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Article #557Re: Ending Life in Virginia's Fastest Lanes
From: sanjian
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 06:38
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 06:38
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"Brandon Sommerville" <gti@null.net.gov> wrote in message news:j8of9tg7sbk5e905l8ch4q1kd2anh1fuf8@4ax.com... > John Gilmer wrote: > >> > >> Didn't that pile up happen with Virginia's low speed limits? Didn't seem to > >> do a whole hell of a lot of good, did it? > > > >The speed limit where the pile up occurred was 65 mph. In light to > >moderate traffic folks travel from about 60 to 70. Relatively few drivers > >go much beyond 70 but you do see the occasional idiot. > > > >Like most parts of the area, the idiots NEVER slow down regardless of > >conditions. > > Of course not, because they've been trained to rely on the sign + X. > You're now reaping the spoils of badly set speed limits. It's going to take alot of unlearning for people to start relying on common sense for their speeds. If I can take a corner at 45 that's posted for 25, and not even start to approach instablilty, in a Cherokee no less, then I'm naturally going to think that speed limits are a joke. -- sanjian@wido(you know the drill)maker.com http://www.widomaker.com/~sanjian President P.A.C. Order of the Mallet ---------------------------------------------------------- Smile -- Ruka Rythem -- Corvette Dignaty -- Extra Guts -- Layla Tomadachi -- Parapu Kokoro -- Shion Believe in yourself -- Yuri
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