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"Brandon Sommerville" <gti@null.net.gov> wrote in message
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> sanjian wrote:

> >> 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.
>
> I disagree.  Post them properly and people will clue into them quickly
> enough.  If a limit on a road that someone travels at 80 mph jumps
> from 60 to 75, they aren't suddenly going to start driving at 95 mph.
> ditto for corners posted at 25 mph.  If they begin to respect the
> signs, seeing one that is signed at 25 mph will cause them to react
> accordingly instead of just ignoring it as they do now.

To an extent, but there will naturally be some period of transition, based
solely on the sheer stupidity of the less bright segments of the population.
Then again, we can't restrict those who can figure these things out for
themselves to protect those who just shouldn't be trusted with a driver's
liscense in the first place.  Either way, we both agree that the current
system simply doesn't work, and needs to be replaced.

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