(Vent) Autobahn going the way of the dinosaur?

[mctorio at cox.net (Mike Torio)]

Ron,
You're 100% on about Herr Fischer. If he stopped we wouldn't be writing
any of this. Same thing happens all over America all the time. Most
drivers are not aware of their circumstances. Just a real sad story.

Likewise, I had my day delayed by two inept drivers getting together on
the Capitol Beltway in Virginia yesterday. Somehow the driver of a
StupidUglyVehicle managed to stuff it under the chassis of a large
Box-bed truck. Closed the highway for half an hour but it took 4 hours
for the congestion to be cleared. I'm totally baffled by how it
happened. I don't think I could do something like that even if I tried.

I need to step away from the soap box before I get started about idiots
on the highway.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Ron@bunch.org [mailto:Ron@bunch.org] 
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 11:50 PM
To: mctorio@cox.net
Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: RE: (Vent) Autobahn going the way of the dinosaur?

Mike, I agree with you.
Based on what is in the news link,they were both at fault. Sadly, the
lady 
and her child are dead. Herr Fischer is the only one left to make
penance.
(Major point: If he had stopped, I doubt that he would have been
prosecuted.)
Herr Fischer was aggressive, she overreacted, and Herr Fischer failed to
stop.
Now there is a movement to change the laws?
Why?



At 09:40 AM 2/19/04 -0500, Mike Torio wrote:
>Ron,
>  Your observations agree with mine. I spent considerable time in
Germany
>in the early '80's and did not return until '95 and again in 2002. The
>change there is as vast as it's been here. The volume of traffic has
>increased exponentially, the number of vehicles capable of traveling at
>speed hasn't really changed but the number of drivers living in the
left
>lane has gone up. It's the same problem as we have here, i.e., lack of
>lane discipline.
>
>I will not say that the perp in question is blameless, but the victim
>driving the KIA in question probably wasn't as aware as she could have
>been.
>
>I certainly hope that the cooler heads prevail and that Germany doesn't
>dumb down the A-Bahn.
>
>Mike Torio
>
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