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The British RAF base
where I was stationed as part of a contingent of USAF personnel
had one narrow road winding through the crowded residential area.
After a rash of minor vehicle pedestrian accidents, the USAF commander
decided to reduce the speed limit to three m.p.h.
Shortly after the
new limit was posted, an MP sergeant issued a speeding citation
to a jeep driver for going five m.p.h. I was curious to know how
the MP had determined the jeep's speed so exactly. "I was jogging
to get to the PX before it closed," he explained, "and as I passed
the jeep, I noticed that the speedometer read five m.p.h."
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