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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 11:02 PM Original message |
“MyKey” lets parents limit teens’ driving speed |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. you're gonna have lots of people buying this! |
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kitty1 (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sign me up; My 17 year old is going for his 2nd road test attempt |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. It seems it might be dangerous |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 12:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. There are VERY few situations |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 12:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Pass a crazy person weaving in traffic? |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 12:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Hey I live in Florida |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #17 |
115. yep |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 12:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
22. at 80 mph? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 07:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
34. A crazy person weaving in front of you AND someone on your tail? |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 08:11 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Yes I pass the car |
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Juneboarder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #38 |
71. What about... |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 08:41 PM Response to Reply #71 |
88. The key limits top speed not cruising speed. |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 06:30 AM Response to Reply #88 |
134. Um... |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 06:53 AM Response to Reply #71 |
100. Very poor choice of examples. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
105. Downshift. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 08:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
39. The chance is nill, so just slow down and chill |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Nope |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Phoenix freeways are insane |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
48. Speeding up to over 80mph? |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #48 |
62. I will say again |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Yes, but the quickest way to create distance at that speed |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #66 |
85. You have never driven our interstates |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 06:59 AM Response to Reply #85 |
101. Nice job ignoring the post you are responding to. n/t |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #85 |
106. Wrong. |
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Juneboarder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #62 |
72. Where in FL are you?? n/t |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #72 |
82. Orlando |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #82 |
103. So... |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #103 |
104. I did not say it was a bad idea |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 06:31 AM Response to Reply #62 |
94. That is your impression... |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
91. Well it goes 80... |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
122. I think that's why they set it to max 80 MPH |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
125. The limit I think is 80mph... |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. which leads naturally to the question... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Deleted message |
0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 12:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Why not check IDs, too? |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
73. Japs?? |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #73 |
92. I hate the racials slurs |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 11:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Just on the point of interlock devices (breathalyzers) |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 12:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. it doesn't have to be that obtrusive, right? |
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AllHereTruth (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 12:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. In most cases of underage drinking and driving in America... |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #27 |
58. What do you mean by 'out of trouble'? n/t |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 12:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Because I'm an adult. |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 12:24 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. I don't think "adulthood" qualifies you to drive 80+ or not wear a seat belt |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 12:37 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I certainly can. |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #23 |
50. Actually there are places where 80+ is ok. |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
49. Actually yes. It is safer. |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #49 |
112. driving safely is safer for everyone, not just for teenagers |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 06:35 AM Response to Reply #112 |
135. Straw man. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
108. Most performance cars |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. 80?! What good does that do? |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 12:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I assume |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #11 |
47. I didn't know you could go above 70 anywhere. |
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Juneboarder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #47 |
75. From Wikipedia... |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 07:46 AM Response to Reply #75 |
151. Yep. 90-95 is what I set cruise control in West Texas. |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. What teen worth the name won't have this hacked in |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-06-08 11:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I agree |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 08:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
40. I don't think so, even see a car computer? Know where it is? |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #40 |
74. Dain, a lot of modders know the answers to all those questions |
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Juneboarder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. Maybe not all over, but... |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #77 |
84. sorry, it's the same here in Morris County NJ, my daughter's first car |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #77 |
124. In Marin county |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #74 |
83. Being a 'modder' myself (heheheeh) you got's to has connections |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #83 |
120. Plenty of people get new cars as their first car |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #74 |
90. i think that the idea is for kids who drive the 'family car'... |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 06:32 AM Response to Reply #74 |
95. I would be their parents car.... |
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Juneboarder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
76. FYI |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #76 |
87. We charge for re-programing, but you can buy reprogrammers |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
51. Nope. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
10. odd. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 12:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. It's not Youth vs. Adulthood |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 12:19 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. 80mph. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #19 |
42. Speed and Rev Limiters... |
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AllHereTruth (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 12:20 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Codeine; Please read my post below. |
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AllHereTruth (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
18. Overprotective nature: My View |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I agree with this in large part. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #18 |
41. I prefer "trust, but verify" |
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AllHereTruth (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #41 |
68. You got it. |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #18 |
56. I agree in principle, however... |
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Juneboarder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
