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Re: Speed Limits

> From: Darg01@domain.elided
> Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 19:26:10 -0400
> Subject: Speed Limits
> 
> I was in Mississippi on business a few weeks ago.  There was a spot on a
> local news show re the new speed limit (75-mph).  The basic point of the
> story was that when the speed limits were to be increased, everyone believed
> that accidents would automatically increase as well.  The Miss. Highway
> Patrol reacted to this by reducing their allowable speed "buffer" to around
> 5-mph and greatly increasing their efforts to combat DWI.  Results?
>  Accidents have declined about 44%.  My read?  Getting the troopers out onto
> the highways looking for reckless dirvers, instead of in the bushes with
> their radar, has made quite a difference.  Anyone from Mississippi? 

Well, guess what. They said EXACTLY the same thing in California. That accidents
would increase, and the CHP also stated a "zero tolerance" (basically no buffer
above the limit), and for the first six months so far, accidents and tickets
have dcreased. I think the revenue takers are the most unhappy about it.


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