scott wrote:
>> As an aside, on the few occasions I've driven in the US, I was amazed 
>> how short
>> the acceleration/deceleration lanes were for exits... this was in the 
>> MA/NH area
>> so I don't know if it's the same everywhere. Our slips roads in the UK 
>> are often
>> 3x as long!
> 
> Ditto here in Germany, very short compared to UK. Also the off-ramps 
> suddenly go into a very tight corner which you can only take at 30 mph 
> or so.
> 
> This one here is near where I live, and is fairly typical:
> 
> http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=48.138643,11.397221&spn=0.00552,0.01074&t=k&z=17 
> 
> 
> 
German engineering...of brakes.  Our brakes aren't good enough to have 
that here.

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