Path: utzoo!censor!jeff
From: jeff@censor.UUCP (Jeff Hunter)
Newsgroups: ont.general
Subject: Re: Radar Detectors (was Highway Driving Rules)
Summary: driving with caution
Keywords: speed limits
Message-ID: <579@censor.UUCP>
Date: 10 May 89 22:58:38 GMT
References: <852@mv03.ecf.toronto.edu> <9556@watcgl.waterloo.edu> <9585@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
Organization: Bell Canada, Business Development, Toronto
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In article <9585@watcgl.waterloo.edu>, kim@watsup.waterloo.edu (Kim Nguyen) writes:
> 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.
> ...
> 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.

	In the middle of this "I'm ok, but there's real bozo's out there"
discussion I'd like to bring up the (possibly apochryphal) study that found:

	80% of all drivers classify themselves as being "above average"

Not to single anyone out; I'm sure that a lot of the posters in this thread
*are* above average. However driving's one of those activities that interacts
poorly with human nature. Your positive feedback (Hey, I'm doing great!) comes
all the time, but all too often the negative feedback only comes in one big
crunch when it's too late.

	Just for the record I'm a below average driver, but I compensate
by driving defensively and carefully. (So I guess that makes me better than
most out there. :-)
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