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Post #24,634
by bconnors
1/16/02 4:22:25 PM
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New Houston is in its own little world
Right before the first of this year, the paper and TV newscasts announced how the state and/or surrounding counties were cutting speed limits on major highways from 60 to 70 DOWN TO 55. Why......?

TO CUT EMISSIONS THAT CAUSE AIR POLLUTION!

I kid you not - that was the announced reason to reduce the speed limit .

Can someone explain it to a dimwit like me how driving slower, not counting traffic jams from the morning and evening rush hours, is supposed to reduce air pollution?
BConnors
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Post #24,648
by SpiceWare
1/16/02 5:04:12 PM
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New here's something
[link|http://www.nsta.org/Energy/fn_speedlimits.html|Facts about speed limits]

Scroll down a bit to "Pollution" and you'll find

Other things being equal, going slower produces less pollution ... just 10% of the cars generate half the polution from mobile sources. The \ufffdgross emitters\ufffd are improperly tuned or lack catalytic converters.

If that 10% generating 50% is true then it seems to me that emisions testing would do a lot towards cutting down on the pollution. A few years back we had emissions testing in Houston, but it was stopped because it "penalized the poor" - even though they'd let a car pass if the owner spent at least $100 in an attempt to make it complient (ie: give the car a tune up).

Darrell Spice, Jr.

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     $103,000 speeding ticket for 46 mph in a 31 mph zone - (SpiceWare) - (39) - Jan. 15, 2002, 01:53:05 PM EST
         Sounds reasonable to me - (pwhysall) - (21) - Jan. 15, 2002, 02:33:12 PM EST
             Oh, I dunno - (jb4) - Jan. 15, 2002, 02:48:03 PM EST
             you dont drive do you. :) -NT - (boxley) - (19) - Jan. 15, 2002, 04:14:20 PM EST
                 No. - (pwhysall) - (18) - Jan. 15, 2002, 05:22:55 PM EST
                     Doesn't alter the fact. - (Meerkat) - (1) - Jan. 15, 2002, 05:49:48 PM EST
                         How do you think the Police make their money? - (nking) - Jan. 15, 2002, 05:56:52 PM EST
                     They drive like maniacs near me - (nking) - (4) - Jan. 15, 2002, 05:54:30 PM EST
                         The difference between St. Louis & Chicago - (jb4) - Jan. 15, 2002, 06:01:53 PM EST
                         Heh, a lot refers to Sydney as well :) - (Meerkat) - (2) - Jan. 15, 2002, 06:05:20 PM EST
                             Re: Sydney drivers r pretty good these days - tis the K1W1s - (dmarker2) - (1) - Jan. 16, 2002, 04:44:23 AM EST
                                 In Thailand it is much worse - (nking) - Jan. 16, 2002, 09:31:30 AM EST
                     Speed Limits - (Ric Locke) - (3) - Jan. 15, 2002, 11:52:57 PM EST
                         Geeks on speed - (kmself) - (2) - Jan. 16, 2002, 01:53:45 AM EST
                             Houston is in its own little world - (bconnors) - (1) - Jan. 16, 2002, 04:22:25 PM EST
                                 here's something - (SpiceWare) - Jan. 16, 2002, 05:04:12 PM EST
                     Pretty simplistic dismissal - (Ashton) - (1) - Jan. 16, 2002, 03:48:20 AM EST
                         Needless distinction - (drewk) - Jan. 16, 2002, 01:28:54 PM EST
                     First you make an annoying assumption that Americans - (boxley) - (4) - Jan. 16, 2002, 08:57:17 AM EST
                         tire chirpers? - (wharris2) - (1) - Jan. 16, 2002, 04:30:07 PM EST
                             Whenever I hear one o' those chirps - (Ashton) - Jan. 16, 2002, 05:46:11 PM EST
                         Aha! - (Ric Locke) - (1) - Jan. 17, 2002, 12:12:32 AM EST
                             naw got a right wrist problem - (boxley) - Jan. 17, 2002, 08:58:43 AM EST
         But was it a "real" 31 mph zone? - (wharris2) - (16) - Jan. 15, 2002, 02:58:40 PM EST
             It was in Finland, and based on his income in 1999 - (nking) - (15) - Jan. 15, 2002, 04:58:40 PM EST
                 Re: It was in Finland, and based on his income in 1999 - (wharris2) - (14) - Jan. 15, 2002, 09:19:30 PM EST
                     Is that like income-based income tax? :) -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Jan. 15, 2002, 09:34:33 PM EST
                     That's bullshit, Will. - (CRConrad) - (12) - Jan. 16, 2002, 04:22:56 AM EST
                         Re: Gotta agree on this 'un - (dmarker2) - Jan. 16, 2002, 05:51:40 AM EST
                         Bullshit my ass - (wharris2) - (10) - Jan. 16, 2002, 05:52:33 AM EST
                             Re: It really is relative - (dmarker2) - Jan. 16, 2002, 06:12:39 AM EST
                             Yes, your ass, then - 'cos it is. - (CRConrad) - (8) - Jan. 16, 2002, 07:55:26 AM EST
                                 perhaps a loss of driving privileges would serve as well? - (boxley) - (7) - Jan. 16, 2002, 09:02:52 AM EST
                                     Yes, but then again, it wasn't all *that* bad; only speeding - (CRConrad) - (6) - Jan. 16, 2002, 10:52:41 AM EST
                                         However eminently sensible is this sliding scale.. - (Ashton) - (3) - Jan. 16, 2002, 03:54:43 PM EST
                                             Licence Demerit Points. - (Meerkat) - (2) - Jan. 16, 2002, 06:02:52 PM EST
                                                 Yes, CA has that too - (Ashton) - (1) - Jan. 16, 2002, 06:16:06 PM EST
                                                     mind your L's and P's - (Meerkat) - Jan. 16, 2002, 06:44:17 PM EST
                                         On the sliding scale - (wharris2) - (1) - Jan. 16, 2002, 04:33:56 PM EST
                                             OK! -NT - (CRConrad) - Jan. 16, 2002, 06:10:45 PM EST

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