Re: Setting speed limits

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From: Eric W. Ziegast
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1992 14:47

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(Guy Hadsall) writes:
> Speed *does not* Kill, as reported by the Maryland DOT 1989/1990
> reports to the govenor state.  "Variations" of speed *KILLS*.

So, if I go 70 miles an hour and then hit a parked truck, it's not
the spped that kills me -- it's the variation of speed (70 -->0)
that kills me.  I think that's a law of physics or something. ;^)
--
Eric Z.

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