From: thetibetanmonkey@gmail.com
On Sunday, November 30, 2014 4:40:56 AM UTC-5, Brian Drummond wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Nov 2014 08:10:29 -0800, awaken21 wrote:
>
> > On Saturday, November 29, 2014 3:46:59 AM UTC-5, Love wrote:
> >> In article ,
> >> lukecarlos@gmail.com says...
> >> >On Friday, November 28, 2014 8:46:26 PM UTC-5, liaM wrote:
>
> >> >> > I think they intend you to clear the lane.
> >> >>
> >> >> Yeah.. clear the lane because they were going at 15O mph and had to
> >> >> brake because the car ahead of them is passing a truck ?
> >> >> Fuck 'em.
> >> >
> >> >Because slower traffic is supposed to move over? That's the way
> >> >they're designed.
> >>
> >> Any traffic over the speed limit is illegitimate,
> >> And if ya ride up on my bumper all light flashy and annoyed weavy, it's
> >> gonna take me a coupla hours to pass that truck, instead of the 15
> >> seconds it might have taken without that distraction. It's just karma.
> >
> > Germans don't think way. They see it as "You're slower, move over."
> > And I'd bet if you did that on a German highway even if you were going
> > the correct speed you might be the one getting grief from authorities if
> > an accident happened.
> >
> > I am not BTW supporting either side of this, I'm just pointing out the
> > cultural reality.
>
> What's missing from this hilarious discussion is what the autobahn speed
> limit actually *is*.
>
> - Brian
Is that Islamic State?
Only some stretches of the autobahn (according to my sources way behind the
German lines) remain speed free. I don't think they are recklessly allowing
speeders to rule the roads. Actually they have very tight limits around
cities, enforced with cameras.
The German system makes sense if you allow Ferraris and BMW's to be sold.
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