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Old December 1st 14, 08:31 PM posted to rec.autos.driving
harry k
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Default Passing On The Right - Causes Of

On Monday, December 1, 2014 8:42:45 AM UTC-8, Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher wrote:
> On Monday, December 1, 2014 11:11:42 AM UTC-5, Witziges Rätsel wrote:
> > On 12/1/2014 9:32 AM, Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher wrote:
> > >
> > > "Why doesn't the U.S. have freeways, like the German Autobahn, with no general speed limit?"
> > > Seems a little ironic, given American freedom-loving mentality versus staid German conservatism!
> > >
> > > My best guess is that the freedom-loving mentality of the Americans is misguided
> > >and it translates into, say, owning SUVs and guns.
> > >

> > Won't all vehicles very soon operate without drivers? Won't they
> > likely travel as fast as a jet?

>
> I think the Utopia of flying cars is just like that of Jesus.


Ah yes, the dream of flying cars. Can you imagine the chaos if that happened. We can't even get idiots to drive in straight lines in a 2-dimensional situation. Now imagine our current batch of "drivers" in airplanes.

Harry K
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