To: SmithL
''Now that the speed limit is 65 and 70, people are now going 70, 75 and 80 miles per hour,'' Gillian said. ''Speed is still a major killer on our highways. … You can change the speed law, but you can't change the law of physics. When you are traveling those speeds, your chances of survival are nil.'' That has to be one of the stupidest statements I've ever seen. First off this "expert" doesn't even know that the limit on western Interstates is 75MPH. I travel at 80 much of the time and I've survived quite well..... doofy woman.
Why stop a 55? Make it 50! 45! 40!
I'd like to see this idiot drive from Iowa to Los Angeles and then tell me how wonderful the 55 MPH speed limit is. Ever driven on I-80 through Wyoming? I-15 from Salt Lake to Las Vegas? The biggest problem on those drives is fatigue, not speed.
The biggest killer on our highways is incomptence.
13 posted on
12/04/2004 3:19:34 PM PST by
Seruzawa
(If you agree with the French raise your hand - If you are French raise both hands.)
To: Seruzawa
Posted speed limit on some rural west Texas TWO-lane highways is 75 mph day/65 mph night. Gas prices now down to $1.699 unleaded regular.
15 posted on
12/04/2004 3:35:24 PM PST by
CedarDave
(Tagline closed on weekends)
To: Seruzawa
Why stop a 55? Make it 50! 45! 40!
Just ban cars and the problems solved. Wait they are trying that....
This woman who got this 55 ban lifted should be made a saint I tell ya.
16 posted on
12/04/2004 3:38:12 PM PST by
festus
(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now !)
To: Seruzawa
All Tennessee drivers are incompetent!
20 posted on
12/04/2004 3:56:22 PM PST by
Coldwater Creek
('We voted like we prayed")
To: Seruzawa
If people don't like the way we drive out here in the west, they should stay off the freeway! I'm with you a 100% on that. I normally make it from Lehi, to Mesquite, in a little over four hours if the road is good. I'd do it at 90 + if I didn't think I'd get a ticket.
If people don't maintain their cars in such a manner as be able to cruise, there is always the slow lane. Road was bad last Sunday, and because people don't know how to drive on slick roads, it took nine and a half hours! should have been more like a six and half, to seven and a half hours...Going to quit preaching, and open a driving school...
26 posted on
12/04/2004 8:38:15 PM PST by
Issaquahking
( Bush won, needs to start acting like it! He needs to defend America's southern border - NOW!)
To: Seruzawa
"The biggest killer on our highways is incomptence."
Deserves repeating. I'd also add that the second biggest killer on our highways is not paying any attention to the road and the cars around you, but maybe that falls under incompetence?
27 posted on
12/04/2004 8:42:33 PM PST by
brianl703
(Border crossing is a misdemeanor. So is drunk driving. Which do we have more checkpoints for?)
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