Re: Speeding, Tailgating, and Reckless Driving

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From: Mark Folsom
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 00:00

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Michael Zarlenga wrote in message <6n71as$huc$11@paperboy.ids.net>...
>E. Faubion (efaubion@oklahoma.ten) wrote:
>: >What you don't mention is that just about every driver in heavy (but
>: >not jammed) traffic on a Maryland urban interstate highway (I-270 fits
>: >the bill best) is committing at least one and probably all three of
>: >those violations.
>
>: Which explains the chaos.  What a coincidence, eh?
>
>What explains the fact that almost 100% of those "violations"
>result in no accident?
>
>When I drove the Massachusetts 128 "circle" to work every day
>for 7 months a few years ago, I saw ONE accident.  In that same
>time there must have been 100,000 cars on that road at the same
>time as me.
>
>That's 99.999%.

I think the fatality rate for freeways is about 0.8 per 100,000,000 vehicle
miles.  Even with the chaos.

--
Mark Folsom, P.E.
Consulting Mechanical Engineer
http://www.redshift.com/~folsom

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From: "Mark Folsom" <folsomman@redshift.com>
Subject: Re: Speeding, Tailgating, and Reckless Driving
Date: 1998/06/28
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