clipka wrote:
> Even at 150 km/h, four seconds is still a distance of 167 m - more than 
> twice the distance at which you can be fined in Germany.

So going substantially faster than any road in the USA allows, you think you 
can stop your car in 4 seconds?

> That's surely not enough space to come to a standstill, but hey - the 
> car in front of you would need some distance to slow down to zero, too. 

Here's the problem with that: The guy in 5 in front of you needs five 
seconds to stop and only has four. Now the guy 4 in front of you has only 
three seconds to stop. And the guy three in front of you has only 2 seconds 
to stop. Etc.  This is how you get 300 car pile-ups.


But yeah, if you're going that fast, it's a lot of distance. Just don't get 
distracted for a second.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
    Eiffel - The language that lets you specify exactly
    that the code does what you think it does, even if
    it doesn't do what you wanted.

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