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- From: aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Raising the limit
- Date: 19 Nov 1992 06:31:33 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <1ee7j5INN1lar@introl.introl.com> <1992Nov16.175045.8175@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca> <Bxtpps.EvC@ssesco.com> <Bxv7np.12J@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Reply-To: aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer)
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- In a previous article, pete@introl.com (Pete Ikusz) says:
-
- >In article <Bxv7np.12J@news.cso.uiuc.edu> tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan) writes:
- >>
- >>In article <1e98hbINNkcq@bigboote.WPI.EDU> gregc@banach.WPI.EDU (Gregory M Charland) writes:
- >>[Rules and regs omitted.]
- >>
- >>scream discrimination, file billions of lawsuits, etc. etc. and it will
- >>all be a huge mess.
- >>
- >>Better to just raise the speed limit to 85 or 90 MPH. Those with
- >>vehicles capable of travelling at that speed will do so, if they feel
- >>comfortable. Those with Geo Metros will stay at 55. ;-)
- >>
- >
- >I think the main problem here is: how would the police enforce speed limits?
- >2 different limits would exist for most highways.
-
- they somehow manage to have two for trucks, and another for cars..that
- equates to three alread on today's interstates...they manage to enforce
- these as well as before when noone could go over 55 at any given time..
- DREW
- >
- >This would make enforcing limits near impossible, which would get the
- >powerful insurance companies to lobby against it, and it would be flushed
- >immediately.
- >
- >I am for raising the limit though. :-)
- >
- >-Pete
- >--
- >-------------------------------------------------------
- >Pete Ikusz Introl Corporation pete@introl.com
- >
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