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To: Ben Mugged
Do you think you have a right to break speed laws because you don't like them?

That's not what's at question. What's at question is whether you think it should be illegal to own a car that exceeds the speed limit.
103 posted on 04/30/2007 12:38:03 PM PDT by JamesP81 (Eph 6:12)
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To: JamesP81
That's not what's at question. What's at question is whether you think it should be illegal to own a car that exceeds the speed limit.

If the owner intends to obey the law, then explain the purpose of owning a car that can go 185 MPH? I really don't mind someone killing themselves because of speed. I very much mind it if they kill someone else while exercising their "right" to own and drive to excess a vehicle capable of that kind of speed.

I own a 1998 C5 Corvette. I drive it consistently below the speed limit on public highways. I also drive it for sport at Laguna Seca where I often exceed 140 MPH. I get challenged by rice rockets to street races all the time and I refuse to participate. I feel I am a responsible driver and also that I am the exception and not the rule. If I had a teenage driver, and if I allowed that driver access to my Corvette, I would have an electronic speed limiter installed to enforce my belief that when on public highways one should obey public law.

By the way, mine is an evolved opinion with much experience to the contrary.

106 posted on 04/30/2007 12:50:13 PM PDT by Ben Mugged (Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.)
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