Re: Speeding in the States
- From: JNugent <not.telling@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 21:50:56 +0100
Uno-Hoo! wrote:
Just got back from a 3 week driving tour of California, taking in parts of Nevada and Oregon. As ever, I was impressed with the high rate of speed limit compliance over there. apart from in and around the major cities, speed limit compliance (within 5 mph of the posted limit) is almost total. Americans seem quite happy to cruise along their Interstates at around 68 mph, and even the bikers over there (and I saw many more than you see on the roads over here) seem content to cruise along on their Harleys at close to the posted limits. Just what is it with Brits and their 'need for speed' ? Bearing in mind the tiny size of the UK compared to the States, the heavily congested roads over here, the much smaller size of the average car and engine over here, it's perplexing that Americans are content to cruise whereas Brits are determined to race.
Uno-Hoo!
British "need for speed" (how patronising can a post be?) is absolutely nothing out of the ordinary for Europe. Trust me. What the Americans do is their business.
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