Alan Baker:   
      
   My thoughts on speed limits.   
      
      
   1.  65 is the new 55mph.  30 is the new 25(except in NY city! lol)  What I   
   mean is, cars since built since 2000 are much more stable and better power to   
   weight ratio.  Are most speed limits today a *little* conservatively set? I   
   think so.  It's a road by    
   road basis.   
      
      
   2.  Speed is only part of the equation in accident causality - what besides   
   the road and driving, is occupying the driver's attention.  Phones, texting,   
   kids acting like monkeys at the zoo, and of course good ol' DUI.  All the   
   speed you're going at    
   determines, when something does happen, is how f'd-up you'll be afterwards.    
   And seatbelts and airbags will protect you, up to a point.  Size and weight of   
   what you're in determines how well it will hold up at any given speed.   
      
      
   I tend to drive around 5mph above most PSL(posted speed limits), and that's   
   going with the flow, and cops leave you alone.  If it's raining or snowing, I   
   go by feel - am I still in control? - Then I might lower it to PSL or even   
   just below.   That's why    
   I don't like power steering - especially the electric PS on most new cars you   
   buy today, feels like a mushy damn VIDEO GAME wheel.  There's no road feel   
   coming through the floor or the wheel in my hands.  That road feel, besides my   
   eyes and ears, tells    
   me what's reasonable for me, not a number on a sign.  Know your ride, that's   
   my advice.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)