RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Offtopic - speeding now

["Ross, Matthew" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> I remember reading somewhere that interstate highways were designed to
> have traffic flowing on them at 80mph, and this was in the 1960s.  I
> droe far faster than any posted speed limit in this country 
> while I was
> in France and Germany.  The roads were moderately better, but 
> not really
> any better than a new, modern interstate.  What was a lot better was
> driver training.  No left lane hogs, nobody that weaves in and out of
> traffic, just free flowing traffic and drivers that follow the rules,
> espically in Germany.  Honestly, I felt safer driving in traffic at
> 100MPH in Germany that I've ever felt driving in traffic here.  
> 
> The link has escaped me now, but German Autobahns have a much lower
> fatality rate than American interstates.

This is quite true. I think the US has the highest fatality rate for automobile accidents. The only road I've been on outside the US has been in Canada, so I don't know the difference in quality, but I think the difference in quality of the vehicles and competence of the drivers may have something to do with it. As mentioned before, guns don't kill people, people misusing guns kills people. The same is true of vehicles.

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