Suppose that the speed limit is 35mph in a certain neighborhood. A bicyclist attempts to cross the road without looking. The car going 35mph hits the bicycle. Miraculously, the young bicyclist flies through the air, landing on his feet, uninjured, and in the next lane. A semi-truck strikes the young man, instantly killing him. A police report is filled out, and it is determined that if the car had been going 70mph, the bicyclist would have been thrown onto the boulevard, and though he might have sustained some injuries, he would be alive. Now, let me say, this is not justification for changing the speed limit to 70mph in that neighborhood.
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