Current mood:

Suicidal

It's not rocket surgery.
Msnbc.com has a recurring feature, "Ads of the Weird". This week's column discusses an Australian PSA which implies that men who speed are deficient in the sausage department. (I know, I know, a clever idea that no one ever thought of before!)

The comments are full of everyone's Personal Philosophy of Driving, which (like driving itself) turns wanky and obnoxious immediately:

Or maybe people just like to drive fast and it has nothing to do with being macho or manly. Driving fast doesn't mean you have to drive stupid, and I think it's just as likely that people driving BELOW the speed limit cause an equal number of accidents as SOBER drivers driving ABOVE the speed limit. If you don't like someone driving fast behind you, GET OUT OF THE WAY. Especially if you're in the left lane people c'mon, learn how to drive.

John B

Aaaaand they're off. After wading through a couple pages of this, it's enough to make me want to give up driving forever and dust off my trusty old bicycle, rather than chance sharing the road with some of these people.

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	eilan 2007-07-19 08:24 pm UTC (link)
	Well, if you explain to me what that is, as my dictionary won't tell me, I could answer that. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

aposiopetic
2007-07-19 10:56 pm UTC (link)

There's a thing in cars - my friend used to call it a nanny chip - that won't let you accelerate past a certain speed. I think it does it by decreasing the gas flow.

As a completely arbitrary example, I'm pretty sure you can't get a 1998 Ford Escort to go faster than 110 mph (which is 180ish km/h) unless you hit your top speed and then go down a huge hill.

~~Although it starts shaking at 100, so it's probably not the smartest thing you'll ever do anyway~~

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eilan
2007-07-20 07:00 am UTC (link)

No, those things are not in effect in Germany. Because we don't have speed restrictions on some of our streets there is no legal reason for them to build those things in (motorbikes for people with licenses for only specific speeds have them, though).

Also, I don't see why they should be build in anywhere at all. You can drive whatever speed you want on private property after all. If I drive at the Nürnbergring (Formula 1 track) I can certainy go as fast as my car can without worrying about laws.

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