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Well, I live in Germany so go figure. And please stop with your condemning talk! The ladies returning from a supermarket go often over 120mph over here on thei

by bitL 12y ago

Well, I live in Germany so go figure. And please stop with your condemning talk! The ladies returning from a supermarket go often over 120mph over here on their way back home (legally!), you can see Porsche test drivers going full speed at 2am on an Autobahn almost every day, yet the accident/fatality rate is actually lower than on interstates in your country (I assume you are from the US). People here are drilled like crazy to obtain a driving license, unlike driving around the block and doing simple parking, and they behave well on the highways, letting faster cars ahead and not blocking them going 65mph in the fast lane or hastily switching lanes. Not far from my city is probably the most hardcore racing circuit in the world open for public - Nürburgring, and what other car would be suitable for reaching 200mph if not one like perfectly serviced Murcielago? Yes, it's risky. So is eating HFCS in all your food daily and sticking to high-carb diet, depriving oneself of sleep due to working long hours or not taking vacation to recharge due to constant stress. I am not talking about stupid reckless street racing - that's very uncommon over here.

lmm 12y ago
Wrong guess, I'm not from the US. I've turned down high-paying job offers because they expected unreasonable hours or didn't have enough holiday allowance, and would do so again. 120mph maybe, but 200mph simply can't be safe, sheer human reaction times dictate otherwise. We don't allow trains to go above 125mph without in-cab signalling because that's too fast for a driver to observe lineside signals - and that's as simple as observing a coloured light when you know exactly where it's going to be. No-one's going to close the Nurburgring, you'll be able to continue driving 200mph there with other people who've chosen to drive on a circuit like that as long as you like. But not on the road I have to take to work; I shouldn't have to put up with that risk.

by bitL 12y ago

lmm 12y ago

Wrong guess, I'm not from the US. I've turned down high-paying job offers because they expected unreasonable hours or didn't have enough holiday allowance, and would do so again. 120mph maybe, but 200mph simply can't be safe, sheer human reaction times dictate otherwise. We don't allow trains to go above 125mph without in-cab signalling because that's too fast for a driver to observe lineside signals - and that's as simple as observing a coloured light when you know exactly where it's going to be. No-one's going to close the Nurburgring, you'll be able to continue driving 200mph there with other people who've chosen to drive on a circuit like that as long as you like. But not on the road I have to take to work; I shouldn't have to put up with that risk.