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From: ashby@uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: They Can't Drive 55
Message-ID: <13700028@uiucdcsp>
Date: Wed, 25-Sep-85 11:38:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 25 11:38:00 1985
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Nf-From: uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU!ashby    Sep 25 10:38:00 1985


I agree with your observation: few people seem to drive 55 mph.
I certainly don't, unless circumstances demand it (like the 
presence of a cop).  However, I strongly disagree with your
implication that drunk driving and speeding are on the same
level.  Given the choice, I would rather deal with 100 cars
traveling 80mph all about me than face a single drunk - a
drunk whose actions are likely to be unpredicatable.  Also,
let's not raise a stink about no one complying.  That is the
surest way to get the cops to clamp down for a while, and
no one wants that (:-).