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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
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Posted: Fri Jul  8 15:19:44 1983
Date-Received: Sat, 9-Jul-83 18:45:05 EDT
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    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.

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