Comment Re:Slower isn't safer to begin with (Score 1) 602
Heavy traffic is less safe than light traffic.
Prove it. I on the other hand think heavy traffic is safer as you cant over-speed and have to pay attention to your surroundings.
Comment Re:Insanity (Score 1) 602
With disk braking, better suspension, tyres, etc, reducing the stopping distance to a fraction of what it used to be, the speed limit should be around 200mph.
Did you get your nervous system upgraded as well ? I for one will not be able to react quick enough if i was driving at 200 mph or for that matter even 100 mph
Comment Re:Correlation != Causation (Score 1) 602
Comment Re:Insanity (Score 1) 602
As it happened, the heater in my car broke shortly before the freezing rain, so my defroster didn't work below about 15 MPH. Traffic was moving at a brisk 1 or 2 MPH for many miles as we all made our way home, with cars forming a densely packed block on the road for a couple miles. Visibility out of my windshield was extremely poor, so I had to navigate largely based upon the appearance of the white center line and side white line.
In the UK , if spotted by the police , you would have faced being charged with driving without due care or perhaps even dangerous driving.
Comment Re:Castro scared Khrushchev ... (Score 1) 289
Comment Re:There's still the pollution thing (Score 2) 216
Comment Re:The Science In a SciFi movie... (Score 1) 163
I'll admit I haven't seen the move or read the book, but where in hell does he get the seeds and fertilizer to grow plants in Martian soil?
There is a plausible explanation in the book for this (the mission had neither fertilizer nor seeds as such). My recommendation is to read a book - it's not that long and quite enjoyable.
Even better are his short stories
Comment Re:Comment (Score 1) 284
The USSR identified themselves as communist
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Comment Re: Bullshit narrative ... (Score 1) 230
Comment Re:Finally (Score 1) 169
Inside the North Korean Data Smuggling Movement 62
Comment Re:Hitler and the NAZIs were so stupid. (Score 1) 292
Comment a moot point perhaps-- (Score 1) 386
From the article " This, in the very country where the majority of the population fights against government regulations, red tape and bureaucracy.".
So how do you explain in no particular order - TSA , Medicaid , Medicare