[Spridgets] MG 2009

[Kitterer Bob]

You are correct.  I have forgotten the group pushing "Lower Speeds  
Saves Life's"  They made a very big deal of the drop in deaths due to  
auto accidents after the 55 limit went into effect but ignored that  
the number of miles driven had made a big drop.  They also ignored  
that the 55 limit only applied to highways which historically had the  
lowest auto accident deaths, if you look at deaths per 1000 miles.

Bob Kitterer

1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes
2000 Miata Special Edition

On Jun 18, 2009, at 5:26 PM, Larry  wrote:

> Somewhere I read that one of the justifications for the lower limit
> was saving lives. Then a study showed that in the big wide open states
> in the midwest, WY included, more lives were lost due to people
> falling asleep from being bored. The trade off was about equa