Appalling Police Action in Palo Alto 4401

On Sat, 21 May 2005 16:41:10 GMT, "Anthony Giorgianni"

If you somehow prevent people from ever driving fast, then you will have a self-fulfilling prophecy, i.e., no one will be able to drive fast safely because no one ever gets to drive fast and learn how. Drivers don't hatch from an egg with a fully developed skill set, they have to practice and learn.

And I bet it would not. We've seen your kind of predictions made over and over and over again by the anti-speed crowd and you know what? In virtually every study there is no change in accidents when the speed limits are raised to match the 85th percentile instead of some stupid and arbitrary lower "safe" speed.

From what I see, I think most drivers

Well pardon me for my next statement, but my experience has been that most people who think "most other drivers" are terrible are usually terrible drivers themselves. I don't think most drivers are terrible, I think only a small minority of drivers are terrible, a slightly larger minority are rude and thoughtless, and the vast majority are perfectly capable drivers who are not enthusiasts in anyway, they just want to get from point A to point B without a lot of fuss and if you don't bother them , they don't bother you.

It's not to me. Your probably all for gun registration and-or control and-or confiscation too I bet. In any event, there were a couple of states that for years and years had NO SPEED LIMIT outside of cities and towns. People got along just fine in those states, driving at safe and comfortable speeds. Due to the heavy hand of the federal gvt, those states were forced to impose speed limits of lose highway dollars. But no one was made safer as a result.