Paul, at 09:35 on Mar 10 1997, you wrote to David Drummond ...

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DD>> Considering that I haven't had an accident where I ran into 
DD>> something because of insufficient stopping distance, does 
DD>> that mean I haven't been speeding all these years?

PE> No, it means you were lucky.  

Bullshit!  It means I'm usually careful.

PE> I didn't say there is 100% chance of speeding causing an accident.  Just 
PE> that most deaths occur at high speeds.

I beg to differ, most people die after rapid deceleration.  Speeding does
NOT kill, sudden stops do.

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DD>> (looking somewhere other than where I was going).  Both 
DD>> situations were very low speed (one was about 5kph, the 
DD>> other about 20kph).

PE> And how many of those would have been avoided had you been 
PE> travelling at 1kph? 

Probably neither, I didn't hit the brakes until after impact.

David
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