Here's a website devoted to bringing back the 55 mph speed limit

Around 11/8/2005 11:40 AM, Aunt Judy (Pride of Diarrhea)
<http://tinyurl.com/65nqz> wrote:

> Alex Rodriguez wrote:
>
>>In article .com>,
>>Aunt Judy (Pride of Diarrhea) <http://tinyurl.com/65nqz> says...
>>
>>
>>>Paul. wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hell, I've been asking similar of the troll for the last few months: If
>>>>55 is so wonderful at saving lives, why not 45? Or 35 like during WWII?
>>>
>>>I ask you the same question. If 70 is good then why not 90 or 120???
>>>Anyone can play that game but we have to draw the line somewhere.
>>
>>It's been answered before. Limits should be based on traffic studies. You
>>set the limit by the natural flow of traffic. Most drivers are not stupid
>>and will drive at reasonable speeds. You use the 85th % rule to set the limit.
>>Engineers have proven this is the safest, and most effiecient way to set
>>limits.
>
>
> HAHAHA. There the loony goes again talking about how we need a speed
> limit where the PLAN is for 15% of the drivers to violate it!!!
> HAHAHA.

How about a plan where NOBODY violates the speed limit? Easy to
implement: Make the speed limit /// everywhere, then nobody can violate it.

Still, planning for a scant handful of cars (those above the 90th
percentile speed) violating the speed limit is lightyears better than
our current system of planning on EVERYBODY violating the speed limit.

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On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 17:42:49 -0800, Garth Almgren >
wrote:

t.
>
>Still, planning for a scant handful of cars (those above the 90th
>percentile speed) violating the speed limit is lightyears better than
>our current system of planning on EVERYBODY violating the speed limit.

That's because penalties for the deadly crime of speeding are
practically zero. Stop the criminal coddling and throw killer
speeders in jail and we'd get compliance.

laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 17:42:49 -0800, Garth Almgren >
> wrote:
>
> t.
> >
> >Still, planning for a scant handful of cars (those above the 90th
> >percentile speed) violating the speed limit is lightyears better than
> >our current system of planning on EVERYBODY violating the speed limit.
>
> That's because penalties for the deadly crime of speeding are
> practically zero. Stop the criminal coddling and throw killer
> speeders in jail and we'd get compliance.

If speeding were a deadly crime, your suggestion would make sense.
Since it's not a deadly crime, though, your suggestion is worthless, as
are you.

Around 11/8/2005 6:50 PM, Aunt Judy (Pride of Diarrhea)
<http://tinyurl.com/65nqz> wrote:

> On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 17:42:49 -0800, Garth Almgren >
> wrote:
>
>>How about a plan where NOBODY violates the speed limit? Easy to
>>implement: Make the speed limit /// everywhere, then nobody can violate it.
>>
>>Still, planning for a scant handful of cars (those above the 90th
>>percentile speed) violating the speed limit is lightyears better than
>>our current system of planning on EVERYBODY violating the speed limit.
>
>
> That's because

What's because? You're responding to my outlining of two polar opposite
scenarios. Pick one.

> penalties for the deadly crime of speeding are practically zero.

That's because it's usually neither deadly, nor a crime.


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On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 02:50:00 GMT, laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE
> said the following in rec.autos.driving...

> That's because penalties for the deadly crime of speeding are
> practically zero. Stop the criminal coddling and throw killer
> speeders in jail and we'd get compliance.
>

You first. Otherwise, STFU, hypocrite.

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"> Have you ever driven a car faster than the legal speed limit?

Yes, but never deliberately. In fact i got a speeding ticket about 5
years ago for doing 41 in a 25. I just about kicked the cops teeth in
cause i was sure he was lying. No way the SL on this wide open
stretch could be 25, i thought."

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