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From: piet@mcvax.UUCP (Piet Beertema)
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Subject: Re: Fast driving
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Date: Tue, 10-Jan-84 07:49:28 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 10 07:49:28 1984
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	>driving fast can be safe in Germany, where (almost) everyone
	>who gets on the Autobahn has the equipment and the know-how
	>to drive fast safely. But in North America, most people don't.
Oh, come on, "maestro de nada", you know better. Throughout Europe the
speed limit is higher (and far less obeyed) than in the USA, but safer???
And we have the same equipment as you (cars...) and know no better than
Americans how to use them.

	>I don't like to see our highways turn into tryouts for the Indy 500.
Well, an Autobahn generally isn't that either.

But what do you prefer: drivers moving along at 90 km/h (like in the USA)
and falling asleep or making 120 km/h (quite normal here in Holland) and
[therefore] being more alert? Actually none of them contributes to safety.
-- 
	Piet Beertema
	CWI (Center for Math. & Comp. Science), Amsterdam
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