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Re: Carlsbad coasters
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Thu, 5 Jul 2001 04:33:06 GMT
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
news:GFyM40.DG7@lugnet.com...
> 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.
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> The 80 kip drivers aren't your problem, its the guy doing 115 that pulls • out
> to pass them without checking to see if someone is coming up on him that • are
> likely to cause you trouble.
This isn't a knock at all - I'm just curious... what is the origin of the
term "kip"? I'm guessing that's slang for km/h, right? I've just never heard
it. :)
> Still their fatality rate (expressed as percentage of autobahn accidents
> that are fatal) is higher than ours. As you would expect, no amount of
> airbags are going to save you if you leave a roadway at 200+ kips.
Yeah :-/ Stuff at those speeds becomes catastrophic. :(
> Should we FUT this to somewhere else??? Your call.
I don't think that's necissary :)
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 (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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