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From: richard on 4 May 2010 11:17
On Mon, 03 May 2010 22:49:42 -0400, Arif Khokar wrote:

> On 5/3/2010 10:19 PM, richard wrote:
>> On Mon, 03 May 2010 21:44:21 -0400, Arif Khokar wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/245523
>>>
>>>> A Roanoke County police officer and two others were injured Monday
>>>> morning in a wreck on Interstate 81 in Glenvar, officials said.
>>>>
>>>> The officer was operating stationary radar in his cruiser on the right
>>>> side of northbound I-81 at mile marker 134 about 11:30 a.m. when a Ford
>>>> Taurus ran off the left side of the highway, overcorrected and came
>>>> across both northbound lanes, according to state police spokesman Sgt.
>>>> Rob Carpentieri. The sedan struck the police car, forcing it over onto
>>>> its side.
>>>>
>>>> The driver of the Taurus, Eleanor Galliher, 73, of Tazewell, and her
>>>> husband, Jerry Galliher, 76, were taken to Carilion Roanoke Memorial
>>>> Hospital with non life-threatening injuries, Carpentieri said. The
>>>> officer, Christopher Gass, of Roanoke, was taken to the hospital in
>>>> another police car by his supervisor.
>>>
>>> The driver was LLBing and not paying attention.
>
> >> Had he not crashed, he wouldn't have been cited.
>
> Edit: Had *she* not crashed, *she* wouldn't have been cited.
>
>>> OTOH, a safe driver keeping right except to
>>> pass but driving over the limit would have been cited. Interesting how
>>> that works, eh?
>
>> You're always assuming things not mentioned or known.
>
> How do you run off the *left* side of the highway if you're driving in
> the right lane?
>
>> You say LLB. How about excessive speeding?
>
> When was the last time you saw a female driver in her 70s excessively
> speeding?

Ever hear of the "Little old lady from Pasadena"?
When my mother reached 70, she didn't slow down for nuthin.
From: Arif Khokar on 4 May 2010 23:49
On 5/4/2010 9:39 AM, Brent wrote:
> On 2010-05-04, Arif Khokar<akhokar1234(a)wvu.edu> wrote:

>> When was the last time you saw a female driver in her 70s excessively
>> speeding?

> Need to define excessive. 15-20 over isn't uncommon around here. Then
> again IL interstate speed limits are a good 10-15mph below normal for
> the rest of the nation.

IIRC, the speed limit there is 60 mph. According to another article,
the 85th percentile speed on I-81 is around 75 mph
<http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/175018>. It's unlikely she was
driving much over 70 mph through there.
From: Arif Khokar on 4 May 2010 23:50
On 5/4/2010 9:44 AM, N8N wrote:
> On May 3, 10:49 pm, Arif Khokar<akhokar1...(a)wvu.edu> wrote:

>> When was the last time you saw a female driver in her 70s excessively
>> speeding?

> In my opinion, or in the opinion of the state of Virginia? The answer
> depends on how you phrase the question.

True, but it's doubtful she was going much more than 70 to 75 mph (in a
60 mph zone).
From: The Real Bev on 4 May 2010 23:51
Scott in SoCal wrote:

> Last time on rec.autos.driving, richard <member(a)newsguy.com> said:
>
>>Ever hear of the "Little old lady from Pasadena"?
>
> Heard of her? She reads this newsgroup! :)

If you're talking about me, I'm not so little, I'm not all that ladylike, and
my definition of 'old' is me+30!

--
Cheers, Bev
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is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin
is stupidity." -- H.S. Thompson
From: N8N on 5 May 2010 11:56
On May 4, 11:50 pm, Arif Khokar <akhokar1...(a)wvu.edu> wrote:
> On 5/4/2010 9:44 AM, N8N wrote:
>
> > On May 3, 10:49 pm, Arif Khokar<akhokar1...(a)wvu.edu>  wrote:
> >> When was the last time you saw a female driver in her 70s excessively
> >> speeding?
> > In my opinion, or in the opinion of the state of Virginia?  The answer
> > depends on how you phrase the question.
>
> True, but it's doubtful she was going much more than 70 to 75 mph (in a
> 60 mph zone).

I wasn't relating this to the specific case in question, but I've seen
plenty of people of all ages, shapes, sizes, and colors doing 75 in a
55 which theoretically is "reckless driving" here in the lovely state
of Virginia. So, on any given day the answer to the question asked
would be "probably on my way to work this morning" if you use a
strictly legal definition.

nate
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