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Article #238Re: Washington Times says MD police to increase speeding tickets
From: Larry Rubin
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 20:47
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 20:47
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In article <32eiu9$8ls@agate.berkeley.edu>, In space, no one can hear you snore <DSCHULTZ@sssp.gsfc.nasa.gov> wrote: >is no physical cue that you are driving fast. You have to constantly >look at the speedometer every few minutes to make sure your foot >hasn't crept too far down on the pedal. Driving is stressful enough >without having to watch the speedometer every minute for the entire >trip. Thankfully my new car has cruise control, which relieves some Not only that, but speedometer watching and looking out for cops takes all the more attention and concentration off of the actual driving. If something unexpected happens up ahead, you may need that extra half a second to safely react to that situation. Thus, I would go even further and suggest that these artificially low speed limits are far more hazzardous and can lead to more accidents than if the roads were posted with a more realistic limit.
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