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Old July 8th 08, 11:36 PM posted to misc.transport.road,rec.autos.driving
Brent P[_1_]
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Default 55 returning? It had better not-the dumbest law since Prohibition

On 2008-07-08, Eeyore > wrote:

> I have a totally CLEAN licence. Not a single endorsement on it EVER. That's
> because I drive *safely*. Low speed DOES NOT ensure safety.


A clean license has nothing to do with safety either. It just means you
haven't been caught in a revenue trap or had a moron do something so
stupid you couldn't compensate for it.


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  #42  
Old July 8th 08, 11:38 PM posted to misc.transport.road,rec.autos.driving
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Default 55 returning? It had better not-the dumbest law since Prohibition



Brent P wrote:

> What's reckless is the stupid lane and other behavior that is permitted on
> US roads.


Now there's a truth.

I can't believe you allow overtaking either side. It must be a major
contributory factor in many accidents.

Also the roundabout vs intersection thing.

Graham


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Old July 8th 08, 11:50 PM posted to misc.transport.road,rec.autos.driving
Brent P[_1_]
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Default 55 returning? It had better not-the dumbest law since Prohibition

On 2008-07-08, Eeyore > wrote:
>
>
> Brent P wrote:
>
>> What's reckless is the stupid lane and other behavior that is permitted on
>> US roads.

>
> Now there's a truth.
>
> I can't believe you allow overtaking either side. It must be a major
> contributory factor in many accidents.


If there were no overtaking on the right the roads would be constant
traffic jam as such a law would enable the aunt-judy control freaks in
their road-blocking behaviors. They would go to the left lane and sit
there doing 20-30mph less than everyone else wanted to go.


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Old July 9th 08, 12:00 AM posted to misc.transport.road,rec.autos.driving
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Default 55 returning? It had better not-the dumbest law since Prohibition



Larrybud wrote:

> Jeff Morrison > wrote in
>
> > On Jul 5, 10:39 am, wrote:
> >> I would agree, Virginia seems to have a "Hard-On" against
> >> speeding more than any state I can think of. They consider
> >> anything over 80 to be Reckless Driving and nail you
> >> accordingly.
> >>
> >> Jim K. Georges

> >
> > Anything over 80 IS reckless driving.

>
> You must be a politician, pulling some arbitrary number out of your
> ass like that.


80 is 3000 rpm in my car's fifth gear.

Graham


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Old July 9th 08, 12:01 AM posted to misc.transport.road,rec.autos.driving
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Default 55 returning? It had better not-the dumbest law since Prohibition



BSMack wrote:

> Eighty is wreakless driving. A lot of the drivers are too in-experienced and
> ignorant of the rules of the road to drive that fast.


SO TEACH THEM TO DRIVE PROPERLY !

Graham

  #47  
Old July 9th 08, 02:08 PM posted to misc.transport.road,rec.autos.driving
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Default 55 returning? It had better not-the dumbest law since Prohibition

>> > On Jul 5, 10:39 am, wrote:
>> >> I would agree, Virginia seems to have a "Hard-On" against
>> >> speeding more than any state I can think of. They consider
>> >> anything over 80 to be Reckless Driving and nail you
>> >> accordingly.
>> >>
>> >> Jim K. Georges
>> >
>> > Anything over 80 IS reckless driving.

>>
>> You must be a politician, pulling some arbitrary number out of
>> your ass like that.

>
> 80 is 3000 rpm in my car's fifth gear.


Yeah, so?


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Old July 9th 08, 05:37 PM posted to misc.transport.road,rec.autos.driving
Michael Angelo Ravera
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Default 55 returning? It had better not-the dumbest law since Prohibition

On Jul 5, 12:25*pm, Arif Khokar > wrote:
> Jeff Morrison wrote:
> > Anything over 80 IS reckless driving.

>
> Hardly. *That's the speed of traffic (or maybe 3 to 5 mph faster ) on
> many interstates.


Even before the lifting of the hated 65 MPH limit, compliance data
showed that Arizona drivers averaged 82 MPH in good weather on rural
freeways. I wouldn't think that over half of Arizonans are reckless.
Fee Waybill and John McCain certainly aren't!
  #49  
Old July 9th 08, 07:17 PM posted to misc.transport.road,rec.autos.driving
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Default 55 returning? It had better not-the dumbest law since Prohibition

>>> What's reckless is the stupid lane and other behavior that is permitted on
>>> US roads.


>> Now there's a truth.
>>
>> I can't believe you allow overtaking either side. It must be a major
>> contributory factor in many accidents.


> If there were no overtaking on the right the roads would be constant
> traffic jam as such a law would enable the aunt-judy control freaks in
> their road-blocking behaviors. They would go to the left lane and sit
> there doing 20-30mph less than everyone else wanted to go.


That's what DID happen during 1974-88. Left Lane Blockers were never a
serious problem before 1974, but the 55 limit (and police policies that
came along with it) encouraged sanctimonious assholes to believe (or
pretend) they were performing a public service by being LLBs.
  #50  
Old July 9th 08, 08:16 PM posted to misc.transport.road,rec.autos.driving
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Default 55 returning? It had better not-the dumbest law since Prohibition

On Jul 9, 12:37*pm, Michael Angelo Ravera >
wrote:

> Even before the lifting of the hated 65 MPH limit, compliance data
> showed that Arizona drivers averaged 82 MPH in good weather on rural
> freeways. I wouldn't think that over half of Arizonans are reckless.
> Fee Waybill and John McCain certainly aren't!


The _average_ speed was 82? Certainly on a rural wide open road
people can go faster, but still that seems rather high.
 




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