On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 7:23 AM R.S. <r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl> wrote:
> (I know it's off-topic) > 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. > Pretty much "inertia". Back when 55 was first introduced, it during the "oil embargo (1969-1976)") and it was touted as the most fuel efficient speed. Today, that is totally false. Engines are much more efficient now. Today it is touted as safer. I don't know about that. But, then again, here in Texas the speed limit on highways is pretty much regarded as a suggestion. Except when it goes through a small town, where a smaller limit is imposed and is basically used as a source of revenue for the local government (aka "speed trap"). That's why the government loves automatic license readers -- the cops don't even need to wake up to issue a ticket. Isn't technology wonderful?!? Speaking of driving in the desert, long ago, I remember my dad going through Arizona -- flat & featureless. He was tired, and passed driving off to my mom & told her not to go too fast. She scoffed. I was in the back seat. When I woke up, I asked mom why she was going over 100 mph (150 kph)? Ah, the dangers of a Cadillac, smooth pavement, and nothing to see along the road. > > 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. > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > -- People in sleeping bags are the soft tacos of the bear world. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
