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From: lance@ubvax.UUCP (Lance Keigwin)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: 55MPH-save gas?
Message-ID: <459@ubvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 26-Feb-86 02:36:13 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 26 02:36:13 1986
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Reply-To: lance@ubvax.UUCP (Lance Keigwin)
Organization: Ungermann-Bass, Inc., Santa Clara, Ca.
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Keywords: 55 costs lives?



As long as we're on the endless subject of 55mph and saving lives, I
thought I'd mention an interesting point Road & Track made years ago.
They suggested (with rather obvious tongue-in-cheek) that given the
increased time drivers spend travelling due to the lower speed limit,
perhaps one should factor in the shorter "life time" left as a result.
Using the government's own statistics, it was easy to show how far
more man-lives would be lost in extra driving time than saved in fewer
highway deaths, even considering the dubious conclusion that 55 alone
was responsible.

Lance P. Keigwin