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From: mikel@codas.UUCP (Mikel Manitius)
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Subject: Re: They Can't Drive 55
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Date: Tue, 1-Oct-85 20:37:19 EDT
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> 
> >   3. Are fewer lives REALLY lost on our highways due to the
> >      lower speed limit?
> 
> Car and Driver magazine had an excellent article a few years ago
> where they showed one of the graphs that "demonstrated" that
> traffic fatalities had gone down as a result of the 55 limit.
> They then showed the same graph in a larger 60 year context,
> which showed that there has been a long-term downward trend.
> They then showed that the number of miles driven is more highly
> correlated with fatalities than speed limits.  The 55 limit was
> introduced at the time of the oil crisis, a time when people
> naturally drove less.
> 
> Commerce and industry are being restrained by artificially low
> limits, not to mention freedoms.
> 
> ---
> {ucbvax,decwrl}!sun!alan
> 
> "Extraordinary how potent cheap music is."  Noel Coward

I would be interrested in finding out how many people can actually
drive 55 (or below 65 for that matter) for over an hour at night,
without falling asleep, I cannot and will not drive under 70 for
long drives because It's dangerous, not enough stimulation to keep
me awake. Has anyone heard of studies reflecting this?


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