Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!watcgl!watsup!kim
From: kim@watsup.waterloo.edu (Kim Nguyen)
Newsgroups: kw.general,ont.general
Subject: Re: Radar Detectors (was Highway Driving Rules)
Keywords: speed limits
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Date: 9 May 89 02:24:39 GMT
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In article <13665@watdragon.waterloo.edu> djsalomon@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Daniel J. Salomon) writes:
>Automobile accidents are the major cause of death, brain damage, and
>crippling among young adults, and excessive speed is a major contributor
>to highway accidents.  Speeders endanger their lives and the lives of
>everyone else on the highway.  Don't buy a radar detector, just buy a
>gun and blow your brains out.  That way you will only be killing one
>person.  Every year there is at least one multicar pile up on the 401
>because people already drive too fast there.

I agree that *excessive* speed is a contributor to accidents.  I too
have seen SO many crazed maniac drivers it bugs me to no end.  I
believe that the essence to safe driving is to be aware of the limits
of yourself, of your car, and of other drivers.

>I am seriously pissed off at brainless, macho speeders.  They should
>require IQ tests before giving driving licenses, not just driving tests.

Somehow there should be some way of determining a potential driver's
attitudes with regards to safety, consideration, and just plain common
sense.  If such a test existed, it would encompass the problem of
excessive speeding.

>Do I sound like someone that lost two good friends in car accidents?

... I guess so.
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Kim Nguyen 					kim@watsup.waterloo.edu
Systems Design Engineering  --  University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada