Hi,
Alin Flaider wrote:
>
> mishka wrote:
>
> m> and saw the signs "speed limit strictly enforced", i realized new
> m> york cops do have a sense of hunor.
>
> You meant honour, right!?
> ;o)
> Coming from a country struggling to rebuild its infrastructure, I
> shouldn't have been too s
mishka wrote:
m> and saw the signs "speed limit strictly enforced", i realized new
m> york cops do have a sense of hunor.
You meant honour, right!?
;o)
Coming from a country struggling to rebuild its infrastructure, I
shouldn't have been too shocked by the state of NYC roads. Yet it
oft
the way i heard it, the cops dig them at night to make sure no one is speeding.
the first time i went from jfk on van-vyck expwy (crawling at 5mph), and saw
the signs "speed limit strictly enforced", i realized new york cops do have a sense of
hunor.
mishka
There are lots of potholes in NYC. They
Hi,
Tuesday, October 21, 2003, 11:13:30 PM, you wrote:
> There is always money for a new highway. Never any for repairs. Political fact
> of life in the US.
I found myself in Zanzibar a few years ago, being driven out to the East
coast. Eventually the tarmac ran out and the road became a track.
Cotty wrote:
Frankly I was appalled at the state of some of the highways, especially
in NYC! Ni wonder there are so many SUVs - needed to traverse the potholes.
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There are lots of potholes in NYC. They are engineered into to roads to give
them character. In early spring you might see people
There is always money for a new highway. Never any for repairs. Political fact
of life in the US.
Cotty wrote:
On 21/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
My brother was an engineer who worked on the US Interstate System. He's told
me that the roads were truly designed for an optimum speed of 80
>Frankly I was appalled at the state of some of the highways, especially
in NYC! Ni wonder there are so many SUVs - needed to traverse the potholes.
>Cheers,
Cotty
A lot of California roads are not in great shape, because of lack of money.
It's a state by state thing in the US, generally (alt
Mishka wrote:
I'll quote this to the judge at my ticket hearing
in a couple of weeks -- 80 mph: "Yor Hono(u)r, but this
is what this has been design for, dammit!".
If it works and he lets me off the hook (not to
mention the $200 ticket), I'll even agree with
the "low-cost option" part.
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