Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site eosp1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!princeton!eosp1!mcmillan From: mcmillan@eosp1.UUCP (John McMillan) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Driving fast vs. Left Lane Bandits Message-ID: <565@eosp1.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Feb-84 11:14:58 EST Article-I.D.: eosp1.565 Posted: Mon Feb 6 11:14:58 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Feb-84 02:44:15 EST References: <279@hou2h.UUCP> <808@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Organization: Exxon Office Systems, Princeton, NJ Lines: 18 You highspeed drivers remind me of Stirling Moss (verrry famous racing driver) and his automobile accident. Moss, like many other professional drivers, had frequently claimed that a professional driver should be allowed to drive any speed; that by his or her skill, any danger of accidents can be avoided. This claim flies in the face of what the rest of us consider common sense -- that the rather slow speed limits and other restrictive laws we observe were put in place to give us time to react to bad drivers, drunks, crawling babies, oilslicks, and other illogical driving conditions. Moss eventually collided with another car at high speed. I think I recall that he was arrested for leaving the scene of the accident, and also found responsible (at least co-responsible) for it. Moss described the other driver as "one of those nuts"... - Toby Robison allegra!eosp1!robison decvax!ittvax!eosp1!robison princeton!eosp1!robison (NOTE! NOT McMillan; Robison.)