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Old July 21st 15, 06:59 AM posted to rec.autos.driving
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On Tuesday, February 5, 2002 at 8:12:18 PM UTC-7, Judy Diarya wrote:
> Why should any "law-abiding citizen" need a device that is used solely
> for committing a crime - a serious crime that kills thousands of
> innocent americans a year.
>
> BTW - I've heard that texas bans the sale of radar detectors, though
> presumably not their use. Anyone know if that's true.


Thankfully in the ~12 years since the thread started many of the stupid and down right ignorant assumptions related to safety and actual comfortable, safe and engineering based travel speeds ver's political not science or engineering based posted limits.

First as of today, The NMSL of 55 was and always will be irrelevant to the actual safe, comfortable and engineering based speed across the US on our coast to coast high/freeway system.

Knowing that today 42 states, 16 states have dropped the idea of political not based in any real engineering or science based posted maximums. Raising their posted maximum for optimal conditions to 70, 75 & 80 mph today on our coast to coast highway/freeway/interstate system!!!!!

Today only a few states in the north east, alaska & hawaii(60) have stuck to this less than useless idea, something that 70+ years of DOT collected stats say makes travel less safe of still having under posted political arbitrary limits of 55/65.

55/65 is a speed based on a political idea not on engineering or safety. The NMSL was always a limit which had no basis in design or engineering. NMSL based posted maximums which in no way match what is the safe, comfortable and engineering based maximum actually is, 70+ years of DOT data says they do not improve safety.

These irrelevant to actual safe, comfortable and engineering based maximum travel speeds in optimal conditions are ignored by all. including the police. This fact gives these states no actual numerical limit on rural and urban freeways. Other than what speed drivers feel safe, comfortable that matches the engineering design today of the freeways, highways and vehicles. In places which over the last few years have raised the posted limit to match actual observed travel speeds, the 85th percentile speed, !!no change in observed travel speeds has occurred!!!

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Old July 22nd 15, 03:52 AM posted to rec.autos.driving
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Heads up, everybody, S&DDAM's back.
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Old July 23rd 15, 05:59 PM posted to rec.autos.driving
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On 2015-07-22, John David Galt > wrote:
> Heads up, everybody, S&DDAM's back.


No just someone replying to a post from 2002.


 




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