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From: ejk47@ihuxo.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: 55mph speed-limits
Message-ID: <250@ihuxo.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 13-Jul-83 16:05:21 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 13 16:05:21 1983
Date-Received: Thu, 14-Jul-83 21:42:35 EDT
Organization: BTL Naperville, Il.
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----- News saved at Wed, 13-Jul-83 14:18:13 CDT
     As a veteran firefighter and an EMT, I have drawn the conclusion
that speed kills.  Being assigned to a rescue team, I have seen all
types of accidents.  The only thing that most of the accidents had
in common was that one of the drivers was driving too fast for conditions.

     I had the experience of being present at an accident a block away
from my home.  As a five year old boy died in my arms, I heard the
punk that hit him, and his two sisters, say, "You're not taking me
to any hospital."  It seems this moron was doing 60+ mph in a 25 mph
residential area.  The reason the driver didn't want to go to the 
hospital was that he didn't want a blood-test, which would prove that
he was higher than a kite.

     What I'm trying to say is that 55mph, and above, is fine for the
highways, but not in our residential areas.  Now to give you speed-
demons something to flame about, I adhere to the posted speed limit
when I drive.  The way I see it, the posted speed signs were put up
after a study of what the average safe speed should be in a given area.