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From: landolt@yunexus.UUCP (Paul Landolt)
Newsgroups: ont.general
Subject: Re: Lawbreakers (was Radar Detectors (was Highway Driving Rules))
Message-ID: <1968@yunexus.UUCP>
Date: 18 May 89 14:54:52 GMT
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In article <89May17.145618edt.11073@ephemeral.ai.toronto.edu> steeg@ai.toronto.edu ("Evan W. Steeg") writes:
> ... I was ...
>interested in pointing out to the previous poster that the seeming
>inability to even *conceive* of how speeding *might* have an adverse
>effect on someone besides himself was dangerously naive, at best.

Your point is well taken, Evan.  I should have clarified some things.
I don't travel at what I consider an "excessive rate" (no speeder does,
right? :) ).  Most because I think it's bad to try and travel faster
than the flow of traffic. People travelling 140-160+ scare the hell
out of me. I see these people in their sedans, swerving in their lane
And, when they hit a bump, the 'float' looks somewhat disconcerting
(sp?), to say the least.

	I don't believe that 'no limits are the best limits'.  That
much steel/fiberglass travelling that fast could do a fair bit-o-damage.

	I looked at the 'people going slower are preventing others
from going faster' aregument much the same as "people taking 20
items to the exress checkout counter are preventing me from quickly
buying my litre of milk".  This is an _extremely_ loose analogy, so
please, don't eyeryone pounce on me for being naive or simple. I
understand that the implications of speeding, are not as cut and dry,
and I should have said more to that effect.
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