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In article <1992Oct9.144712.9223@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> wolit@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (Jan Wolitzky) writes:
>
>As an emergency medical technician who tries to piece together the
>results of their callous disregard for human life, I think people who
>speed, run stop signs, drive drunk, etc., represent a far greater
>deteriment to the quality of life than the traffic summonses that
>attempt to keep them from wreaking their havoc.

Jan, speed, in and of itself, is not a problem.  It is only when excessive
speed is involved that your medical background might get involved. 
That should not mean that traffic on NJ highways shouldn't have speed
limits that reflect the safe, reasonable and acceptable limits the
public wants.  For most NJ highways, that is clearly not 55mph.

Answer this, why is it OK to drive 55 on a two lane undivided highway
and not 65 on a 4 (or 4+) divided highway?  Before you answer, consider
that an head to head crash between a large truck and a passenger
vehicle on a the two lane will result in the passenger car absorbing
the bulk of the energy, thus the resulting impact for the passenger car
is more akin to hitting a stone wall at a far greater speed than the
55 it was going.  Driving 65 on a highway is not likely to
result in head-to-head crashes at that speed, nor is anyone likely
to hit a brick wall going 65 on the GSP or NJ Turnpike.

Those of us (myself included) that are calling for a raising of the
HIGHWAY speed limits are NOT asking to see speed limits on other
roads increased.  You, yourself, are probably aware that most serious
accidients happen at intersections and on undivided roadways, NOT
on the highway system.

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