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Unsafe at Any Speed
American Spectator ^
| 12/10/2003 12:05:58 AM
| Eric Peters
Posted on 12/10/2003 12:52:43 AM PST by swilhelm73
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A big factor is also the way the roads are laid out. In Germany, the Autobahn is designed for high speed, and it is very straight. The reason you see the one-car accidents, is that very straight roads tend to lull drivers into a sleep-like state. When we started building interstates in the U.S., we decided to build them for lower speeds, and put in more curves to keep the drivers occupied and awake.
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12/10/2003 9:43:12 AM PST
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tarawa
To: swilhelm73
Everything is dumbed down in this country to accommodate the all important CONSUMER whose spending habits can presumably break or break the economy.
Drivers = purchases.
BUMP
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12/10/2003 10:05:10 AM PST
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tm22721
(May the UN rest in peace)
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