10-15-2013, 12:57 AM
At speeds of 80-90 the car is covering ground way faster than the reaction time of the driver can possibly keep up with. By the time the driver realizes something or someone is in the road it is too late to avoid it. For example: livestock, a hitchhiker, a dog, road debris, someone changing a flat tire, clueless tourist who is crossing the road to take a picture of a random lava rock, or a vehicle pulling out from a driveway or pasture access point all would be roadkill before the driver going that fast even had a chance to realize they were there.
The Germans legally drive those sorts of speeds on the autobahn, but those are limited access highways which are highly unlikely to have anything on the list above in the roadway. People who drive those sorts of speeds on the Belt Highway are a fatal accident waiting to happen. It's only fun until someone gets hurt.
Carol
The Germans legally drive those sorts of speeds on the autobahn, but those are limited access highways which are highly unlikely to have anything on the list above in the roadway. People who drive those sorts of speeds on the Belt Highway are a fatal accident waiting to happen. It's only fun until someone gets hurt.
Carol
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
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Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb