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| Yet more evidence that photo enforcement has no safety benefit | 05 Apr 2007 22:14 GMT | 1 |
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/16/1686.asp "UK: Speed Cameras Fail to Reduce Speeding Despite twelve years of use, 6000 speed cameras have failed to reduce speeding in the UK. "
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| if you're held by seatbelt,how can airbag decellerate you? | 05 Apr 2007 18:51 GMT | 11 |
if you are wearing your seatbelt and crash, i am finding it hard to understand how driver and passenger airbags will improve survivability. if properly seatbelted you should be held in your seat and would not
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| Le tunnel du Mont Blanc | 05 Apr 2007 18:29 GMT | 10 |
Salut francophones, C'est le quatrième jour du mois de l'appréciation française! Il y a un cadeau spécial por vous aujourd'hui. La Worldwide Highway Library continue le mois avec des photos du Tunnel du Mont Blanc:
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| Director of film classic "A Christmas Story" murdered by DUI hispanic | 05 Apr 2007 16:48 GMT | 6 |
When will the idiot american realize that all hispanics are drunk drivers and a deadly threat to you and your family? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070404/ap_on_en_mo/obit_clark 'Christmas Story' director dies in crash
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| 2 questions | 05 Apr 2007 07:18 GMT | 6 |
Who the hell is Eddie Griffin, and why would anyone let him drive their Enzo? Just wondering. This guy doesn't look like he could come up with the deductible for a Camry crash.
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| Global Warming / Energy Independence / Social Security Fix | 05 Apr 2007 04:26 GMT | 7 |
How to kill 3 birds with 1 stone: In response to the latest Supreme Court ruling, simply create a carbon tax. It would only be applicable to fossil fuel-derived carbon. IOW, biofuels would be exempt.
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| Une autoroute québécoise (à Montrégie)! | 05 Apr 2007 04:00 GMT | 11 |
Bonsoir/Bonjour francophones, Le mois de l'appréciation française continue à la Worldwide Highway Library! Si vous n'avez jamais vu une autoroute québécois, ces routes sont très speciales. Pourqoui? Chaque autoroute est concevue pour les voyages
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| Parking is too cheap? | 05 Apr 2007 01:50 GMT | 55 |
Excerpts from http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/29/opinion/29shoup.html Several studies have found that cruising for curb parking generates about 30% of the traffic in central business districts. In Los Angeles, we found the average cruising time was 3.3 minutes,
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| Mexico City orders officials to ride bike to work first monday of each month | 04 Apr 2007 22:53 GMT | 21 |
http://mexiconews.com.mx/miami/24016.html Capital officials ordered to commute on bikes Ebrard says it´s mandatory, not an option, that Mexico City officials ride their bicycles to the office on Monday
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| Should have let them collect their Darwin Awards | 04 Apr 2007 22:07 GMT | 1 |
http://www.590klbj.com/News/Story.aspx?ID=65964 The short of it: Idiot teen driver drives around baracades blocking a washed out road and gets caught in the rising waters with his idiot friends (all 4 drunk also) and has to call 911 to get bailed out. They
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| Wrong-way driver killed in crash with Greyhound bus | 04 Apr 2007 20:33 GMT | 5 |
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/31/greyhound.crash.ap/index.html "MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) -- A car going the wrong way on a divided highway collided head-on with a Greyhound bus early Saturday, killing the driver of the car and injuring 20 other people, police said.
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| A secondary -but planned!- use for the speed-detecting radar signal? | 04 Apr 2007 20:31 GMT | 45 |
We all know the primary use of a speed-detecting radar signal used by law enforcement. The signal is bounced off vehicles in order to measure their speed. I believe, however, that here are, a few other (intended?, unintended? bug? feature?) by-products of such signals.
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| Une route-commune à Tresserve, France | 04 Apr 2007 20:15 GMT | 6 |
Salut Francophones, Tresserve est une pétite ville à Rhône-Alpes. Elle est très belle parce que sa location donne une vue du lac de Bourget. La route primaire pour Tresserve est la N201, mais ce n'est pas de route
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| Out of state police officer threatens LLB with gun (I-81 VA) | 04 Apr 2007 15:01 GMT | 8 |
http://tinyurl.com/2n6zap I'm not able to find a current reference, but according to the local news, the police officer was sentenced to 120 days in jail in court today. Of course, this comes from under-posting speed limits on interstate
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| New roll-over protection for cars just ANOTHER SCAM | 04 Apr 2007 12:36 GMT | 6 |
Another excuse to raise car prices by hundreds of $. If you want to avoid a rollover just drive slower and more carefully. http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/01/autos/rollover_rules.reut/index.htm?source=yahoo _quote Anger over new safety rules for cars
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