HIGH SPEED CHASE - KILLS

CHP cannot use radar on interstates, trucks 55 mph and limited or no high speed chases. Saves MANY lives.

I dearly love BOTH CAL and CO.....irrelevant.


BUT the autobhan in Germany has no speed limits on cars (trucks yes) - , the Germans build cars that can be reliable at 150 MPH and the drivers are a bit brighter.

I also dearly love Germany.

deltamrey wrote:
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BUT the autobhan in Germany has no speed limits on cars (trucks yes) - , the Germans build cars that can be reliable at 150 MPH and the drivers are a bit brighter.

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It doesn't seem German drivers fare any better than other countries.

8 Australia: 10 deaths per 100,000 people
# 9 Germany: 9.8 deaths per 100,000 people
# 10 Canada: 9.6 deaths per 100,000 people
# 11 Denmark: 9.4 deaths per 100,000 people
# 12 Japan: 8.8 deaths per 100,000 people
# 13 Norway: 8.7 deaths per 100,000 people
= 14 Finland: 8.6 deaths per 100,000 people
= 14 Switzerland: 8.6 deaths per 100,000 people
# 16 Netherlands: 7.2 deaths per 100,000 people
# 17 Sweden: 5.6 deaths per 100,000 people

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_m ... cle-deaths

And you can find many other sites that collaborate these stats.

deltamrey wrote: Gramma - do your own homework. I did mine.

This is not the direct fault of the cops - doing their jobs is a direct link to the laws generated in the society. Hitler's thugs were just "doing their jobs" - to take it to the extreme.

MY homework? I wasn't the one throwing out unsupported "facts". It makes your information suspect if you cannot/will not give your source.

A 14 year old boy killed his 17 year old passenger.

I hope they try him as an adult and throw the book at the poor little pre-formed thug.

California is over-legislated to the point of comedy. I prefer to look elsewhere for good examples of how to run a good state government.

Doesn't most of the high speed chase footage come from California?

Well - yes - but it is NOT high speed as I recall. Actually confirms high speed pursuit is not routine there.

Thanks.

TLGT - data interesting - what does it represent ? How many deaths per mile driven - data not well defined.

Thanks.

Also has nothing to do with the topic.

Gramma - all my "facts" are accurate.........I passed LEADS TO SUBSTANTIATE.

GRANNY - WHAT "FACTS" PRECISELY ARE YOU NOT CLEAR TO ACCEPT ??

deltamrey wrote: Also has nothing to do with the topic.

You made the statement in regards to Germany "... and the drivers are a bit brighter." You brought that up... so it is part of the topic. According to that page I linked to and MANY other road accident statistic pages you can find if you spend a moment Googling them, German drivers are not any better or worst, brighter or stupider than most other European drivers. Where do you get the "fact" that "... the drivers are a bit brighter"?

Got an answer?