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Article #562Re: The story about the 85 mph speedometers
From: Patty Solomon
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1986 21:41
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1986 21:41
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marauder@fluke.UUCP (Bill Landsborough) writes:
>Well everything was going along as planned for several years until
>1982 a man traveling at a high rate of speed (over 85) went into a
>turn and went too wide and crashed off of the outside of the turn. He
>subsequently sued and won the suit agains the NHTSD for removing his
>ability to properly judge his approach speed to the turn and therefore
>cause him to crash.
Might I inquire what this man's reply was when asked why he was doing
85+? If highways are 55 with curves sometimes designated 45, anything
off the dial was against the NHTSD's posted recommendation.
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Pat Solomon
* AT&T Bell Labs * * Murray Hill, NJ 07974
* 201/582-4905 . .
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