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Originally Posted by elchivito
Provided any evidence? What are we - in court?
We are talking here about a graveled county road that is not quite two passenger cars' width with deep bar ditches on both sides and a bus loaded with 50 people going 40 miles an hour.
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That sounds a lot like a road I drove to work on every day for about two years. From the end of the pavement to the employee parking lot was 10.5 miles. I covered it in 12 and a half minutes most days. The guy who owned the company could do it in 10.
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The side opposite my land is open range with grazed cattle on it year round. Cattle don't watch for traffic, especially on a road that had never been used for much of anything. The guy was endangering my fences and my allotment renter's cattle on the other side, not to mention the lives of his passengers. You bet your ass I ratted him out, but HE got himself fired. I am surprised you can't logically understand that, all emotions aside.
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I didn't have ranging cattle to contend with, and I wasn't driving a bus. Still, with those added conditions 40 doesn't sound totally unreasonable if the road is fairly straight. As for fences, I hit one once. I got a ticket and insurance covered the damage. I approached that one particular corner a little slower after that, but still kept my 48 mph average on that road overall. In your situation I don't think I would have complained.
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