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Drive 55, Try to Stay Alive (students film the results of going the speed limit)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^
| 3-3-2006
| Ariel Hart
Posted on 03/02/2006 7:29:00 PM PST by Turbopilot
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"Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted and you create a nation of law-breakers and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with."
Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
To: Admin Moderator
I flubbed the title. Could you please either delete everything after the opening parenthesis or finish the descriptive statement I meant to add, which was "Students film the results of going the speed limit"? Thank you.
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posted on
03/02/2006 7:30:43 PM PST
by
Turbopilot
(Nothing in the above post is or should be construed as legal research, analysis, or advice.)
To: Turbopilot
No sane person can drive in Atlanta.
I think they have a law against it...
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posted on
03/02/2006 7:35:09 PM PST
by
sarasmom
(I don't care who John Galt is, I just need his email address.)
To: Turbopilot
It will be educational to red the real people's reaction to the experiment.
No. Not the traffic behind them, that is a sample skewed big time. And in more ways than one.
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posted on
03/02/2006 7:36:31 PM PST
by
Publius6961
(Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
To: Turbopilot
Snore.
Speed limits of 55 miles an hour on highways designed for much faster speeds are stupid. Not only are they a revenue enhancement device for government, they suit the Lowest Common Denominator of society, the dumb idiots that shouldn't be driving anyway. Only in America can some dumbass with nothing more than a heartbeat going on for them can get a driver's license.
They were lucky no one got shot.
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posted on
03/02/2006 7:37:33 PM PST
by
Looking4Truth
(FOR SALE: 1 slightly used U.S. Citizenship and SSN. Make Offer. Will trade for Matricula card.)
To: Turbopilot
It's a good thing no one was killed trying to get around them... It also seems to me that the law requiring slower traffic to the right was being violated. They were definitely impeding traffic which is also illegal.
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posted on
03/02/2006 7:37:58 PM PST
by
DB
(©)
To: Turbopilot
"Spear added that the speed limit was lowered to 55 because it saves lives"
In Houston the EPA mandated that we lower the speed limit from 70 to 55 to lower pollution (even though it was shown it would not impact Houston's pollution problem). The speed limit was relaxed and raised to 60-65 in some areas but no posted limits of 70mph in city limits anymore. And not for safety. The city likes those tickets (for revenue).
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posted on
03/02/2006 7:38:38 PM PST
by
weegee
("Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but Democrats believe every day is April 15.")
To: Turbopilot
"It's just so overwhelming," Hunter said Thursday, after leaving a midterm exam on Sufism and Islamic mysticism. If she is still alive and failed to detonate her suicide bomb, she failed the exam.
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posted on
03/02/2006 7:39:12 PM PST
by
Alouette
(Psalms of the Day: 10-17)
To: Turbopilot
60 should be the national speed limit.
Not 55, not 65.... 60.
To: Turbopilot
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posted on
03/02/2006 7:40:17 PM PST
by
cabojoe
To: Looking4Truth
Just one more clever attempt to destroy America by impeding commerce by the tree-huggers.
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posted on
03/02/2006 7:40:32 PM PST
by
pankot
To: SteveMcKing
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posted on
03/02/2006 7:40:47 PM PST
by
Turbopilot
(Nothing in the above post is or should be construed as legal research, analysis, or advice.)
To: Looking4Truth
To: DB
They were definitely impeding traffic which is also illegal. Too bad you can't cite politicians for impeding traffic. Otherwise the fines from that could fund the government.
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posted on
03/02/2006 7:41:39 PM PST
by
supercat
(Sony delenda est.)
To: DB
Problem is, I don't think all states have that law (although I'm not sure about Georgia - though from having learned to drive there and living there for years it's certainly not enforced). Even better would be a law requiring you to keep right except to pass, but I don't think anyplace in the U.S. has such a law on multilane roads.
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posted on
03/02/2006 7:42:29 PM PST
by
Turbopilot
(Nothing in the above post is or should be construed as legal research, analysis, or advice.)
To: DB
They were definitely impeding traffic which is also illegal. Of the 4 vehicles, the 3 in the left-ish passing lanes could have been cited for impeding traffic, as they should have been passing. Not sure if it was "illegal" in a technical sense.
To: Turbopilot
I witnessed a police officer on mototcycle do this one day (zigzagging on the highway to keep all 6 lanes compliant). He rode like this for a few miles and then sped off (breaking the law, ass he did to also take the lead of the pack). I witnessed his full ride and never saw any traffic condition to warrant his morning commute behavior.
And I never saw him ticket any offenders who attempted (unsuccessfully) to pass him by going faster than 60MPH.
He never turned his flashing lights or siren on.
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posted on
03/02/2006 7:43:17 PM PST
by
weegee
("Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but Democrats believe every day is April 15.")
To: pankot
Just one more clever attempt to destroy America by impeding commerce by the tree-huggers. Shouldn't some blame go to the people who posted the speed limits in the first place?
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posted on
03/02/2006 7:43:26 PM PST
by
supercat
(Sony delenda est.)
To: pankot
I should think that if obeying the law impedes commerce, it is the law that is wrong and not the citizens.
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posted on
03/02/2006 7:44:00 PM PST
by
Turbopilot
(Nothing in the above post is or should be construed as legal research, analysis, or advice.)
To: Turbopilot
Personal opinion.... (or, "God's Word" to me!)
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