Spectre
The Deported
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Not in a good way, either. Two items:
1) http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/03/15/transcript.fri/index.html - CNN is reporting that the EU is pressuring Germany to impose a nationwide autobahn speedlimit of 130kph or about 80mph, as an "environmental preservation" method. Since Germany, through the EU, has pressured many other EU states into making changes to their own institutions, it is likely that the other EU states will now pressure Germany into imposing such a limit. It is also highly likely that Germany will cave and impose such limits, having steadily increased the number of speed-restricted areas on the autobahn over the past 10 years.
2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_limits_in_the_United_States#75_mph_and_80_mph_limits - Texas already has the highest posted speed limits in the US - specifically, 80mph - which would place it at the same speed as the autobahn.
As soon as the Trans-Texas Corridor gets built, it will have an *85* mph speed limit. Note that Montana has repealed "reasonable and prudent" as a speed limit as of several years ago and has a 70mph posted max, though you do not get a speeding ticked if you exceed that speed safely.
Discuss - specifically the irony of the Europeans having a lower speed limit than the US. And the fact that the US will then have more unlimited-speed open road races than the Europeans.
1) http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/03/15/transcript.fri/index.html - CNN is reporting that the EU is pressuring Germany to impose a nationwide autobahn speedlimit of 130kph or about 80mph, as an "environmental preservation" method. Since Germany, through the EU, has pressured many other EU states into making changes to their own institutions, it is likely that the other EU states will now pressure Germany into imposing such a limit. It is also highly likely that Germany will cave and impose such limits, having steadily increased the number of speed-restricted areas on the autobahn over the past 10 years.
2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_limits_in_the_United_States#75_mph_and_80_mph_limits - Texas already has the highest posted speed limits in the US - specifically, 80mph - which would place it at the same speed as the autobahn.
As soon as the Trans-Texas Corridor gets built, it will have an *85* mph speed limit. Note that Montana has repealed "reasonable and prudent" as a speed limit as of several years ago and has a 70mph posted max, though you do not get a speeding ticked if you exceed that speed safely.
Discuss - specifically the irony of the Europeans having a lower speed limit than the US. And the fact that the US will then have more unlimited-speed open road races than the Europeans.
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