Tennessee: 'Super speeder' bill will return next year, rep says
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From: Criminal Drivers Murder 40,000 Americans a Year on 5 Jun 2010 11:20 On Jun 4, 10:14 pm, "Kennewick Man; the first, the BEST!" <rander3...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Why not install controls on all cars that limit them electronically to > the speed of an area? You could use transmitters in those areas to > govern the car speeds. > P.S., if this sick dream of leftist control came true, it would be a > sad world indeed. We have to do something to stop the incredible carnage on the highways. Reckless drivers are the biggest crime problem we have, and the most correctable, but the sheeepy public has been brainswashed into accepting it.
From: Ashton Crusher on 5 Jun 2010 12:06 On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 08:20:05 -0700 (PDT), "Criminal Drivers Murder 40,000 Americans a Year" <xeton2001(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >On Jun 4, 10:14�pm, "Kennewick Man; the first, the BEST!" ><rander3...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Why not install controls on all cars that limit them electronically to >> the speed of an area? �You could use transmitters in those areas to >> govern the car speeds. >> P.S., if this sick dream of leftist control came true, it would be a >> sad world indeed. > >We have to do something to stop the incredible carnage on the >highways. Reckless drivers are the biggest crime problem we have, and >the most correctable, but the sheeepy public has been brainswashed >into accepting it. There is no incredible carnage on the highways. There are roughly 40,000 fatalities a year, which comes out to an average of 2 people killed per day per state. Considering the millions of miles traveled every day that's a VERY low statistic. For the US it's about 120 per day. 2500 die each day from Cardiovascular disease, over 1500 from cancer, almost 200 from diabetes. Full list here... http://www.applet-magic.com/mortality0.htm Go get your panties in a wad over something that's actually worrisome.
From: lorad on 5 Jun 2010 12:25 On Jun 4, 11:12 pm, "Criminal Drivers Murder 40,000 Americans a Year" <xeton2...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Jun 4, 4:00 pm, lil abner <@daisy.mae> wrote: > > > it's all about moneyhttp://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/jun/04/tennessee-super-speede... > > Super-speeders are the most dangerous terrorists in america and that's > how the legislators should sell this. Tell the public "Do you want > your kid killed by some psycho doing 50 in a school zone or crashing > into your car while he's doing 100 on an interstate? I buried the needle at 115 on my motorcycle once. It was amazing. The cars I was passing on the interstate seemed literally, to be standing still. What a trip.
From: Daniel W. Rouse Jr. on 5 Jun 2010 18:12 "lil abner" <@daisy.mae> wrote in message news:bIeOn.94935$0B5.10227(a)newsfe05.iad... > it's all about money > http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/jun/04/tennessee-super-speeder-bill-will-return-next-year/ It's actually quite reasonable: "The bill, as amended, would have subjected motorists speeding 25 miles per hour above posted limits to fines of up to $500." If you think of it: * School zone or residential area speed limit is 25 mph, super-speeder would be driving 50+ mph--that's two lane road highway speeds, well deserving of a speeding ticket. * Business district speed limit of 35 mph, super-speeder would be driving 60+ mph--that's multilane highway/interstate speeds, in a business district. * Two lane highway is posted at 45 mph or even 55 mph, super-speeder would be driving 70+ mph or even 80+ mph--you get the idea, that is way too fast for the design of the road. * Multilane highway or interstate is posted at 65 mph, super-speeder would be driving 90+ mph, only in the lightest traffic conditions might this be possible given an ultra-skilled driver but is still generally way too fast for the design of the interstate highway. Final analysis by me, the law is fair and just, and it needs to be a federal law governing all 50 states. (If you think of it, for such a high magnitude speed limit violation, the $500 fine is actually too low.)
From: ChrisCoaster on 5 Jun 2010 22:14
On Jun 5, 12:25 pm, lorad <lorad...(a)cs.com> wrote: > > I buried the needle at 115 on my motorcycle once. > It was amazing. The cars I was passing on the interstate seemed > literally, to be standing still. > What a trip. ____________________ Welcome back . . . From the MATRIX! |