Tell your congressman you DEMAND ABOLISHMENT OF THE 55 MPH SPEEDLIMIT

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Around 4/1/2005 2:36 PM, Nate Nagel wrote:

> Aunt Judy (Pride of Diarrhea) <http://tinyurl.com/65nqz> wrote:
>
>> It happened in 74 when we went to the 55. A 2% drop in miles driven and
>> a 16% drop in highway fatalities. Case closed.
>>
>
> *sigh*
>
> not that old chestnut again... fatalities have been dropping at a
> steady rate per VMT ever since the statistics were first gathered. Add
> to that that they changed the way the statistics were recorded just
> about the same time the NMSL was implemented and you see that your
> figures mean exactly squat. Of course this has been pointed out to you
> many times before, but you are apparently too stupid to interpret simple
> English correctly.

Oh, I suspect Judy understands English at least passably, but in the
interests of being a good troll he chooses to ignore anything that
doesn't support (not to mention completely dismantles) his absurd
conclusions.

> Fatalities continue to drop, even as states increase their speed limits.
> So what do you say to that, loonball?

I'm guessing either A) Nothing or B) he'll call you a "criminal
coddler," "psychopath," or some other outlandish term.
Either way, he'll dodge answering.


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