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Article #872Re: Don't drive in MD!$$(Doesn't everyone speed?)$$
From: John Gilmer
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 04:38
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 04:38
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> Speed scameras do nothing to make roads safer. They only serve to line > the pockets of the juristictions that use them and the companies that > operate them. Oh, they do "a little" to make roads safer in that they do slow folks down a tad. Most folks have a "5 to 10 MPH over is OK" view of the speed limit. But some drivers take that a step beyond and have a "5 to 10 MPH over is OK" above the average speed of the traffic. IOW: If the "traffic" is flowing at 55 MPH, they will want to go 60 to 65 and that means they are may be going 20 MPH over the posted limit. The speed cameras will give tickets to the "over the average speed" drivers and put the feat of God into the folks who look at the limit as the minimum speed.
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