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- From: ianking@nnsgs52 (Ian King)
- Newsgroups: uk.transport
- Subject: Re: Rear end drivers, etc
- Date: 20 Jan 1993 08:36:50 GMT
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- Graham Toal (gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk) wrote:
- : In article <1993Jan18.132859.2943@lsl.co.uk> snail@lsl.co.uk writes:
- : :Next time, read what a guy says before being 'holier-than-thou'. Also come up
- : :with some sensible arguments as to why driving on an empty motorway at 71mph
- : :is more dangerous than driving on an empty motorway at 70, etc.
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- : Because 71 becomes 80, then 90, then 100, then you go into a little dip
- : with local freezing fog you couldn't see from half a mile back, and you
- : hit black ice and go into a spin, crash through the barrier and kill
- : three people in the oncoming car on the other side of the road.
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- You would kill more people than that and you would be one of them.
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- Regards...
- .........Ian
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