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grimrod@mindless.com (Brandon Sommerville) wrote:

>If the old wife was a mathematician named Julie Anna Cirillo, then
>you're absolutely right.

Then this superb mathematician should be able to provide a computer
program that supports the faster-is-safer theory.   Where is it?

>Since very few people know about the study, that logic doesn't stand.

It salves the conscience of those who like to drive fast and that's
all it does.   Try using it in a court of law to support your driving
37 mph in a 25 mph zone after you've run over a child a see how far it
goes.  For that matter, show me a single case where it's been used
successfully as a defense for speeding anywhere in this country.

>The study best holds true (like any similar study) when people are
>unaware of it or do not modify their driving styles to compensate for
>it.  For those of us who habitually travel 10 to 15 mph faster than
>the average, it is just a pleasant confirmation of something that
>we've suspected for years.

We can always implement this theory by starting an experiment on the
street where Brandon lives.  For the sake of argument let's assume
Brandon has children who like to play on his front lawn.  Assuming the
current speed limit is 25 mph and the average speeds equal the limit
then we'd all have to drive 37 mph to be 'safe'.  But now the average
speed goes up so we've got to drive faster and faster.... oh, never
mind.  It's only Brandon's kiddies at risk so that doesn't matter does
it?

One has to be truly blind and gullible to believe this nonsense.   I'm
truly surprised even you would bite on it.

>You never did explain to me why it is ok
>for the NHTSA to include "speed too slow for conditions" in their
>speed related numbers to demonstrate the dangers of exceeding speed
>limits, care to take a stab at it now? (wait, I know, snip snip snip!)

Why don't you ask the good folks at NHTSA?  I have no idea.

In the meantime I'll restate a challenge I made a long time ago and
that no one could take up.  Find a single bona fide accident
investigator anywhere who believes driving faster is safer or that
speed doesn't kill.  Until you can do that *and* provide the name of
this person(s) your arguments are just so much hot air.  Go for it.


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