[PRCo] Re: Wabash Tunnel in Operation

[Fred Schneider]

That means they cannot ticket under 35 and they probably ignore under  
45.

On Jan 20, 2007, at 11:25 AM, Derrick J Brashear wrote:

> 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.
>
>