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From: svirsky@ttidcb.UUCP (William Svirsky)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: 65 MPH?
Message-ID: <680@ttidcb.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 13-Feb-86 14:54:54 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 13 14:54:54 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 14-Feb-86 06:35:51 EST
References: <152@ttidcc.UUCP>
Reply-To: svirsky@ttidcb.UUCP (William Svirsky)
Organization: Transaction Technology, Inc. (CitiCorp), Santa Monica
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Summary: 

In article <152@ttidcc.UUCP> paulb@ttidcc.UUCP (Paul Blumstein) writes:
>LA TIMES, 2/12/86 (excerpts):
>
>The California Highway Patrol and Caltrans (California Department of
>Transportation) recommended ... that the 55-mph speed limit be boosted
>to 65 mph along hundreds of miles of the state freeway system outside
>metropolitan areas.
>
>...the average speed along rural stretches of I5 ... is 63 to 65 mph.
>... people are already goin that fast...

I saw the same thing on the news.  Now my question is if people are
averaging 8-10 mph over the speed limit now, why wouldn't they do
the same with a 65 mph speed limit?  My observations are that
most people drive the highway at 5-9 mph over the posted speed
limit regardless of what that limit is.
-- 
Bill Svirsky
Citicorp/TTI
3100 Ocean Park Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90405 Work phone: 213-450-9111 x2597
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