From: Nate Nagel on
On 06/15/2010 09:51 PM, Brent wrote:
> On 2010-06-05, Daniel W. Rouse Jr.<dwrousejr(a)nethere.comNOSPAM> wrote:
>
>> * Two lane highway is posted at 45 mph or even 55 mph, super-speeder would
>> be driving 70+ mph or even 80+ mph--you get the idea, that is way too fast
>> for the design of the road.
>> * Multilane highway or interstate is posted at 65 mph, super-speeder would
>> be driving 90+ mph, only in the lightest traffic conditions might this be
>> possible given an ultra-skilled driver but is still generally way too fast
>> for the design of the interstate highway.
>
> What do you declare to be the upper bound safe speed for the
> limited access highway pictured in the link below with the traffic
> conditions shown?
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/24179772(a)N05/4705052998/
>
> How about this one?
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/24179772(a)N05/4704466509/
>
> BTW, if 90mph requires 'ultra-skills' then the average German driver is
> ultra skilled. With such ultra skills so common one would think that
> Germans should dominate all forms of auto racing.
>
>

Well, there is a certain Teutonic flavor that keeps recurring... the
names Stuck and Schumacher seem to come to mind as being outstanding
drivers...

You've seen this before, right? Absolutely beautiful. German car,
driver, and track.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1305035467458424752#

(hey Judy, did you watch it? Did your head asplode?)

nate


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