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In article <1992Jul16.173708.14300@srg.srg.af.mil> dpipes@spica.srg (Dave Pipes x4552) writes:
>From: dpipes@spica.srg (Dave Pipes x4552)
>Subject: Re: Speeding & radar gun locking
>Date: 16 Jul 92 17:37:08 GMT

>In article <1992Jul15.195450.14966@monster.saic.com>
 tomj@monster.saic.com (Tom Johnson) writes:

>What amazes *me* about this type of discussion (in addition to the logic
>as apllied above) is that I remember how fast people drove when the limit 
>was 65.  They drove 10 miles per hour faster than they do now!!!!  Why, why,
>WHY do people think that we will not have 75 to 80 as an average speed if
>the limit goes up?  Or is that a safe speed now, too?

Well, there are quite a few stretches of road now with 65 as the limit, and 
the average speed there seems to be about 2-3 mph above the stretches of the 
same interstate at 55. (say 65 on one and 68 on the other).

Plus, I was passing a lot of people at 70 on the 65 limit road, while on 
long trips on other interstates I am often passed at 70, on a 55 mph road.

So, I mostly try to go 65 in a 55 zone and 70 in a 65 zone.  75 just seems 
too fast for many drivers and cars out there.

John DeCarlo, MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA--My views are my own
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