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Old December 29th 06, 10:27 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Newps writes:

No states do.


I've already cited relevant statutes. I suggest you read them.

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Old December 29th 06, 10:39 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Mxsmanic wrote:

Newps writes:


No states do.



I've already cited relevant statutes. I suggest you read them.




You links are irrelavant. No state has laws that allow drivers to speed
and then escape the ticket because I tell the judge 100 MPH is
reasonable. Not happening. Anywhere.
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Old December 29th 06, 02:59 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Marty Shapiro wrote:

Jose wrote in
. net:


But you are right, given the risk aversion that has swept and IMHO
weakened this country I really surprised that driving hasn't become
as regulated as flying.


It's less regulated in the sense that just about anybody can get a
license and drive. It's more regulated (there's a better phrase but I
can't think of it) in the sense that minima are much higher. In
aviation, it is legal to do things that require skill, and prudent not
to if you don't have the skill. In driving, if it requires skill, it
is illegal. For example, it's illegal to go seventy miles an hour,
but it is perfectly legal to fly 210 feet above the ground while in
clouds.

Jose



Why is it illegal to drive at the posted speed limit of 70 MPH?


Obviously it isn't, but many parts of the country have 65 MPH as the
highest posted speed limit.


Matt
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Old December 29th 06, 02:43 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Jose wrote in
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It's less regulated in the sense that just about anybody can get a
license and drive. It's more regulated (there's a better phrase but I
can't think of it) in the sense that minima are much higher. In
aviation, it is legal to do things that require skill, and prudent not
to if you don't have the skill. In driving, if it requires skill, it is
illegal. For example, it's illegal to go seventy miles an hour, but it
is perfectly legal to fly 210 feet above the ground while in clouds.


One requires special training and certification in order to be able to
legally fly 210' above the ground in clouds, however a significant number of
pilots do not have this certification, and thus are not permitted to do so
legally.

In driving, there is no training or certification one can take in order to
drive 70MPH on a 55MPH road. The limitation is for one and all. They apply
the same to me as they do to Dale Earnhardt Jr. and to off-duty Police and
Military personnel who indeed have had high-speed driving training.

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Old December 29th 06, 03:47 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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In driving, there is no training or certification one can take in order to
drive 70MPH on a 55MPH road. The limitation is for one and all.


.... which is my point. Driving is set to the lowest common denomenator.
Flying is set to the highest standard.

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Old December 29th 06, 08:34 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Jose writes:

... which is my point. Driving is set to the lowest common denomenator.
Flying is set to the highest standard.


If flying were set to the highest standard, you wouldn't need a
special rating to fly IFR. Instead, "non-IFR" would be a special
restriction applied only to those pilots who had demonstrated their
inability to fly IFR.

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