Re: Scirocco at v_max - was : Porsche death in Toronto ...

[David LeDeaux <dask@lcc.net>]

At 10:55 PM 2/28/99 -0700, Mike VanAmburgh wrote:
>>I'm not one to put down fellow americans but when it comes to driving I
>> think we could all learn something from the germans, thank you, let the
flaming begin!
>
>I hear ya!  I drove in Germany for 3 years and it's amazing how well
>traffic flows there.  Of course there are traffic jams on the highways
>here and there, but it's because there are just a lotta cars and nowhere
>for them to go.  Here, in Utah anyway, traffic will jam up when there is
>a cop sitting on the side of the road!  As soon as traffic passes the
>cop, the traffic gets moving again.  People in the States just don't
>realize STAY TO THE RIGHT!  Traffic would move so much better if people
>would do just that.  People who hang out in the middle lane on a 3 lane
>in the same direction highway are making the highway into 2 lanes by
>leaving that far right lane empty.  
>
>Sorry for the worthless info, but I just had to say it.  It's just
>amazing how well Germans communicate with each other when driving and I
>wish we could see a lot more of that here in the States.

I agree.  Nothing is more frusterating than doing 70 on the freeway only to
come upon one person in the left, and another person in the right, both
doing 60.  The guy in the left might be going 1 mile an hour faster than
the other guy, but he feels like he has a right to stay there, because he
wants to pass all 5 cars in the right lane.

And about the way traffic backs up for no reason... true again.  It almost
reminds me of the movement of a worm.  Ever watched how when they move, the
contractions start at the head, and move through the entire body?  When
people slow down like that it affects every piece of traffic thereafter
until there is no more traffic for a little while.

Ok... I've vented :)

	-David LeDeaux
'80 Scirocco
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Track/9444/
(Yes, I broke down and got one)



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