[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I also intensely dislike the creeping phenom of "Well, people are breaking the law by going 13 mph over the speed limit anyway, might as well change it." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- excellent point, Jody. By the same logic used to raise speed limits, we should also, oh, say, lower the legal drinking age.
but that's not considered an acceptable response to the "problem" of underage kids drinking (as you've probably guessed, the only "problems" I see with teenagers drinking is that because they can't do it legally, they tend to 1) binge when they can get away with it, and 2) drive around while doing it). so why is the same logic used to justify rewarding speeders by decreasing restrictions? In fact, because the statistical likelihood that a teenager will crash the car s/he is driving increases in direct proportion to the number of other teenagers in the car, some states are responding by prohibiting 15-16 year olds from driving with other unrelated teenagers in the car, despite the fact that clearly not every teenager will committ a driver error in that situation. In other words, the whole group is restricted because of the actions of some, and the dire consequences of those actions. But most cops don't even bother to stop motorists who merely exceed the posted speed limit; often no action is taken unless an individual motorist is driving much in excess of whatever speed 85% of the cars on the road are going, even though that speed is usually significantly higher than the posted limit. for that matter, why do we design roads to be safe (for motorists) at 50 or 70 mph when the posted speed limit will be 25-35 mph? I think the answers to all these questions are the same, and and they are all based not on logic or concern for everyone, but on politics. So get political. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
