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>>>>>> "DRS" == drs <[email protected]> writes:
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>> "Roger Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >> As for trying it in Aus - our traffic moves faster - we dont
> have >> congested roads by any world standard
>
>> As someone who has lived, worked and driven in a fair number of
>> cities around the world I can safely say that's utter ********.
>
> Agreed. 100 KM/H is the limit for normal roads like the Nepean
> Highway, Autobahns there is no limit. Driving on those roads 100
> KM/H will see you getting overtaken by trucks. 100 MP/H is the
> average speed on those roads.
>
> In the UK the speed limit on the motorways may be 70 MP/H yet the
> average speed is closer to 90 MP/H. Normal roads like the Nepean
> Highway have a limit of 60 MP/H which is roughly 120 KM/H
>
> You can say a lot of things about Australian traffic, saying it moves
> fast is not one of them.
He was talking about urban traffic. Autobahns aren't urban, nor are most
motorways (although the M25 may qualify as an exception). The Nepean
Highway, which is mostly 80kph not 100kph, is urban in the sense it's within
Melbourne's city limits (it starts 6 or 7 km from the CBD). Howeverm his
claim that Melbourne, Sydney etc are not congested is simply ****. I've
driven in London, Amsterdam, Rome, Boston, Singapore and our congestion
compares to any of them. To say they don't means you've either never driven
up Punt Road or Sydney Road (Melb) or Victoria Road or Parramatta Road (Syd)
in peak hour or you've simply never been overseas.
> >> - you can drive at 100kph and be expected to stop - bikes are a
> >> name for an easy woman.
>
>> I'll let someone else try to parse that little lot.
>
> Bike ~= something that gets ridden a lot ~= easy woman. Hence terms
> in the military like "camp bike" or "Regimental Bicycle."
<sigh>
I knew that. But how does it fit within the overall text?
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