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

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From: Brandon Sommerville
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 00:00

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Kluck Roger wrote:

>On Tue, 30 Jun 1998 02:58:17 GMT, grimrod@mindless.moc (Brandon
>Sommerville) wrote:
>
>>I want safer roads.  Artificially low speed limits don't make roads
>>safer.  Claiming "speed kills" without having any scientific evidence
>>to back up the claim that higher speed limits will result in more
>>deaths is pure emotional argument that cannot be supported without
>>bringing in irrelevant examples like children playing in yards.
>
>The data you want is long available.  When speed limits were raised
>fatalities increased dramatically.  
>
>But you're right SPeed doesn't kill. Stopping REALLY fast kills.

Nationally the fatality rate spiked by 600 or so, a far cry from the
6400 predicted by Joan Claybrook.
-- 
Brandon

"Spooooooooooonnnnn!"

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From: grimrod@mindless.moc (Brandon Sommerville)
Subject: Re: Arrest Slow Drivers (n left and fast drivers in right)
Date: 1998/07/01
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