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Subject: Re: Speeding & radar gun locking & on & on
Newsgroups: dc.general
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I'll try to get my syntax and stuff right
>> stuff ommitted
something like...
> The autobahns were built in the 30s, and I bet they weren't made for 
> speeds much higher than 65

Not so.
The autobahns I have been on were built so that they could be used as
runways for NATO jets if necessary.  Flat, wide and driving at 110 mph 
in a tiny fiat is an amazing experience.  Traffic seemed to limit speeds to
something like 75 mph on the autobahns, anyways.
There forerunners which probably were built in the thirties were the sight
of most of the European land speed records that were being set by the likes of
Mercedes in the the pre-WWII period.  I suspect that they were also 
extremely nice highways.

IMO I think a little more speed (65-70) can be allowed on the Washington
roadways (it is the de facto speed anyways) but more than that and there
will definitely be problems with people overreaching their reflexes, and
vision.  As it is, I know of people who are afraid to drive on the Beltway
because of its speed (I think its a good thing these people stay off the
beltway, but they do have the right to travel too.) 

I too vote for greater enforcement of other regulations which might
promote safer driving, ( I want a franchise on giving out failure to 
signal tickets...)

My Two Cents...

greg fieldson
a tired grad student
fieldson@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu