Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!whuxlb!pyuxll!eisx!npoiv!npois!hogpc!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!duke!unc!tim From: tim@unc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: 55 and Type A Behavior Message-ID: <5524@unc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Jul-83 15:19:44 EDT Article-I.D.: unc.5524 Posted: Fri Jul 8 15:19:44 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Jul-83 18:45:05 EDT References: auvax.158 Lines: 29 Someone asked why anyone would want to drive faster than 55. This same person admitted to not being a very experienced driver, and to have never driven on the highways. I am going to try to enlighten this person. A journey through several states, say from North Carolina to New York, is much harder to make at 55 than at 70. When you know that you're going to be on the road for many more hours, 55 is a crawl. Each white line segment meanders up, pauses at your bumper as if to say hello, then finally admits you to the next bit of road. The effect of this on the consciousness is remarkable -- one thinks as if drowning in mud, a tension sets in to all the muscles, and it is generally a bad scene. This is particularly true when the traffic on the road is light. At 70, on the other hand, the mind remains active, since the soporific effect of the slow-passing lines and scenery is removed. One feels that one is doing something, rather than just drifting eternally in a purposeless void. I hope that this is clear to you now. You would be well advised in the future to avoid forming opinions on subjects which you know nothing about. ______________________________________ The overworked keyboard of Tim Maroney duke!unc!tim (USENET) tim.unc@udel-relay (ARPA) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill