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From: taras@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (T. Pryjma)
Date: Tue, 23-May-89 01:02:59 EDT
Message-ID: <1989May23.010259.560@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services
Newsgroups: ont.general
Subject: Re: Lawbreakers (was Radar Detectors (was Highway Driving Rules))
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Reply-To: taras@gpu.utcs.UUCP (T. Pryjma)
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I think you are all missing the point, the real argument in this discussion
is how fast can you SAFELY drive along a motorway.  This depends upon many 
things including the mental state of the driver and the physical shape of the
road.  In many cases a driver should not even consider driving a vehicle 
because of his/her physical or mental state, in other cases the roads happen
to be in such bad shape that it highly unlikely that you will even drive at
the limit.

The Rolls-Royce driving school teaches that you can drive any speed that you
like, so long as you can see what is in front of you.  If we as drivers knew
the status of our vehicles and could adequately judge the stutus of us, as
drivers, and our road condition, we would not need speed limits.  For the
same reason, we would not require RIDE, but that is another matter.  Also,
remember you chances of surviving a collision at a speed greater than 60 MPH
is far less than a collision less than that speed.

What really burns me up is states like Pennsylvania that have unreasonably
low speed limits on Interstate type roads and feel the need to continuously
inform you of their speeding fines, every ten to fifteen miles.  If you can't
drive safely at any speed, you should not be on the road.
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Field trips are supposed to be educational--

	and the more they deviate from the plan, the more
	educational they're likely to be!