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 > You're absolutely right, Al. But you're ignoring the main point here. 
 > 
 > Have highways improved? Yes, but only marginally. They were capable of high 
 > speeds back in the '60s. 
 > 
 > Have cars improved? Drastically. They have more power, handle and brake 
 > better, and have built-in safety features that improve your survivability 
 in 
 > a crash. You can drive faster while using less fuel than you used to, but 
 > still more than if you drove at 100kph. 
 > 
 > Have driving conditions improved? NO!!! Drivers on the whole are worse. 
 > They're more ignorant, more inattentive and more distracted than they were. 
 > Even worse? There's MORE OF THEM. 
 > 
 > So, on the whole, we don't need higher speed limits. Higher speeds (90kph+) 
 > use more fuel and are harder on your vehicle. They also keep drivers with 
 no 
 > clue (those that ONLY follow signs and nothing else) at safer speeds. 
 > Driving at 100-110kph is not far off the flow of traffic on a highway, and 
 > doesn't lose all that much time over the long-haul. 
 > 
 > Our system is a good one. On the whole, if a police car observes you 
 driving 
 > competantly at high speed in a safe manner, they're usually pretty 
 > forgiving. But I'd be scared if this was opened up to the general public. 
 > OTOH, one thing I've always wondered why police officers often let off 
 > people who answer "I don't know," when asked how fast they were driving. 
 > 
 > If you don't know, YOU'RE NOT PAYING ENOUGH ATTENTION. Get off the road! 
 > 
  
 I assume that if you admit to the police that you know you were 
 speeding, it takes away their option to give you the benefit of a 
 doubt. You could come back at them and say that even though you 
 told the cop you were speeding, he did not give you a ticket. 
  
 The benefits of going faster are not taken into enough account. 
 Shortening a travel time from, say, 5 hours to 4 hours, is 
 significant. Everything moves faster. Everything gets done faster. 
  
 -Al- 
  
  
  
 > "Al Smith"  wrote in message 
 > news:2yOMi.39551$nO3.29841@edtnps90... 
 >> > The reality is that the highways have improved and cars have 
 >> > improved, to the extent that we can drive faster with the same or 
 >> > greater safety than we used to have at a lower speed limit. So I 
 >> > repeat, speed limits should be raised. 
 >> > 
 >> > -Al- 
 > 
 > 
  
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