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In article <2hepl3$l1p@access.digex.net> jb@access.digex.net (John) writes:
>Jonathan Hazzard <thonhazz@clark.net> wrote:
>
>>We need higher speed limits, many of the cars on the road today are 
>>competent at higher speeds, and the interstates were built to accomadate 
>>1970's technology vehicles at 70 mph.  The problem is the poor to 
>>non-existent education required to obtain a license.  By knowing the 
>>consequences of dangerous driving and by properly training people to 
>>MERGE (my little pet peave) I think we could safely set speed limits at 65+.
>
>Yes, incompetent drivers _are_ a problem, but I don't see that as a major
>barrier to reasonable speed limits.

Most probably there're two abundant sorts of the incompenent drivers: the
Scared Incompetent Drivers and the Brave Incompetent Drivers. The first
group knows about 55 and drives 45. It _is_ dangerous, isn't it.
The second, more abundant group knows about 55 but never ever got fined, so
they go 75.

Apparently, both of them drive at a far-from-average speed, so the
first-level conclusion is that legalizing an average speeed won't affect
the things.

Alas, there's always a chance that the brave idiots will keep making 15+
miles above the limit, whatever is the limit...

	D