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Re: Unfair speed limits



Angelo_B.V. (angelo@euronet.nl) wrote:
: Do people agree that it is unfair to have the same speed limit for different 
: kind of autos ?

: For example, driving a BMW 750 at 140 km/h you can still be looking at the
: newspaper on the seat next to you.  At the same speed in a Fiat Panda, your 
: are playing with your life.

The main cause of accidents, besides inattentive or impaired drivers that 
is, is the difference in speed between cars. If everyone goes fast, and 
makes certain that there are no other cars next to them when they change 
lanes, and leaves enough room between them and other cars so if anything 
happens in front of them they have enough time to react, then you can 
raise the speed limit. 

The problem is, sometimes it's safer to drive 80 than others. When it's 
daylight and there's very few cars on the road, it's as safe as going 50. 
But I've been on interstate 5 going north numerous times at around 100, 
and I can tell you it's nerve wracking. You're cruising, and some truck 
in the right lane going up a slight grade is slowing down traffic in the 
lane next to you. 

What happens? Some moron, who doesn't look at the lane next to him/her, 
pulls right in front of you at around 40. Your engine doesn't end up in 
their back seat only because you had the smarts to slow down.

In order to raise the speed limit you have to educate stupid drivers more 
thoroughly or deny them licenses. I don't think you'll see either in your 
lifetime.

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