From: dcg@mogun.UUCP (David Gunsul)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: Quick radar question about traffic ticket
Summary: DUH!!!
Date: 22 Nov 92 02:10:31 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Hotrods `R' Us, Montgomery, IL

In article <1992Nov17.231024.13343@ctp.com>, bpita@ctp.com (Bob Pitas) writes:
> In article <217@mogun.UUCP> dcg@mogun.UUCP (David Gunsul) writes:
> >In article <1992Nov11.192457.13338@ctp.com>, bpita@ctp.com (Bob Pitas) writes:
> >> In article <208@mogun.UUCP> dcg@mogun.UUCP (David Gunsul) writes:
> >> >In article <1992Nov3.201840.16703@cbnewsi.cb.att.com>, ca@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (christopher.arnone) writes:
> >> >> In article <1992Nov2.160735.4015@dvorak.amd.com>, martin@dvorak.amd.com (Martin Schuessler) writes:
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > 
> 
> Duh?  Anyone can control the speed of their car.  It's just a matter of *why*.
> For me, the insurance companies making more money is *not* a good enough 
> reason for me to drive slowly...

Why can't you go faster than the speed limit, simple, because it's
against the law.
If you break the law then you should be punished, period.


Just because YOU don't agree with a law doesn't mean that you can go out
and break it.



> >And now you're a race car driver.
> 
> I wish I could find some stats on how many accidents per mile travelled 
> professional race-car drivers average...  You can bet your sorry ass that
> they drive faster than the speed-limits *and* get in fewer accidents, because
> the have practiced control, as well as emergency avoidance.  Now maybe if
> everyone had some exposure to this training...
> (Are you starting to understand a little bit here, or what?)

The problem is everyone is NOT exposed to this training, people panic
and when they do they can cause problems for even the most experienced driver.

Plus the fact that you can be taught everything in the book about driving
and still make a mistake.


Anyway, this is pointless, you think you're an ace driver and are going
to continue to go as fast as you regularly go and nothing I say is going to
change that (at least until you actually have a serious accident) so lets just
skip it.



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                     | David Gunsul       
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                     |  It's amazing what $2,500 worth of big block
                     |  will do to $60,000 worth of high technology. 
From: leonglaw@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Lawrence LEONG)
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 10:54:11 GMT
Subject: Re: Seat Belts Releasing in Crashes: Institute for Injury Reduction
Organization: HP Singapore