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From: woods@hao.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: speed limits and proposals to *really* save lives
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Date: Fri, 17-Jun-83 15:34:01 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 17 15:34:01 1983
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   Yes, no one would deny that people getting killed in car accidents is a
bummer and a serious problem. However, I'm firmly convinced from both past
experience and the present controversey that throwing laws at the problem isn't
going to do jack shit. People who disagree with the law will simply break it
anyway, and we simply don't have the money or manpower to spare enforcing
speed limits, moral arguments aside for the time being. What we have to do is
encourage people to drive more responsibly. No, I don't have any easy
solutions. I wish I did. I only know that more laws definitely cost more money,
and it is a matter of some debate whether or not they accomplish the intended
purpose (to make the highways safer).

                        GREG
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