Re: Audifest '99

["Jim Haseltine" <Jim@ur-q.freeserve.co.uk>]

-----Original Message-----
From: DeWitt Harrison <de@aztek-eng.com>
>The critical case came before the Court when a one-time stock car
>racer - a local yokel - was apprehended doing 130 something mph. His
>argument that his race experience met the reasonable and prudent criterion
>failed to impress the Court. In a companion case, the Court found that this
>same gentleman could be convicted for reckless endangerment.


A similar scenario to the one that brought the end to unrestricted motorways
in the UK. AC Cars admitted testing their Le Mans racers on the M1 at speeds
in excess of 150mph. The fact that the testing took place in the early hours
of the morning and the road was totally deserted was ignored. Considering
that in those days the traffic flow on the M1 was _very_ light they could
probably have tested at midday and not seen another vehicle.......

Jim Haseltine