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Re: Solve speeding by limiting cars!




>> Besides, the 55/65 limit has no realistic basis..  
>
>Sure it does.
>

Okay, what is it then?  I know you're not going to say "it saves lives", 
because every study known to man shows that traffic deaths have not increased 
measurably in going from 55mph to 65mph.  In some cases it has actually 
decreased deaths since folks are on the road a lesser amount of time, and the 
speed differential between the law-abiders and the law-flouters is less.

>> 55 was a temporary law
>> designed to make the public think the politicians were doing something about 
>> a phony fuel crisis, 
>
>How do you know it was phony?
>

Okay, I have to give you this one.  Whoever said the fuel crisis was "phony" 
didn't live through it.  Ever remember being able to get a gallon of high-test 
for under sixty cents?

>> and the insurance industry bribed the politicians to keep 
>> it on the books to protect the bonanaza of ticket surcharge income it >
>generated.
>
>How do you know the insurance companies bribed the politicians?
>

I think he used the right idea but the wrong terms.  "Bribe" in the strictest 
sense indicates money "under the table" for illegal means.  However "campaign 
contributions" don't seem to fall under this category.  I have no doubt that 
the politicians like it this way.  Either way, they insurance and state patrol 
lobbies effectively "bribe" these politicians every year to see things their 
way.  The only difference is, it's "legal".

>> 
>> Besides, If my car had a speed governor, I'd just disable it, as most 
everyone
>> else would.
>
>Which leads me to believe that you have no regard for law. Are you above
>the law?

America was founded on the ideals that the power to change government rests 
with the people.  Now, national figures indicate that an absolutely 
outrageously overwhelming number of people think the current limits are far too 
low.  I'm not talking only 50%-60% here, I'm talking 80%-90%.  Now, if the 
matter were put to a vote today, we'd have higher limits tomorrow.  But the 
lawmen and politicos (and insurance lackeys) don't want it that way.  So, 
effectively, the government is usurping the power of the people "for our own 
good".  Don't forget that prohibition used this same argument.

I speed whenever I get the chance.  Am I above the law?  No, but I refuse to 
obey a law that has no basis or support, as is the case with our speed limits. 
Would I commit murder, rape, or robbery?  No, because these laws do have a 
basis for their existence other than crookery and profiteering.

If speeding makes me a crook, then you better start building a helluva lot of 
jails, because you'll need space for about 200 million speeders nationwide.

esmith@oacis.com



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