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Re: Illegal speed traps (was: FIGHT YOUR TICKET)



Bob Morrow (bobm@msn.fullfeed.com) wrote:
: Jeffrey K. Seigle <jseigle@csci.csc.com> wrote:

: >It seems I read, perhaps on this newsgroup, that speed limits are not
: >set by engineers who design the roads.  They are often set by observing
: >the actual speed of traffic and setting the limit at some percentile
: >(lower than 85th, I think).  But a safe speed on a given road is not 
: >simply the maximum speed at which you can retain control of your car.
: >For example, the school zones I mentioned in the post you responded to.
: >Jeff

: They set speed limits -at or above- the 85th percentile, unless politicans 
: and know-nothing "concerned citizens" get involved, in which case they 
: pervert the process and give us 30th percentile speed limits that don't 
: slow down traffic but do put people in danger of getting a ticket they 
: don't deserve.

  After drove on 395 between Majave and Lee Vining a couple of times
during this summer, I wonder why they set 55 mph speed limit still now
in that kind of place in the middle of the desert (Owens valley)?

  nando at Tokyo.
   I was on a vacation trip to the desert this summer.




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