Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site codas.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!akguc!codas!mikel From: mikel@codas.UUCP (Mikel Manitius) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: They Can't Drive 55 Message-ID: <116@codas.UUCP> Date: Tue, 1-Oct-85 20:37:19 EDT Article-I.D.: codas.116 Posted: Tue Oct 1 20:37:19 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 3-Oct-85 07:24:58 EDT References: <420@rti-sel.UUCP> <2836@sun.uucp> Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Information Systems (SDSS) - Orlando Lines: 33 > > > 3. Are fewer lives REALLY lost on our highways due to the > > lower speed limit? > > Car and Driver magazine had an excellent article a few years ago > where they showed one of the graphs that "demonstrated" that > traffic fatalities had gone down as a result of the 55 limit. > They then showed the same graph in a larger 60 year context, > which showed that there has been a long-term downward trend. > They then showed that the number of miles driven is more highly > correlated with fatalities than speed limits. The 55 limit was > introduced at the time of the oil crisis, a time when people > naturally drove less. > > Commerce and industry are being restrained by artificially low > limits, not to mention freedoms. > > --- > {ucbvax,decwrl}!sun!alan > > "Extraordinary how potent cheap music is." Noel Coward I would be interrested in finding out how many people can actually drive 55 (or below 65 for that matter) for over an hour at night, without falling asleep, I cannot and will not drive under 70 for long drives because It's dangerous, not enough stimulation to keep me awake. Has anyone heard of studies reflecting this? Mikel Manitius AT&T Information Systems {ihnp4!}codas!mikel 151 Wymore Rd. Rm: 420 (305) 869-2462 Altamonte Springs, FL AT&T-IS ETN: 755 32714 Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com