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From: jfox@hooksett.East.Sun.COM (John Fox - SunExpress IR)
Newsgroups: rec.autos
Subject: Re: It's a rush... (was Re: Too fast)
Date: 20 Apr 1993 16:10:03 GMT
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In article 5276@unisql.UUCP, wrat@unisql.UUCP (wharfie) writes:
>In article <C5r43y.F0D@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> marshatt@feserve.cc.purdue.edu (Zauberer) writes:
>>I guess I wasn't clear enough here. I said the roads WERE designed for 
>>speeds of 80 or so and still be safe. The current 55-65 will add a saftey
>>margin.
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>	They were designed for speeds of upwards of 80 - I forget the
>exact spec - but for military vehicles.  That's 80 in a 1958 Dodge 
>Powerwagon.  Not 80 in a 1993 Ford Taurus.
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Ah yes, the 58 Powerwagon. Now there was a vehicle that today's cars can't
touch in terms of high speed road holding ability! :-)

































