Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/26/83; site ihuxo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!whuxlb!pyuxll!eisx!npoiv!npois!hogpc!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!we13!ihnp4!ihuxo!ejk47 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 Article-I.D.: ihuxo.250 Posted: Wed Jul 13 16:05:21 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Jul-83 21:42:35 EDT Organization: BTL Naperville, Il. Lines: 19 ----- 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.