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Bruce Harper wrote:

>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.

It is a factor in determining how fast it is safe to travel at that
time, it should have no bearing on determining how the speed limit is
set.

Is that how *you* determine the safe speed to travel at?  If the sign
says 65 do you do 65 even if visibility is down to about 20' since the
sign tells you the safe speed to travel?

Should we set the speed limit at 20 mph because once or twice a year
you get white out conditions?

Those accidents were caused by bad driving compounded by poor
visibility and had nothing to do with speed limits.
-- 
Brandon

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's 
nut that held its ground.

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