Re: a dumb query? pls humor me

[Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>]

Steve Lamb wrote:

> Mitja Podreka wrote:
>> It can comfortably run at speeds which are within the
>> speed limits and is probably as safe as
>> Hummer and similar monsters.
> 
>     If you think "well within speed limits" and "safe" are one and the
>     same,
> you're sorely mistaken.  What a lot of politicians and public safety
> officials are finally waking up to is that the problem isn't the 99 cars
> going in the
> same direction at 80mph.  It's the idiot out in the left lane doing 65mph
> "because it's the speed limit" and obstructing the other vehicles.
> 
>     Speed is not nearly as dangerous as the *difference of speed*.

No kidding.  I wish Oregon's legislature would get this one through thier
thick skulls.  Maximum lawful speeds for any conditions in Oregon is 99 for
autos, 55 for bigrigs (anything faster is a misdemeanor).  No matter how
many times you do it, it's still a little hairy passing a triple with 20-25
MPH speed difference in normal intercity traffic.