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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
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Posted: Mon Feb  6 11:14:58 1984
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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
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					(NOTE! NOT McMillan; Robison.)