[s-cars] How to revive an ailing economy (and more reasons for Audi ownership)

[CyberPoet]

Marc Glasgow's revive the economy plan (me thinks better than the
section 179 write off on SUV's): remove the speed limits on all
stretches of US Interstates that don't have an exit for 15 miles or
more; zone up and down (in stages) within a couple miles of the
exits/on-ramps.

Benefits:
1. Increased spending on the auto industry for high-dollar performance
vehicles;
2. Increased spending on mechanics and auto parts as people soup up
their vehicles;
3. Increased productivity in the commercial sector (through faster
deliveries, reduced drive times for service visits);
4. Offset the decreased sales of oil-based products due to price hikes
through higher usage rates;
5. Guaranteed to get the president, no matter how much we like/dislike
him for anything else, reelected;
6. Police could spend more of their time tending to non-civil
infractions* (such as drugs, terrorism);
7. Better selective darwinism on the highways (and more organ donators
reduces waiting lists for transplants);
8. Create a whole new up swing in new car spending, with a de-emphasis
on SUV's (most have a 100 mph limiter);
9. Less road-rage;
10. Loss of ticket-based revenue more than offset by increases in
collected totals of excise fees, gas taxes;
11. Fewer miles, less strain placed on police cruisers reduces capital
investiture necessary by police agencies on vehicles;
12. Ability to reassign already-strained police manpower towards
homeland security rather than speeding infractions;
13. Recovery plan for Firestone because people will go through more
speed-rated tires;
14. Total energy might be saved by reduced electricity consumption in
the morning hours as people get up later, get  to work faster.


Disadvantages:
1. Major airlines already in financial trouble might lose even more
passengers;
2. Increases in fatal/near fatal traffic accidents (not proved yet, but
hypothesized by some -- hey we're not going make you drive faster, just
give you the choice);
3. Loss of ticket-based revenue by various police agencies;
4. Declines in newspaper sales (fewer people apt to read while driving
-- imagine that!);
5. Reduced forecast for global oil reserve life spans.

(*) Note: I was informed today of a mass-ticketing in progress in
Tampa, FL at Hillsborough and 22nd; there were 50 cops supposedly
writing tickets as people came around the corner after crossing the
solid line between same-direction lanes approaching the turn...

Cheers!
=-= Marc Glasgow