Dan Minette wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Russell Chapman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 12:42 PM > Subject: Re: Stupid example, Re: Treatment Of Prisoners > > > Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > > > > >Exceeding speed limits is very very stupid, unless you are trained and > equipped > > >to do so. Just because you get lucky and don't kill someone doing it, > doesn't > > >make it OK or a minor crime. > > > > > That's a very European response. The Autobahns/Autostrada are the only > > safe places to travel at high speed, and they're largely unrestricted or > > crowded. In America and Australia we have these huge open spaces with > > good roads, almost devoid of traffic, but with arbitrary speed limits. > > In my car (which has extra brakes, premium tyres, sports suspension > > etc), with my experience, I can drive on these open roads in complete > > safety at up to 160kmh, depending on visibility. > > Indeed, there are highways in the western United States that have corregated > strips in them that make a loud noise when you travel over them. Too many > drivers were found to drift off when the drove straight for 20 or 30 miles > without seeing another car. These strips tend to keep folks awake. > > On such a highway, I could easily drive 160 km/h safely...as long as I > didn't drift off from the sheer bordom of it. > > With the relatively low population in Australia, I bet you have even more of > them.
Isn't it Australia that has the giant "Road Trains" - essentially 3-4 18-wheeler trailers - that zip across the outback? -jeffrey "all I need know about Australia I learn from Mad Max, Pricilla, and an America theme restaurant" miller- -- Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.
