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Article #549Re: Ending Life in Virginia's Fastest Lanes
From: Aardwolf
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 23:59
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 23:59
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Bruce Harper wrote:
> In article <974fdk$7qg$1@news.chorus.net>, Aardwolf
> <"se1aard"@@itis.com> wrote:
> > That's the justification for exceeding the limit ("speeding" is such an
> > imprecise, non-standardized term), and overall it's a good one. Very few
> > other factors _should_ come into play, especially on limited access
> > multilane highways. Even on city streets it's usually not the case (whether
> > the local governments do so or not) that other factors need to be taken into
> > account.
>
> I'm sure that's a comfort to the individuals and companies who had
> their cars and trucks totaled and burned in the multi-bar pile-up
> on I-81 near Lexington on Thursday. Same goes for the crowd over
> east on I95 near Fredricksburg. I'm sure everyone will be glad to know
> that the ice and white-out conditions in the snow were factors that
> didn't need to come into play when determining how fast to travel.
I was talking about factors involved in the setting, maintaining, and enforcement
of speed limits.
Factors involving the maximum safe travel speed at any given time, on the other
hand, take into account driver, vehicle, road, and atmospheric (read:
weather/visibility) conditions and constantly vary. On a clear day on a
non-traveled stretch of arrow-straight highway it may pose no danger to go as fast
as the car is capable of. In bad weather, however, the combination of conditions
may indicate a speed nowhere near as high as the number posted on a roadside sign.
Aardwolf.
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