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- From: nau@ssesco.com (William Nau)
- Subject: Re: Raising the limit
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- References: <BxMxsI.5vs@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Nov12.230134.22211@news.mentorg.com> <1dvb80INN8g@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 14:13:24 GMT
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- >philip@mentorg.com (Philip Peake) writes:
- >You make it sound so easy...... Unfortunately, "everyone" does not agree on
- >this one. The problem is that most of the people who think the limit should be
- >raised are people who ACTUALLY CAN DRIVE. As you know if you've driven much
- >in America, we skilled, thinking drivers are an oppressed minority, held down
- >by restrictive laws and other drivers' idiocy. There are so many drivers who
- >aren't safe at 65. What do you suppose they'd drive like at 90? I don't want
- >to think about it. What we need is to begin by making people more fit to
- >drive. Here are a few key areas, IMHO:
- > Right lane fast, Left lane slow
-
- 85% of drivers consider themselves above average drivers. Apparently you
- are one of those 85%. Me too. :)
-
- [Note: If you couldn't figure out my first statement, you are below average
- in general.]
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