From: bpita@ctp.com (Bob Pitas)
Subject: Re: Quick radar question about traffic ticket
Organization: Cambridge Technology Partners
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 23:10:24 GMT

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:
>> >> > 
>> >> > 
>> >Ya right, and if a speeder ran over someone you knew because he
>> >was going to fast to stop you'd be the one yelling the loudest
>> >that the cops don't pull enough speeders over!
>> 
>> Speeding doesn't kill, people who can't control their vehicles do the
>> killing...
>
>Kind of like people who can't control the speed of their car you mean?
>

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...

>
>> I'd bet that if all road had no speed limits at all, the total # of accidents
>> wouldn't be raised significantly, although the # of fatalities might, since
>> losing control because you're going faster than your ability to control
>> the car is more likely to be fatal at higher speeds.
>
>Oh, I had know idea that you were a civil engineer.
           ^^^^
Gee, and I had "know" idea you were an english major...

>
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>
>> BTW, I'm not for letting everyone drive 100MPH in Hyundais with their
>> hands on the stereo tuner...  If I had my way, every driver would be
>> required to attend Bob Bondourant's School of High Performance Driving
>> before they could get their licenses!  Instead of slowing everyone down
>> to the lowest common denominator, get some of the retards off the road!
>
>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?)

>
>Listen, you're a young guy with a Mustang and you want to go fast
>maybe you are a good driver but believe me those speed limits are there
>for a reason, if you were distracted for even a second and the guy in
>front of you nailed his brakes you need enough time to react and if
>you're going 70 it will limit your reaction time.

And if I tailgate *and* take my eyes off the road for even a split second, 
then I shouldn't be on the road in the first place... 

>
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>>        / _ \                 '85 Mustang GT                        Bob Pitas
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>>      / /| \                  Up at NED, Epping, NH           (Cambridge, MA)
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           "Laughed at by time, tricked by circumstances" -Peart
Disclaimer: These opinions are mine, obviously, since they end with my .sig!
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