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Old May 29th 05, 04:08 AM
Anthony Giorgianni
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It doesn't have to do squat. If a competent driver can safely drive 80
MPH on a road why the hell should he be limited to less? Your whole
line of reasoning is flawed from beginning to end. The law is not in
place to protect the incompetent from themselves nor should it try (and
when it does, it usually fails miserably, pointing out the
pointlessness of same)

nate

So are you now saying there should be no limits or that limits should be set
at the fastest speed the fast driver can go. Or do you favor the 85th
percentile?

Incidentally, incompetient drivers should not be accommodated by lower speed
limits. They should be removed from the road. But what you missing is the
idea that a speed limit provides guidance for drivers who don't know a
particular road. It is suggesting the speed that anyone can drive on this
road safely under normal conditions, not the speed a top driver can drive.
If it was intended for the top drivers, there would be no speed guidance for
normal drivers at all, would there?.


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