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Re: They All Bought the Farm

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From: Scott M. Kozel
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 00:00
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Mr. Fun <gribble@primenet.com> wrote:
> 
> If speeding was inherently a terribly unsafe act then how do you
> explain the fact that cops speed all the time??  If it's safe for them
> to speed then it's safe for anyone else with their head screwed on.

I never said that speeding was "inherently a terribly unsafe act". 
There are degrees, 2 mph over the speed limit is different from 40 mph
over the speed limit.

I don't normally see cops speeding in my area.

Except when they got the lights flashing, but that's appropriate.

-- 
Scott M. Kozel    "The Virginia Highwayman"   kozelsm@richmond.infi.net  
Highway and Transportation History Websites  
Virginia/Maryland/Washington D.C. http://www.richmond.infi.net/~kozelsm
PHL area http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Campus/5961/pennways.html
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From: "Scott M. Kozel" <kozelsm@richmond.infi.net>
Subject: Re: They All Bought the Farm
Date: 1998/07/19
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