[stampchez]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/op...=1&oref=slogin

[spudw]

He makes it sound so simple, as though everybody and his brother wouldn't find a way around a speed limiter.

And if limiting speeding is so simple, let's go ahead and cut the production and distribution of guns and outlaw tobacco production. Let's force fast food chains to only serve salad and fruit juice and limit alchohol content in beer, wine, spirits and liqueurs to 0.5%. All of these things kill people too...

Making sure idiots don't get behind the wheel drunk or stoned is one thing, and that should be a priority. As should dealing with street racing. But completely castrating our cars? What a stupid article.

And there is a big difference between speeding and wreckless driving. Where the author sees an absence of speeding in DOT reports, some of that is probably hidden under wreckless driving stats. Two very different things.

At 65mph I'm bored and complacent. At 85mph I'm alert and attentive. I'd say the latter is safer.

[randomquickness]

I chuckled. cars don't kill people! people kill people!

[larryn]

We should sell aspirin in no more than 8 capsules per bottle, and kegs of beer should be outlawed! Heck, BJ's warehouse club should be shut down!

[Darth One]

i thought for a second that you had actually linked me to The Onion...

[amdmaxx]

In Russia speeding has you.

[mistermojorizin]

Originally Posted by spudw

He makes it sound so simple, as though everybody and his brother wouldn't find a way around a speed limiter.

i think most of the drones would just chug away happily at 75 and the gov't would loose revenue from speeding tickets.

the speed limit isn't there for your safety. its there to make $.

[Italteen3]

Originally Posted by mistermojorizin

the speed limit isn't there for your safety. its there to make $.

EXACTLY! I think the author of that article missed that part. :smile: It is the reason that the speed limit on Long Island does not exceed 55mph, because millions of dollars in tickets would be lost.