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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 11:37 AM Original message |
Spain cuts speed limit and turns out lights - plus wow! |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. That would produce immediate results here in the U.S. and be a beginning |
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wvbygod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
34. ...yes, a beginning of the end of the leadership that imposes a 50mph limit |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. 55mph speed limit on cars, 50mph on trucks, that's what it was when |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 05:26 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. It was 55MPH for every vehicle including big trucks. N/T |
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wvbygod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 09:09 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Prohibition saved lives too |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. Every country will adopt similar values except the US |
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varun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. Even a 5% reduction in oil imports will be great |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. While I agree with most of the measures, Spain and the US are very different |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Yeah. I remember talking to an Italian tourist in Savannah who thought.... |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I had an american tourist ask if he was still in the US - we were in Key West |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. And You Can Get To Most Places in Spain By Train |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. It's a scale difference, but I think we'd still complain |
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Mr. Blonde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. As it stands now going even 70 on I35 |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 08:03 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Yeah I haven't driven it in awhile |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 08:41 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I'm in Atlanta, one of the fastest towns in the US.. |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. no, they just like to drive fast. I think the speed limit is 70 in hopes of |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. don't try to correlate driving speeds with wealth |
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Mr. Blonde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I wasn't doing that entirely |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. My car is more efficient at 60 than it is at 50 |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
32. oh so is mine, actually, cruise control at 70 is ideal for mileage on mine |
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TheFriendlyAnarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
37. Yea, unfortunately for me, my little V4 isn't. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. I can't drive cincuenta y cinco. |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. LOL |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. Bah Humbug |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. The thermostat cops. Coming soon to your neighborhood. |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:10 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. 55 |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. America will never tolerate... |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. It won't take |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
13. Those low speed limits should be good for government revenue. |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 05:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
45. The speed cops would be back in force with a new 55MPH limit. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
14. As post-plateau oil production fails to meet increasing demand |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
16. Not that long ago (in historical terms) we went much slower |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:49 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. We're like crack addicts when it comes to speed. |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 08:01 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Yep. Ever tap your foot in front of the microwave? |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 08:04 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. "I'd do anything to reduce our dependence on foreign oil" |
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Mr. Blonde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 08:17 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I do the last two |
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wvbygod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #24 |
36. or drill our own damn oil |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 08:37 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. I've been wearing glasses for fifty years.. |
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wvbygod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #16 |
35. assaulted by light 24*7 |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. There weren't any muggers, thieves and rapists before 1878? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
28. OMG! They're going back to the Dark Ages! |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
29. Too many people sitting around waiting for the government to do something |
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PaulaFarrell (840 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. That just doesn't really make sense |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 07:03 AM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Even with seatbelts |
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donco (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
30. I’m a truckdriver,our trucks are set up for the best economy at |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
33. don't know about now, but when we visited there 26 years ago, AC was not |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
38. I'm all in favor of eliminating much of the artificial light at night |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
47. Spain also has nationwide mandates on including solar power in any new construction. |
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