Subarus and Audis

[Roger M. Woodbury]

I used to rail against speed enforcement, as I believed then, and still do,
that most of it is a simple tax on an already overtaxed populous.  So much
of the radar enforcement is done during peak commuting hours and taxes
mostly those who least can afford it.

More now, though, I realize in a culture where education of our children
has, for more than a generation, been allowed to slip away as slave to
various forms of "feel good" and "political correctness", that people no
longer understand the danger to themselves and others of high speed in
automobiles.

Now, I believe that, given the traffic density on the roads in areas where
most people live, strict speed control is vital to the safety and welfare of
most people.

However, in outlying areas, where the traffic density is mostly five cars in
three hundred yards, the rather arbitrary enforcement of a 55 or 65 mile per
hour speed limit borders on personal liberty and is a foolish way to waste
the assets of the State and the lives of everyone involved.

R
----- Original Message -----
From: <quattro at isham-research.com>
To: "Roger M. Woodbury" <rmwoodbury at downeast.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 7:41 AM
Subject: Re: Subarus and Audis


> > (And as far as ultimate performance is concerned, here in Maine, EVERY
> > law
> > enforcement vehicle uses "instand on" radar, and we have a 55 mile per
> > hour
> > limit except on the interstate, where your license is a gone pigeon
> > above 69
> > miles per hour.  So turboWHAT?)
>
> America, land of the free - where you can buy enough lethal weapons to
equip a small army on most streets, yet can't exceed 70 mph.
>