Sorry, Jeff, it wasn't intended as a flame.  I hear those sorts of
comments quite a bit (and have, in fact, made them myself), but I've
never seen or heard any actual, credible evidence to support them.

I'd find it hard to blame those sorts of speed-differential accidents on
the people going slow, though, since "highway speed" is reliably well in
excess of the speed limit.  And, regardless of what the CHP might think,
the number one cause of road rage is tightly-wound type-A individuals
who, deep down, realize how ineffectual and powerless they truly are.

;-)

Take-home message: it is entirely possible to drive 50-60 mph on the
highways in the SF Bay Area on a routine basis without being
inconvenienced in any way, much less run over.

-bmc

On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 11:11 -0700, Jeffrey Schwaia wrote:

> There's a reason people say it:  according to the CHP, slow drivers are the
> number one cause of road rage in California.  Additionally, a large
> percentage of accidents are caused by drivers who do not get up to highway
> speed quickly enough (saw that on some news journal on TV).
>
> Don't flame me.  I'm not defending driving fast or degrading driving slow.
> These are just a few facts that I recently was exposed to.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff