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Re: Aggressive Driving

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From: Brandon Sommerville
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 00:00
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E. Faubion wrote:

>grimrod@mindless.moc (Brandon Sommerville) wrote:
>
>>I'm certain that on a case by case basis you can prove that speed
>>killed specific individuals because I've never denied that it happens.
>
>Like you said, Speed Kills.

Everything is black and white, isn't it?  Speed *can* kill, it is
certainly possible to be traveling too fast for prevalent conditions,
but higher speeds don't entail more accidents.

>>But on a general road safety basis, proving that lower speed limits
>>cause less accidents is as beyond you as it is beyond the NHTSA.
>
>Not to mention all those poor people in the cemetaries.   

And no one died while speed limits were low?  More trite responses
designed to elicit an emotional reaction.  Sad, but predictable.

No comments about the infallibility of M.D.s?
-- 
Brandon

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From: grimrod@mindless.moc (Brandon Sommerville)
Subject: Re: Aggressive Driving
Date: 1998/07/14
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