Dave Head wrote: <brevity snip>

> About the only good reason for stopping would have been to get the name of the
> dog's owner, who let it run loose, so I could sue them for the damage to my car
> from the collision.

The dog owner probably never thunk of that...

> >I used to live on a gravel road, and anything faster than 35 on most of
> >them in northern Missouri is asking for trouble (dust, control loss).
> >Some locations, probably by county law, post a 35 speed limit. The
> >only gravel road I know of that has a posted speed limit higher than
> >that is AK 11 at 50.
>
> 35? Gimmie a break. Ever see those WRC rallies on the TV? They're doing it
> on gravel roads, and hitting 130 mph.

Those are race cars and race drivers, not really applicable. And after
a few cars it's more dirt than gravel on the driving line/s.

> Anyone that can't do a (straight) gravel
> road at the 55 mph speed limit needs some further driver education. Yeah,
> there's some twisty stuff that can be a challenge, even on paved, but gravel is
> only as dangerous as you make it.

Well, there's gravel roads and gravel roads. Sometimes there's little
gravel, sometimes there's a lot. Sometimes it's pea gravel, sometimes
it's crushed rock.

At about 35mph on lots of gravel is about where it can begin to be like
driving on ice. At my top speed on many gravel roads, 90mph, they all
seemed like ice. There wasn't any prize and 90 was all the excitement
I required.
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- gpsman