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For anyone interested, I highly recommend Brock Yates's book about the beginning of Canonball. https://smile.amazon.com/Cannonball-Americas-Greatest-Outlaw-Roa
by Cd00d 5y ago
For anyone interested, I highly recommend Brock Yates's book about the beginning of Canonball.
https://smile.amazon.com/Cannonball-Americas-Greatest-Outlaw-Road/dp/0760310904/ref=sr_1_1?crid=8HXAQ7KSTS8B&keywords=brock+yates&qid=1644507329&sprefix=brock+yates%2Caps%2C398&sr=8-1 https://smile.amazon.com/Cannonball-Americas-Greatest-Outlaw...
Yates was a writer at Car and Driver (my favorite automotive magazine), and the idea for Cannonball was a protest of speed limits. Yates's argument is that the speed you're allowed to drive should not be generalized, as a great driver in a great auto can safely do far greater speeds.
I don't agree with his argument - individual enforcement of rules doesn't scale to society, but it is a very good read.