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Re: Writing a Speech for raising 55mph to 65mph..



dwarner@atlanta.com@atlanta.com wrote:
: In <3q25n8$ck5@itnews.sc.intel.com>, jreece@sousa.sc.intel.com writes:
: >In article <1995May15.195608.26186@dg-rtp.dg.com>,
: >   goudreau@dg-rtp.dg.com (Bob Goudreau) wrote:

: >The problem is that many of the congresscritters from states like 
: >PA and NJ simply can't stand the thought of people in Montana or Nevada
: >being able to drive 65+.  They're the ones who've been blocking 
: >repeal of the limit all these years.

: Or, they get paid off every election year by the insurance industry.

: Why?  Not for safety reasons, but so you'll get lots of speeding tickets.  
: The insurance companies love speed limits to be so low (55) that 90% of the
: drivers exceed them.  That way, millions of them get tickets every year, 
: giving them the opportunity to levy "unsafe driving" surcharges.  
: If the speed limit were raised, they'd lose this money.

: A call to anyone with access to the databases of a major car insurance provider:

: Analyze the number of accident claims from drivers with speeding tickets on 
: their records vs. those who don't have tickets.  You may find that the speeders 
: actually have a lower or equal accident rate than the others, just the opposite 
: of what the insurers have been telling us.


     And guess how police departments get all those high-tech toys like
radar/lidar guns?  Yup.  Donations from your friendly local insurance
company.  (All in the interest of protecting the public, of course!)   :-P

                                                 -Jon-

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