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>> >>All very excellent advice learned by many people, some who survived 
>> >>close-calls, others who did not.  If you made the "D" standard 100 feet, 
>> >>would fewer people die?  If you made it 150 feet, would more people die? 
>> 
>>                    YES
>
>Well then, if fewer people would die if the max EAD was 100 feet, let's 
>make it 100 feet.  It's an easier number to remember anyway.


The problem with this logic is in the extreme.

The fewest people of all would die if the number is reduced to zero.
With every n greater than zero, a compromise is neccessary.

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