From: thetibetanmonkey@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 3:29:24 PM UTC-5, Your Name wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher   
   >  wrote:   
   > > On Monday, December 15, 2014 10:13:58 PM UTC-5, Wise TibetanMonkey, Most   
   > > Humble Philosopher wrote:   
   > > > On Monday, December 15, 2014 7:38:50 PM UTC-5, thekma...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > > > > Free Spirit:   
   > > > >    
   > > > > Two-fold:  A misplaced focus on speed, and on generating revenues to   
   line   
   > > > > the pockets of politicians.   
   > > > >    
   > > > > Like I said a couple posts back, speed is not the issue, it's what one   
   is   
   > > > > doing/focusing on at speed.   
   > > >    
   > > > Good drivers going fast can be better than bad drivers going slow. But   
   bad   
   > > > drivers going fast are like an unguided missile.   
   > >    
   > > Let's assume a "good driver" going fast: An idiot walks into his path   
   > > misjudging the distance and he's history. The good driver has a death on   
   his   
   > > record.   
   >    
   > Speed limits are not only about you in your car. It's about the   
   > environment of that stretch of road and the safety of everyone else. If   
   > you're speeding, you simply can't stop as quickly when (for example)   
   > someone pulls out of a hard to see driveway, etc.   
   >    
   > Frankly I could give a crap is some selfish moron kills themself by   
   > speeding, running a red light, using a mobile phone while driving   
   > driving drunk / drugged, etc. ... the problem is they far too often   
   > kill some innocent bystander.   
   >    
   > Ask any driver who has been in that situation or come close, and you'll   
   > learn that speeding (and the rest) is simply idiotic and moronically   
   > selfish.   
   >    
   >    
   >    
   > If you think the speed limit is too slow or too fast in a particular   
   > area, then look into getting it officially changed (there's usually a   
   > damn good reason why it's like that) ... you don't simply ignore the   
   > limit and do whatever you stupidly want.   
      
   I'm highly skeptical of the engineering behind roads. It's all about milking   
   the cow without slaughtering it. At one point many people will have to live   
   without the car because of so many tolls and predatory red light cameras. That   
   is good in itself    
   except that people don't have an option.    
      
   The first thing the have to do is enforce speed limits and not simply put   
   signs to give the illusion that they care. I think the technology is out there   
   to stop your car from going faster than the indicated limit. Why not? I guess   
   many drivers would be    
   mad.   
      
   Same technology exists to immobilize cars from being driven by drunk drivers.   
   I would welcome prevention over random enforcement.   
      
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