Will we have the Autobahn in America?

I'm doing a paper for a class on this topic.
I say no, because of this

The parenthesis mean that is is the negation of the object.

Discuss..



[Edited on Jun 13, 2005 by Hotpockets]

the national speed limit was enacted to conserve fuel, not as a safety measure.. just fyi

Oh, I know. But, the prolonging of it past June 1975 was due to safety statistics. Fatalities were down 10% after adjusting for the reduction in driving distance. The public approved of that. We don't really have to worry about fuel conservation (as much) as we do safety. If fuel conservation was a problem, we would take another look at our average vehicle choice.

Montana did away with speed limits for a short while.

Revoked because the "reasonable and prudent" law was considered unconstitutional because the law was too vague.

it would be nice to have a few selected roads throughout the country be limitless, but you would have to maintain, patrol, and govern it like the Germans do on the autobahn.

On saturday a friend and me drove back to Munich from Leipzig and since we were in a hurry we did an average of about 150 kilometer per hour. That was nice. But on a saturday the autobahn is usually not crowded and there are no trucks allowd on weekends.

On a weekday the autobahn can be a real horror, with big benzes and bmws going a constant 200 km/h on the leftlane, lights flashing like they own the place.

In most european countries there are highway speedlimits set at 130 km/h, which I would totally vote for, given the chance.

I don't think it will happen. In general, American drivers don't have the discipline required for an autobahn. It requires lane discipline, something that is unheard of here (at least in MN), and all sorts of other things people are unwilling to do.

As much as I'd like it, it just don't think it would work.

Are you going to cite Suicidegirls.com in your works cited list?!

Not sure, but I just saw Kraftwerk. And it was one of the best shows ever.

Is that graphic a joke? Some kind of satire or parody?

if we had the autobahn here, some asshole would still find his way in front of me going 50.

Isn't it "Audobahn?" With a "d?"

And that graphic is practically meaningless.

robots now!

driving = lame

nope never. how will cops make their quotas?

nope, because they wouldn't have gotten highway funding otherwise.
same reason they had to bump their drinking age to 21

Sweet!

A system like this would work wonders in america, especially for cross country driving. Trying to drive to CA from PA at 65 or 55 is a joke.

The autobahn only says no speed limit in some areas of it, its not a no speed limit road all the way down. they also have to wait till they are 18 to be able to drive. and one of the reasons we have speed limits is because no federal funding for road repair to the states that choose not to keep them

Wir fahr'n fahr'n fahr'n auf der Autobahn

god. please.

ever driven in Texas?

lol, hell yes they would.

This, plus the sue-happy culture we live in make an American version of the Autobahn a non-issue.


[Edited on Jun 13, 2005 by unravled]

Not to mention the Russian lesbians going 200 km/h in the wrong lane.