78. Ditto... |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
109. Agree with you 100%, and I have two little kids. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
126. If you have a kid you don't trust to drive in a safe manner |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 06:36 AM Response to Reply #126 |
136. I agree with that. n/t |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
21. Great. |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 01:42 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Mom said 80's my limit |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 07:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. ROFL! @ Toonces n/t |
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pop goes the weasel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
29. Yay! |
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AllHereTruth (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:47 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Breathe Breathe Breathe |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:50 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I love sound systems |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
32. There are a lot of roads in California where only going 80 will get you killed |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #32 |
53. Inexperienced drivers should probably avoid those roads. n/t |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #53 |
67. Those would be any highway in a rural area. |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 06:49 AM Response to Reply #67 |
99. Sorry... |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #99 |
111. Anything thats not an econo car or a really old truck with a 4 banger can go way more than 80.... |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #111 |
114. And their are plenty of older econo-cars on the roads. |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-11-08 02:52 AM Response to Reply #114 |
141. Ever notice how some of those cars are being modified to hell, |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-11-08 07:21 AM Response to Reply #141 |
145. and now you are just stretching. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #67 |
128. Would you give your 17 YO son the keys and tell him to go to LA for a week? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-11-08 03:32 AM Response to Reply #128 |
142. 5 north of redding, 80 once you hit the mountains (in good weather) |
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Juneboarder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #32 |
80. I'm From CA |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #80 |
86. I'm in Sacramento. |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 05:47 AM Response to Original message |
33. I oppose this idea |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 07:40 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Ooh, that's evil. |
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reflection (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
35. Oddly, I'm more encouraged |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
43. I like the idea, but it'll last only until... |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #43 |
54. at 80mph? |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. A stalker willing to pursue at 80+ mph... |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 06:38 AM Response to Reply #59 |
96. NO!! |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 08:08 AM Response to Reply #96 |
102. Well, fleeing more slowly than one's pursuer is a...unique tactic. n/t |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #102 |
113. Right because someone will jump out at 60 and pull you from the car right? |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #113 |
116. I'm not sure. |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #116 |
117. "avoiding non-vehicular assault or kidnapping"... |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #117 |
121. When someone is chasing you in a car... |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 06:28 AM Response to Reply #121 |
133. Which brings us back to my point. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 06:41 AM Response to Reply #133 |
137. I seem to have touched a nerve. |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-11-08 07:22 AM Response to Reply #137 |
146. Your inability to provide a single example is indeed getting on my nerves. n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #43 |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #43 |
129. And what if we HAVE to torture that terrorist |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-11-08 07:22 AM Response to Reply #129 |
147. ding ding ding!! n/t |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
44. makes me happy to have been a teenager in the 70's |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #44 |
69. V-8 engines, real fireworks, unlimited model rockets, and even |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. exactly... the good 'ol days |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
45. at 16, I got in an accident seeing how many multiples of posted curve speed I could do |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
55. Solving the wrong problem again. It's a capitalism thing, maybe. |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. On some roads anyone who wants to maximize their survival chances. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. So why is making bigger, heavier, more expensive vehicles a better solution |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
61. Better (and cheaper) solution: Buy them an underpowered car. |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. My car couldn't get above 55. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. I'll happily deal with that issue. |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #64 |
110. Underpowered cars are not always a good idea. |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #61 |
79. My parents gave me a 1973 Ford Pinto station wagon |
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Bearware (64 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
65. Arguments remind me of old seat belt arguments |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 06:39 AM Response to Reply #65 |
97. Very well stated. n/t |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
81. yeah it will take some clever kid about 10 seconds to disable that shit... |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
89. Sounds unfair. What if there is an emergency? |
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kitty1 (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:34 PM Response to Reply #89 |
93. I guess it's all about odds here. The chance of some joyriding.... |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 06:42 AM Response to Reply #89 |
98. Odds of needing to go 80 vs. an inexperienced driver losing control at 80+ |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
107. Honestly, I'd rather figure out a way to keep people from running red lights... |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #107 |
118. The sound system volume is limited and there is a seatbelt lockout.... |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 12:59 AM Response to Reply #118 |
132. By how much? |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 06:45 AM Response to Reply #132 |
138. I fully agree with that. |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-11-08 02:49 AM Response to Reply #138 |
140. Personally I think the current driver's ed should be scrapped. |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-11-08 06:27 AM Response to Reply #140 |
144. I would say it should supplement the existing courses. |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-11-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #107 |
148. I'm surprised nobody's yet jumped on you with "there's no earthly reason to do 165" |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-11-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #148 |
149. Its scary but exilerating as hell to go that fast. |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
123. I think the seat belt demand feature sounds really good |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
127. I have a question: whose buying their kids cars that can go so damn fast? |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #127 |
130. People who want their kids to have modern safety features |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-09-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #130 |
131. and crappy plastic bumpers... |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-10-08 06:54 AM Response to Reply #131 |
139. Oh please no... |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-11-08 03:38 AM Response to Reply #131 |
143. Newer cars with safety features absorb the impact of an accident. |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 07:49 AM Response to Reply #143 |
152. Sadly, pedestrians are lacking in these basic safety devices |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-12-08 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
150. And it will take the kids how long |
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