Apparently there is some big meeting going on somewhere in the world where the "gurus" on traffic management are discussing what to do about the terrible traffic all us city dwellers deal with. One "guru" stated that the highest efficiency of a highway in terms of maximum vehicles moved in a given time is achieved at 30 MPH! Apparently this efficiency is due to the reduced spacing at this speed as opposed to higher speeds. It just so happens that maximum fuel efficiency is also around 35 MPH, so I jumped to the logical conclusion that we could solve two problems at once with a national 30 MPH speed limit! ;-) I just hope there aren't any politicians at this meeting. But then, some of us would love to be able to move at 30 MPH on the city freeways! -- Stuart MacMillan Seattle '84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1 '65 MGB (Daily driver since 1969) '74 MGB GT (Restoring sloooowly) Personal mechanic for: '70 MGB GT (Daughter's) Assisting on Restoration (and spending OPM): '72 MGB GT (Was daughter's, now son's) '64 MGB (Son's) Stripped and gone but their parts live on: '68 MGB, '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT |
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