From: thetibetanmonkey@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 8:34:11 PM UTC-5, Your Name wrote:    
   > In article ,    
   > Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher    
   >  wrote:    
   > >    
   > > The engineers are the main problem, drivers and pedestrians can also be   
   part    
   > > of the problem. They want to accommodate the maximum volume of cars, with    
   > > little regard to safety. I remember the same winding road next to   
   Woodbourne,    
   > > NY, changing the speed limit wildly from 35 mph to 55 mph. If you followed    
   > > those limits, it would get you killed. But they figure nobody can follow   
   such    
   > > wild changes from one section of the road to another. Same road! Hey, they    
   > > are hiding everywhere waiting for unsuspecting drivers who failed to   
   adjust    
   > > from 55 mph to 35 mph.    
   > >    
   > > And that's the whole point about it. Money, mucho dinero, predation...    
   >    
   > It's a speed *LIMIT*, not a speed target ... despite what many moron    
   > behind the steering wheel like to think. Just because the sign says    
   > "55" doesn't mean you have to drive at 55 around  a steep bend.  :-\    
      
   True, but that spells lousy engineering. I think even a well-meaning idiot can   
   set those speeds better.    
      
   Around here they put a "bike sharing lane" right on a blind curve at the end   
   of the causeway. Well, you can tell they don't like us. Another causeway puts   
   the pedestrians to walk through the mud instead of giving them a decent   
   sidewalk. I guess they don'   
   t like pedestrians either.   
      
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