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Re: The Federal Study that Finds Speed Limits Irrelevant...



J. Kimberlin (kimberln@crl.com) wrote:
: In article <3v0s4l$5kj@clarknet.clark.net>,
: Kevin Atkinson <kevinatk@home.com> wrote:
: >Here is part of the federal study that NMA dug up after the government 
: >tried to bury it.  The federal government spent over half a million 
: >dollars and five years on it;  it is not just a trivial or academic study.
: >
: >	http://www.clark.net/pub/kevina/sl/

: I'm not surprised that the findings on speed show it generally irrevalent.  
: The question is that if speed doesn't cause accidents, what does?

I'm a new motorcyclist and one thing that I have noticed is that driving
a car, people (me included) do not pay nearly enough attention to what
they are doing.  When you're on a motorcycle, any accident would be
serious or even fatal, so you ride ultra-defensively.  Motorcycle
training courses (given by the motorcycle safety foundation) focus very
carefully on traffic situations and how to react to them.

I'm a better car driver since I started riding.  But I do think that
lack of attention is a major cause of accidents.  How many times has
something come out of nowhere suddenly while you were driving.  How many
times have you arrived home from work, only to remember what the guy on
the radio was saying, not anything about the drive.  Notice how much
you pay attention to the inside of the car as opposed to the outside.

I don't converse while driving any more, and I seldom listen to the
radio.  
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