XPost: rec.autos.driving, soc.support.fat-acceptance   
   From: dbg57@charter.net   
      
   On 07 Mar 2009, Shawn Hirn  posted some news:srhi-   
   9EF966.04493607032009@74.sub-97-136-209.myvzw.com:   
      
   > In article ,   
   >  zmike6  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Since it looks like we are going to have a (relative) splurge in   
   >> infrastructure spending as a result of the stimulus package, is there   
   >> any chance we could get a modern highway system in in the US?  If it   
   >> was up to me, there would be a network of limited-access,   
   >> no-speed-limit highways criscrossing the USA.  No commercial truck   
   >> traffic allowed; just private cars that have passed a stringent safety   
   >> inspection, and drivers that have a responsible record.   
   >>   
   >> The traditional 1950s Interstate system is a dinosaur, it can't handle   
   >> a 21st century volume of commercial and private traffic.   
   >   
   > You will never see no speed limit highways in the United States. Even in   
   > areas such as Germany, I heard they are considering imposing a speed   
   > limit, if they haven't already done so. There's more then just the cost   
   > of the roadways, its environmental and all the money in the world isn't   
   > going to fix the fact that driving excessively fast is detrimental to   
   > the environment because its less fuel efficient.   
   >   
      
   If it was encouraged, and the consumers demanded it, the auto   
   manufacturers would find a way to make it more efficient.   
      
   As long as the liberal scared old lady types are driving, the issue will   
   never be pushed, and speeds will never progress.   
      
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