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From: mzal@pegasus.UUCP (Mike Zaleski)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Speedingin Maryland and in Space
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Date: Fri, 10-May-85 12:04:28 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 10 12:04:28 1985
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Some random thoughts on the speed limit and its enforcers:

Re Maryland rolling roadblocks: Many years ago, when the dumb 55 MPH
limit was first imposed, Kentucky used a similar ploy.  In fact, my
local newspaper published (and I may still have a copy of) an aerial
photo of the rolling roadblock.  Basically, it appeared to work,
but I noticed that the cars (all presumably going 55) were bunched
up with about 1 car length between them.  This would of course make
for a great chain collision.

Re Space: Probably as soon as space travel is feasable, someone will
want to impose a speed limit up there too.

Re Left land law enforcers: A few people have written to net.auto
proclaiming their right to drive 55 in the left lane and law violators
be damned.  I wonder how many of these people would also step in to
help someone being robbed at knifepoint or gunpoint.  If you woundn't
mess with a potential psycho with a weapon, why would you mess with a
potential psycho with a 3000 pound plus weapon?

-- "The Model Citizen" Mike^Z
   Zaleski@Rutgers   [allegra!, ihnp4!] pegasus!mzal