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Re: The Federal Study that Finds Speed Limits Irrelevant...
In article <3v5pcq$431@nooster.navy.mil>,
Tom Glaab <tglaab@nooster.navy.mil> wrote:
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>I was listening to the NASCAR race this weekend on the radio... there was a
>15-car pileup at 200 mph, and everybody walked away from the accident. So
>much for the "speed kills" argument.
But most of us don't have a rollcage and 5-pt harness in our cars.
>How can NASCAR drivers go bumper-to-bumper at 200mph without incident while
>Joe Driver can't handle 70 on the open road? Training and alertness. Getting
>a driver's license is a joke in America :-(
Surviving 200 mph crashes have NOTHING to do with training and alertness.
How do you train for that? Crash the guy into walls for practice? They
walk away simply because of the rollcage, and the fact that they are tied
into their seats.
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