On 05/16/2018 04:14 AM, Erik Meltzer wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On 07.12.2017 19:49, The Real Bev wrote:
>> Back when we were doing a lot of traveling (NOT interstates) in the
>> midwest and east, every once on a while we would see a large official
>> sign by the side of the main road proclaiming EMERGENCY VEHICLE. There
>> would be some sort of cutout or dirt road leading to some unknown
>> destination,
>
> Here in Germany, there are plenty of small access roads to Autobahns
> marked (with the German signage equivalent to) "no passing for any
> vehicles except emergency vehicles". They're for letting local
> fire departments et.al. to enter the Autobahn in case of a crash
> there, without needing to take the long way via the next official
> entry/exit. Usually they lead to some acticultural road, which
> from the other end is marked as no access accordingly.
>
>> and there was ALWAYS some sort of ancient rusted wreck
>> nearby.
>
> Maybe the tow trucks dumped the wrecks near the access roads after
> having dragged them off the main road, when it seemed foreseeable
> that no-one would come to claim them and pay the towing bill?
>
> Unrelated side note: I just resubscribed to rec.autos.driving after
> a decade or so of absence, and got only nine postings. Is this
> group dead, or is something wrong with my feed?

Nope, this is the new 'normal'. The only really active groups, at least
of the 30 or so I subscribe to, seem to be computer-related. Everyone
else seems to have migrated to facebook, which is a real shame. It's no
substitute.

At least I still check usenet every day and even post spontaneously
sometimes.

Are there still no speed limits on the Autobahn? The highest speed
limit I've seen in the US is 80 mph on I-15 in southern Utah. Texas has
an 85 mph limit somewhere.

--
Cheers, Bev
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