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   Message 490 of 3,261   
   Adam H. Kerman to Stephen Sprunk   
   Re: Transportation trust fund broke, adv   
   09 Jun 14 00:49:20   
   
   From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
   >On 08-Jun-14 14:29, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >>Benjamin.Kubelsky  wrote:   
      
   >>>I could be wrong, but it seems that roads of newer design are safer   
   >>>in service and per vehicle and vehicle mile than something like the   
   >>>Arroyo Seco Parkway, formerly known as the Pasadena Freeway,   
   >>>previously known at the Arroyo Seco Parkway.   
      
   >>Roadway speed should come from engineering naturally. You can't   
   >>build a highway with generous lane width (for trucks) and curve   
   >>radii, then set a speed limit significantly lower than the road is   
   >>designed for.   
      
   >Of course you can; they do it all the time.  That doesn't mean it's a   
   >good idea, but since when has that mattered to politicians?   
      
   The qualifying word was "naturally", Stephen. I assumed you'd have it in   
   mind when you read my very next sentence in the same paragraph, but   
   context never matters to you at all, does it.   
      
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