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From: mzal@pegasus.UUCP (Mike Zaleski)
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Subject: Re: Foes of 55
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Date: Wed, 6-Mar-85 00:51:15 EST
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   Indented excerpts from: pegasus!ahuta!drutx!ihnp4!ihlpg!fish
   Let's leave 55 alone!  The 55 speed limit makes people drive 70.  If
   you put the limit back up to 70, the crazy mothers will drive at 85.

   I take a couple of trips downstate each month.  The only people on
   I-57 who go 55 are the ones following the staties at close range.

There's always a cop around when you don't want one.

   In the absence a patrol car, most people drive at or near 70, and
   you've *still* got some turkeys who drive at speeds near 80.  Once
   in a while I'll see one of these douchebags hauled over a few miles
   up the road, and I cheer and whistle.

What are you cheering and whistling for?  The thrill of seeing the
police crack another major criminal conspiricy?  The thrill of seeing
the state's coffers grow?

Probably if you would pay attention to the road instead of cheering
and whistling, it would contribute as much to highway safety as
pulling the evil speeder over.

   I keep it around 70 myself, because it keeps me comfortable in the
   traffic.  When the limit was still 70, I obeyed it ...

Take an "around 70" trip through Connecticuit sometime.  My ex-girlfirend
just got nabbed there for 63 on an interstate.  The fine? $83.  How
comfortable would you be with the dumb speed limit then?

If you like the law, then remember it is THE LAW.  ANYTHING over
55 is a CRIME.  If you're really lucky, you might spend some time
in the slammer if you get pulled over at night and can't post bail.

The 55 MPH limit is a dumb idea.  Period.

-- Mike^Z   Zaleski@Rutgers    [ allegra!, ihnp4! ] pegasus!mzal