Bob, We drove 130kph + in Switzerland and France when I lived there. Everyone was like a low flying jet, but safe, very few accidents.
On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 11:58 AM Bob Bridges <[email protected]> wrote: > Radoslaw, it seems to me two things are going on here. One is simply a > mistake of fact: Speed limits are ~not~ a good candidate for > standardization. An upper limit of 120mph would be possible in Texas but > insane in North Carolina. You said pretty much the same thing in your > original post: In Poland you use 140kph, but in Germany they > use...nothing, I guess, except the local policeman's judgement as to > whether you're driving safely. Why then do you say it should be different > here? I'm guessing you're thinking of the USA as being a single country in > the same way Poland is a single country (so why can't the US have a single > speed limit like Poland?). But the USA has almost (not quite) the area of > Europe. Of course its geography varies considerably, and its speed limits > should do the same. > > The other thing you're ignoring is the issue of sovereignty. I'm guessing > you're thinking of the USA as a single country, and assuming the national > government can (and should) impose a standardized speed limit on its > subdivisions. But as I said in another post, we are a collection of > states, not of provinces; the federal government wasn't given that > authority. Of course the states can individually agree on standardized > rules for some things (not speed limits), IF THEY CHOOSE TO - just as > Poland can agree to use the same electrical standards as other sovereign > nations, for convenience. But Poland has the authority to decide that - > and I'm sure there are subjects on which Poland has decided not to go along > with everyone else in EU, for reasons that no doubt seem good to Poland. > > --- > Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 > > /* Miss Manners has also observed that when children are truly allowed to > express their preferences, uninfluenced by the dreary adult expectation > that they must all be artistic and original little noble savages, they come > out resoundingly in favor of rigid traditionalism. The devotion to ritual > exhibited by the average toddler in regard to his bedtime routine would > make a nineteenth-century English butler look like a free spirit. -from > "Miss Manners' Guide to Rearing Perfect Children" by Judith Martin */ > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of R.S. > Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 09:27 > > So they make pointless differences because they can. Bingo. > You know we (Poland) are independent country and we have some kind of > states (województwo), but driving rules are common and much more > similiar to other countries in EU than your states one to another. > And we have the same voltage and frequency as the rest of Europe. Why > there is no 135V in Texas and 50Hz in Dakota? That would prove "certain > powers" of those states. > > Again: standarization is good thing. You have a lot of de facto > standards which are good or not necessarily needed. Speed limits and > other driving rules are good candidates for standarization. > > > > --- On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 7:16 AM R.S. <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Federal limits, state limits... This is something I don't understand. > >> Standarization is good thing and common rules are easier to follow. > >> I just checked - 85mph in Texas, even for trucks. And 55mph in District > >> of Columbia (not to mention Guam). From the other hand Residential Areas > >> limits vary from 15 to 55mph. > > >> Howeve it is matter of simple table with different values for each row > >> (state), because the columns (rules) vary also. That lead to confusion. > > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: R.S. > >>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2020 7:23 AM > >>>> > >>>> My opinion: I like american cars and roads. However I don't understand > >>>> common speed limit 55 mph which is in my opinion too low for the road > >>>> on desert. > >>>> > >>>> BTW: Here in Poland default limit on highway is 140 km/h. However in > >>>> Germany default is ...your sanity. No speed limit. Most cars have > >>>> factory limit at 250 km/h, but not luxury ones. And yes, it is legal > >> to drive 300 km/h Of course this is for highways only. And speed limit > >> signs may reduce it. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Scott Ford IDMWORKS z/OS Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
