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Started by Patty Solomon
Mon, 13 Jan 1986 21:41
Re: The story about the 85 mph speedometers
Author: 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 . .
Re: The story about the 85 mph speedometers
Author: Bill Landsborough
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1986 21:59
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1986 21:59
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In article <4804@alice.UUCP> pat@alice.UucP (Patty Solomon) writes: > >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. > >-- > . . . * * . * > Pat Solomon Pat, he probably said that he was speeding and violating the law and then said "but so what!" He probably also had the same lawyer that helps burglars sue their victims for undue violence when caught in the act of a crime.... Bill Landsborough ---- "Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude... Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
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