What is "Excessive speed"?

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At 08:27 PM 8/6/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Give this some thought:
>An Acura 3.2CL Type-S takes nearly 180 feet to stop on clear, dry pavement
>from 70 mph.
>This guy went another 89 feet (so, was he going....what 75mph? 80mph?) then
>flew through the air (which won't slow anything down), then rolled, which
>also doesn't have much coefficient of friction!
>He wasn't going much faster than most of you guys who were caravaning to
>Cindy.....
>
>Larry
>
>
> > i dont think an indy car would have gotten that far.
> > Al
> >
>
> >
> > > MOHAWK, N.Y., August 4 - State police say excessive speed contributed to
>a
> > > one-car crash that seriously injured a 53-year-old Fulton County man.
> > >
> > >      The accident happened shortly before 3:00 Saturday afternoon in the
> > > town of Mohawk, in Herkimer County.  Police say William Houtz of
>Johnstown
> > > lost control of his vehicle, leaving 171 feet of skid marks on the
>pavement
> > > before crossing another road. The car traveled another 89 feet before
> > > striking a guidewire.
> > >      The car then became airborne, flew 168 feet, and struck a utility
>pole
> > > about 12 feet above the ground. The pole was snapped and the vehicle
> > > cartwheeled more than 100 feet further before landing about two feet
>from a
> > > house.
> > >      Houtz was airlifted to Albany Medical Center where he was listed
>Sunday
> > > in critical condition.
>
>
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