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Originally Posted by ERTW
If you haven't seen this already, it's a very well done piece on the absurdity of speed limits.
fact: germany has fewer fatalities per million miles driven than the USA.
fact: emotional people will always argue facts.
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Agree wholeheartedly, my argument in my last post is that the leap in public perception required to achieve the stated aim is huge
the real issue with raising speed limits is the behaviour of the drivers themselves.
I'm arguing that a better MPG output (say 55mpg) at a slightly lower speed (say 75mph) needing a much more mundane style of car would be more acceptable, and ultimately pave the way for acceptance of greater goals?
kind of like a stepping stone?
The general public like to be lead by the hand- "you NEED this iphone/dvdplayer/car/gnat/tube of toothpaste"
Over here (Europe) , the "MPG mantra" of diesels is making a killing in the markets- nothing to say that the petrol engine could not achieve the same in the US with similar aero to the "Bluemotion VW's" etc