In a message dated 04/09/2002 10:37:15 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> If you are German, please excuse the following. The Germans are quite > mad. Their m/ways have NO speed limit!!!!!! I cannot understand why > their roads are not littered with wrecks and dead people. Aha! I have some experience about this, having lived in Germany for a year. I used to hitch-hike a lot while there, and did indeed travel at some pretty hair-raising speeds. Once I was hitching with two friends (female - three blokes hitching together would NEVER get picked up!), and got picked up by a guy driving a large Merc. At times he was touching 230km/h, which is about 140mph - in the INSIDE lane!! The thing was, I felt safe, as he was obviously in control of the car, and used the lanes properly, unlike in this country, where a lot of drivers have no clue how to use motorways. You meet some great people hitch-hiking. Shame nobody seems to do it any more... Azeem in London NP: Eleni Mandell - Wishbone
