
you can't find one.

> Anyway, the guy who wrote "A Speeder's Guide to Avoiding
>Tickets" is a former state patrol officer and he says freeway speed limits
>aren't about safety.  Maybe you should read his book. 

I have.  He does not make the claim that faster is safer.  He made a
lot of money selling the book which is what it was all about.    


efaubion@oklahoma.net
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/6123/
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Subject: Re: Arrest Slow Drivers (n left and fast drivers in right)
Date: 1998/06/29
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