Re: Norway says cars neither "green" nor "clean"

Brian Robertson (Brian Robertson <brian@[nospam].com>) gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying:

Dangerous, by implication implies a possibility of death or injury.

<sigh>
I don't think anybody's ever said that driving is EVER not "dangerous" by
that standard - quite the opposite. It's all about managing risk. As is
cycling. Or getting out of bed in a morning.

My guess is that the German autobahns are built for those kind of
speeds.

Ever been to Germany?

British roads have never been built for speeds above 70 m.p.h.

Wrong.

Bear in mind as well (As I thought you knew by now) that I am a cyclist.
The idea of someone coming up behind me at a speed of even 70 m.p.h. is
extremely intimidating.

You poor ickle bunny-wabbit.

I presume you wouldn't choose to cycle on that dual carriageway bypass,
then? After all, it's a 70 limit, with an almost certainty of traffic
travelling faster.

172 would probably sweep me off my bike before the driver had even
realised that I was there.

Perhaps. But in that situation, 172mph wouldn't be safe, would it?
Especially with a driver with such poor observation.

Nobody has ever said it's inherently safe. Of course it isn't. 20mph
isn't, in the wrong time and place. In the _right_ time and place,
though, 172mph may well be safe.

In terms of road risk, it looks as if it WAS on this occasion.
In terms of legal risk, I'd be hard pushed to suggest a situation on UK
roads when it was...
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