> In Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 07:29:42 AM PDT, Bill Johnson wrote: > Never once did wind cause an issue. Yeah, it happens, but not frequently. And > American roads are > way more dangerous than European roads. The data (facts) are clear.
I suspect heavy loads are better when it's windy. You have to push the center of gravity past the wheels. From experience, coaches can be scary when it's windy because they are like a sail. As for dangerous, Germany is less about road safety and more about car / driving skills. More than once I've seen mirrors fly. More than once I've seen a Trabant become a Mercedes hood ornament after the wall came down. It's easier to drive fast and look forward than drive slow continually looking in your mirrors. With Mercedes driving at 200 MPH, Trabants at 50MPH were not choosing wisely. Reaction time is amazingly fast when you drive at 200 MPH when you see people stop in short distances. There's a reason ABS was developed first in Germany. I remember driving 140MPH when a motorcycle passed me like I was standing still and his RPMs so high I thought I was losing a wheel until I saw him next to me. Country roads where both sides drive on the shoulder because cars constantly come barreling down the middle. With all the mayhem, I saw fewer accidents than in USA. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
