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phinds said:
WWGD said:
Good news, @Evo is back in-country. She was out of the country in very rural areas with no Internet coverage (and yes, with a chainsaw riding in the bed of a pickup truck, as usual).Borg said:Hopefully not a self-inflicted mishap with her ban hammer.
But yeah, I haven't seen her in a while either. Hope she's doing OK.
She's looking for a chainsaw sharpener...phinds said:
I ask Microsoft to remind me of my Mom's birthday, or where I left my keys.fresh_42 said:
Don't let Sigmund read this!WWGD said:
Let him and Carl together figure it out for me. Carl is Jung at heart.fresh_42 said:
What is the opposite meaning?fresh_42 said:
Only the pun that the same word can mean the opposite of itself. If you think of it, you can construct a lot of puns with the word drive in English, too.WWGD said:
I mainly remember " That drove her crazy. But it was such a short drive"fresh_42 said:
Deers are spooked easilyBillTre said:
There is a song all about driving without having the word drive once in its lyrics.pinball1970 said:
It is "Fahrvergnügen" (driving pleasure). I guess it has to do with ...WWGD said:
Is that an auto ban thing? That's scaryfresh_42 said:
The reality is, that it is only an "Autobahn" thing. Everywhere else are automatic speed limits, and often even below the standard level (50 in towns, 100 on country roads). And only 70% of our highways are without limits - theoretically. It's a matter of fact that we are literally in the middle of the continent, which means, we have the entire north-south and east-west traffic of the continent. I assume we have one of the highest traffic densities in Europe, especially heavy goods traffic, so you often cannot drive as fast as you were allowed to.pinball1970 said:
Not really. Have a look:pinball1970 said:
So? 50 are 31 mph, so you can mostly drive even faster, 35 mph.WWGD said:
, and b) a far lower traffic density on average.Still, do you compare how, by total miles driven?fresh_42 said:So? 50 are 31 mph, so you can mostly drive even faster, 35 mph.
I was surprised by the American figures. Almost three times as many deaths on American highways although they are a) equipped with an in my mind quite slow speed limit of usually 70 mph
From what I understand is that, part of the reason may be due to it being politically impossible to make more rigorous driving tests for the masses. In several places there aren't public transportation alternatives , so one must drive their own car, else they won't be able to, well, do basic things like work, buy groceries without their private car. I guess we could test this if we had granulated data for cities like NYC, Chicago, Boston, SF, with public transportation, see if rates are lower than those without.fresh_42 said:
