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Article #577Re: Ending Life in Virginia's Fastest Lanes
From: Bruce Harper
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 17:23
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 17:23
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In article <974fdk$7qg$1@news.chorus.net>, Aardwolf
<"se1aard"@@itis.com> wrote:
> > The justification for a lot of the speeding
> > on the interstate seems to be the "85th percentile" measurement of
> > speed and no other factors should ever come into play.
>
> 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.
Bruce in Blacksburg
--
Bruce B. Harper
Blacksburg, Virginia
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