[PRCo] Re: Wabash Tunnel in Operation

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Fri, 19 Jan 2007, Joshua Dunfield wrote:

> It's not that unreasonable to think that people accustomed to "modern"
> lane widths -- which is most people, except maybe the ones who drive
> the Turnpike every day -- might well run into each other.  And blaming
> the people involved doesn't un-maim or un-kill them, or their kids in
> the back seat.  Nor does blaming those oh-so-villainous lawyers.

Nor does giving them a pile of money unkill anyone. We do it anyway. When 
self-interest goes away from punitive damage I'll believe the point, until 
then, I have no use for the greedy people.

> (I don't think it's that reasonable, either, risk management and all.
> People slow down if it doesn't feel safe, and being in a tunnel with
> narrow-by-modern-standards lanes, facing oncoming traffic, doesn't feel
> particularly safe.)

The speed limit is 25 in the tunnel, for what it's worth.