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Old 05-26-2007, 11:00 AM   #1
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Ohya,bailout,I forgot to mention,you would also gain more then 20% in time,actual time,like a 100min trip,would become 75min to 80min trip.Time is money to alot of people that have long trips to work,and travel alot.Wouldnt you like to have more time to live aswell,and dont try to come back with some,speed is dangerous shit.
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Old 05-26-2007, 02:16 PM   #2
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Time is money to alot of people that have long trips to work,and travel alot.
Conversely, these are the people that have the opportunity to make the largest financial and global impacts in how and when they travel.

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Wouldnt you like to have more time to live aswell,and dont try to come back with some,speed is dangerous shit.
The quality of my personal time is more important then the quantity of it. If my air and environment are dirty, my neighbors are at war in Iraq to protect the flow of oil, etc. then the quality of my personal time is greatly diminished.

As for the safety of speed the math speaks for itself. Allow me to use Einstein's formula for Kinetic Energy (KE):


where m = mass of object and v = velocity (speed) of object

When a vehicle collides with something its kinetic energy must be transferred or expended. The less KE there is to dump the better off anyone and anything involved is.

However, my slowing down has much more to do with emissions and fuel economy than safety. The physics of air change above 55 MPH and again above 70 MPH, becoming more resistant the faster you go.
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Old 05-26-2007, 11:58 PM   #3
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Ohya,bailout,I forgot to mention,you would also gain more then 20% in time,actual time,like a 100min trip,would become 75min to 80min trip.Time is money to alot of people that have long trips to work,and travel alot.Wouldnt you like to have more time to live aswell,and dont try to come back with some,speed is dangerous shit.
Today I saw both kinds that drive most of us drivers crazy. A couple of old persons driving way less than the speed limit backing up traffic as far as the eye can see. And saw a young person passing almost everyone and running red lights which will eventually cause an accident.
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