Re: Radar Jamming

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 10:37:02 -0700, Bob Stephens <roberts@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 17:21:13 GMT, Richard the Dreaded Libertarian wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 22:23:32 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote:
>>
>>> I got an "energy ticket"... back in the Carter double-nickel days ;-)
>>
>> Let's not blame Jimmy for what was actually an Imperial Edict from your
>> fair-haired proto-neocon, Richard M. Nixon, AKA Trickee Dickee.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rich
>
>I thought the '55 saves lives' campaign was bogus, but I still kind of like
>the idea - if you must arbitrarily set the limit at 55 - of anything
>between 55 and 75 being an energy offence as opposed to an insurance hiking
>moving violation and crime against humanity. Sort of like the pay to
>pollute gambit for industry.
>
>
>Bob

I ran across an article just a few days ago debunking '55 saves
lives', I'll see if I can locate it again.

We (in Arizona) are about to raise all freeway speed limits to 75,
which is the "granny" speed around here.

I understand they've been nailing people right and left doing 110+ on
Loop 101 ;-)

...Jim Thompson
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