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From: carl@vger.UUCP (Carl Hewitt)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: 65 MPH?
Message-ID: <345@vger.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 19-Feb-86 20:13:09 EST
Article-I.D.: vger.345
Posted: Wed Feb 19 20:13:09 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 21-Feb-86 05:19:18 EST
References: <152@ttidcc.UUCP> <680@ttidcb.UUCP>
Organization: UC Santa Cruz, CIS Dept.
Lines: 33
Summary: raising the speed limit to 65

In article <680@ttidcb.UUCP>, svirsky@ttidcb.UUCP (William Svirsky) writes:
> 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.
> --

Regardless?  I'm sure if the speed limit were 90 MPH, not as many people
would exceed it, let alone get to it at all.  65 miles an hour is a good
speed on the highway, and by raising it to that, it would satisfy a lot
of people who think 55 is too slow, and they would not object to obeying
it as much.  Thus, instead of a 50% lawless rate, it might go down to 25-30%,
and California would start getting more highway money.

					-- Carl C. Hewitt

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