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Re: Carlsbad coasters
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Tue, 3 Jul 2001 21:37:08 GMT
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
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> Ya. At 200 you have to stay on your toes. You need to be watching as far
> ahead as you possibly can see for anything that may require you to slow • down
> or take evasive action (some french car that is way underpowered doing
> something stupid or whatever), and you need to keep an eye on your rear • view
> mirror for those big audis, benzs and bimmers coming up behind you going
> over 250 that you have to get out of the way of.
Gawd that's frightening. How much variation do you typically see in speeds?
IE, you mentioned people driving 250 km/h - are there people still puttering
along in the right-lanes going 80 km/h?
> Did you know that you can get a ticket in Germany for *not getting out of
> the left lane when a faster car comes up behind you*... That SO RULES. We • SO
> need that law in North America. :-)
That is a fantastic rule that, agreed, should be much better implemented
over here. I recently heard that they were giving tickets for this, but I
don't know how strongly it's enforced.
Iain
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| (...) Yes. French(1) pulling campers and people with motorhomes and suchlike. So you are looking at a 200 kip difference between them and the guy in his Porsche hotdogging. In unlimited sections most people are going 160-180 or thereabouts. The 80 (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Ya. At 200 you have to stay on your toes. You need to be watching as far ahead as you possibly can see for anything that may require you to slow down or take evasive action (some french car that is way underpowered doing something stupid or (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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