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

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From: Joel Garry
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 00:00
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On Mon, 29 Jun 1998 03:52:18 GMT, E. Faubion <efaubion@oklahoma.ten> wrote:
>Jim Titus <"JTITUS"@erols.com> wrote:
>
>>The -10mph mirror image is applied to fast drivers.  Unclear what you
>>even mean by applying the +5mph rule to fast drivers--the mirror image
>>of that would not be fast.
>
>If we ticket drivers for going 5 under then we should likewise ticket
>drivers for going 5 over.  Fair is fair.

Assuming symmetry in speed is as silly as assuming it in time to birth.
Both make errors of potential mass movement.  Both are special cases in
a vacuum.

>
>>In any event, it is probably reasonable to ticket people who deviate too
>>much from the flow of traffic whether it is too fast or too slow.
>
>Indeed.  The laws are already on the books.   I don't think the debate
>is as much about whether it should be done as whether at what point it
>should be done.

Baaaaah!  Baaaah!

>
>ef
>
>*reverse the ten for email*
>http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/6123/


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From: joelga@pebble.org (Joel Garry)
Subject: Re: Arrest Slow Drivers (n left and fast drivers in right)
Date: 1998/06/29
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