Re: Aggressive Driving

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From: Brandon Sommerville
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 00:00

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Patrick Austin wrote:

>Brandon Sommerville (grimrod@mindless.moc) wrote:
>: E. Faubion wrote:
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>: What do you think of Michigan's results with a 15 mph speed limit
>: increase?  A massive 1.5 mph in that oh so elusive and ever increasing
>: 85th percentile target.
>
>15mph increase?  The speed limit is 80 here?  Well Sheeeeyit, I KNEW those
>signs were wrong.

Heh, I'm talking about from the 55 mph days.  And I was wrong, the
85th has increased by approx 3 mph.

>Really, traffic here only moves faster in the rural areas.  In near
>detroit, ann arbor, flint, etc, etc, etc, the speeds are EXACTLY what they
>used to be.  Rural speeds have increased, which is pretty damned harmless,
>as going 75-85 mph on most of these roads, assuming your car is in good
>shape, IS NOT going to get you into an accident.  Of course, driving the
>cars that my family does, I may just be getting that warped view of
>speeding that a good german car gives you.  

Since the increase from 65 to 70 mph, the 85th percentile has
increased by .5 to 1 mph, depending on where you are.
-- 
Brandon

"Spooooooooooonnnnn!"

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From: grimrod@mindless.moc (Brandon Sommerville)
Subject: Re: Aggressive Driving
Date: 1998/07/17
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