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From: hlh@linus.UUCP (Henry L. Hall)
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Subject: Re: Fast driving
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Date: Tue, 10-Jan-84 21:34:14 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 10 21:34:14 1984
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Another point to be made is that soem roads (particularly in the midwest and
southwest are actually dangerous to drive on at 55 mph.  These roads, long,
strainght, with two lanes each direction, and with slow-changing scenery can
be awfully boring to drive on.  They don't have much travel on them and there
is no reason to have to drive at 55 risking boredom and fatigue.  As I recall,
when the national 55 mph law was intially started, with the threat of denying 
highway funds to those states who chose to resist, there were one or two states
that chose to leave their then current 65 mph speed limits in place (Nevada
and Arizona, I  believe).  Later when they found that they needed to repair
some of those interstates that federal funds had paid for, they decided to get
back in line with the rest of the Union.  Ca, c'est dommage.

As far as road hazzards go, how about those people who turn up their car 
stereo's so loud that they can't hear emergency vehicles coming by or horns
honking as they weave their way down the highway with cruise controls set to 
55 in their gas hog Caddy's.


	Henry L. Hall

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