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From: marauder@fluke.UUCP (Bill Landsborough)
Newsgroups: net.auto.tech
Subject: Re: The story about the 85 mph speedometers
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Date: Fri, 17-Jan-86 16:59:38 EST
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In article <4804@alice.UUCP> pat@alice.UucP (Patty Solomon) writes:
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>marauder@fluke.UUCP (Bill Landsborough) writes:
>
>>Well everything was going along as planned for several years until
>>1982 a man traveling at a high rate of speed (over 85) went into a
>>turn and went too wide and crashed off of the outside of the turn.  He
>>subsequently sued and won the suit agains the NHTSD for removing his
>>ability to properly judge his approach speed to the turn and therefore
>>cause him to crash.
>
>Might I inquire what this man's reply was when asked why he was doing
>85+?  If highways are 55 with curves sometimes designated 45, anything
>off the dial was against the NHTSD's posted recommendation.
>
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>			Pat Solomon

Pat, he probably said that he was speeding and violating the law and
then said "but so what!"  He probably also had the same lawyer that
helps burglars sue their victims for undue violence when caught in the
act of a crime....

Bill Landsborough


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arrogant or rude... Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all
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