Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!philabs!seismo!hao!cires!nbires!zhahai From: zhahai@nbires.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: speed limits Message-ID: <180@nbires.UUCP> Date: Mon, 27-Jun-83 00:40:59 EDT Article-I.D.: nbires.180 Posted: Mon Jun 27 00:40:59 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Jun-83 07:33:29 EDT References: <680@utcsstat.UUCP>, <550@hao.UUCP> <696@utcsstat.UUCP> Lines: 25 Ok, suppose that the 55 limit is raised tommorrow. New speed limits are 65-75 so we all stop speeding (throw away those radar detectors since the big emotional justification is gone, right?) and now have respect for law and order. Naw, then instead of going 65-75 people still use their radar detectors, and still talk about autobahns, and go 70-90mph. Remember, speeding wasn't just invented with the 55 limit. Some people assert that interstates and freeways are safe for reasonable dirvers at 70mph - well there are a lot of not so hot drivers and the only way to keep 95+% of the cars below 70 is to make the limit 55. I drive 55-62 most of the time with an empty road, and 65 if I'm in a hurry or out in the boonies - and I don't worry a lot because the cops mostly set their radar at 65 and up (the alarm). Anyone doing 90 really stands out. I don't have a detector, and i've never had a speeding ticket or accident. Lets have YAP (yet another poll): how fast are you happy with allowing every nut with a license to drive legally? No, not yourself, the others who aren't as good a driver? Now, take that and subtract, say, 5mph for the nominal speed limit. No fair expecting us all to become Germans or any such - if you want better training, fine but don't hedge your number with that - assume the current drivers for this poll. Some will be drunk, but thats another story. My vote: I want them to stay under ____ 60-65 real (ie: limit 55-60). (Of course I'm a pretty fair driver, and I can handle much more, and so on...) Zhahai Stewart {allegra, ucbvax} nbires!zhahai