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   From: jollyroger@pobox.com   
      
   On 2014-03-01, Liam O'Connor  wrote:   
   > On Fri, 28 Feb 2014 16:03:02 -0500, nospam wrote:   
   >   
   >> exceeding the speed limit is not in itself dangerous.   
   >   
   > I must agree.   
   >   
   > If a Ford Pinto and a BMW 750i were to be neck and neck   
   > along a four-lane highway, and a deer unexpectedly   
   > dashed in front of them, at any highway speed, I would   
   > expect the BMW to be the "safer" car (drivers equalized).   
   >   
   > I always tell my kids, when we hear "speed kills", that   
   > it's an idiot's argument. Speed doesn't kill; otherwise   
   > simply going 75 miles an hour would kill more people.   
   >   
   > Going too fast for the vehicle to be kept under control   
   > when something unexpected happens, and not anticipating   
   > that unexpected event (e.g., going around a blind curve)   
   > is VASTLY more dangerous (it seems to me) than speed alone.   
      
   Now you're just being ingenuous. It's very obvious to those of us who   
   aren't trying desperately to prove a biased point that's what the phrase   
   actually means. You think the rest of the world is *that* stupid, eh?   
      
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