Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Speed Doesn't Kill.

[red5hilser (red5hilser]

Hey Ken: When I was driving in California there were guard rails to bounce you 
back in case of a spin. In Arizona we had flat desert land. But here in Baja 
Arkansas all we have are 5 to 10 foot ditches beside most roads, bordered by 
big solid trees on both sides. Sometimes when I 'let it all hang out' here on 2 
lane twisty roads, I flash back to some horrific photos I saw of de Portago's 
crash in the 1957 Mille Miglia when his engine hood folded back and cut him in 
half. But, on the bright side ... the 2007 tag on my 'Shitbox' was only $21.00 
for the year.
 
Yer pal, 'Shitbox' Bubba
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: rentiers [at] mac.com
To: red5hilser [at] aol.com
Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
Sent: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 5:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Speed Doesn't Kill.


John:

Poorly designed ramps. Roadways built to minimum standards, broken  
pavement in disrepair with deep ruts that grab front wheels, potholes  
that can break suspensions, red light cameras that increase rear end  
collisions, especially when the yellow light interval is deliberately  
shortened. Abject lack of driver training and a nation of 'drivers'  
weaned on 55 MPH limits and so bored by the snail's pace on modern  
roadways that when young men ask "what does she have under there?"  
they are talking about the subwoofer, not the engine.

Artificially low speed limits, an insatiable demand for more tax  
money by power mad politicians who must buy the next election by  
inventing new forms of public largesse and an insurance industry that  
profits greedily as points accumulate and premiums rise, aided and  
abetted by the advanced radar devices GEICO and others supply local  
cops.( pant pant pant... gasps for breath....)

Meanwhile fatalities per 100,000 miles have fallen steadily since the  
1940s, despite the NMSL, imposed in 1972, rescinded in 1995. Despite  
heavy increases in traffic unaccompanied by any significant new  
highway construction for decades as dollars are poured in to mass  
transit boondoggles no one rides and roadways are so poorly designed  
concrete blocks fall from above to crush hapless Boston motorists.

Public roads are analogous to public restrooms - dirty, broken and  
dangerous.

Flying is no solution unless you fly in Gulfstreams. Standing in a  
line of 200 people with you shoes in one hand while holding up your  
belt-free pants with the other, waiting to be interrogated and then  
crushed between two seats like a tin of albacore tuna holds little  
appeal. The great trains are all gone, Amtrak is an abject joke  
beyond the northeast corridor.

In the Dark Ages, after Rome fell, travel became difficult, trade  
impossible and people isolated. Near the end Rome had 48 Emperors in  
50 years, all of whom were murdered by their successors or the public  
at large. We seem to be bereft of statesmen once again, judging by  
the recent Parade of Clowns in DC. I hope my deep sense of foreboding  
is a false one. Perhaps we will elect another Clinton, that will make  
two Bushes and two Clintons; could a new American Monarchy be our  
sorry fate?

On with the Circuses! Circus Bernicus begins in Melbourne March 18 -  
Forza ! Forza !


ken


On Mar 4, 2007, at 11:56 AM, John Allison wrote:

> Hey Ken,
>
>
> So now I am living in Minnesota and I have discovered something rather
> silly.  They have a goal to reach 0 traffic fatalities.  I don't see
> this as a realistic goal, but by God they will funnel my money into
> that goal.
>
> One of their methods of attack includes an increase in speeding
> citations.  They don't plan designing roads that safer, i.e. less
> blind turns, not slowing to 35mph speed limit on the interstate.  This
> is a place with snow, ice, and the tightest turns, on ramps, and off
> ramps I have witnessed.  I never hear reports of fatalities due to an
> idiot of a civil engineer.
>
>
> John
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