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Originally Posted by whya1?
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The catch is to maintain those excellent roads and to limit the numbers of cars gas costs the equivalent of $8.50/gallon (more with the weaker dollar). I would gladly pay 8-9/gallon for equivalent roads and equivalent traffic. And then all of the speed demons could have their unlimited areas.
The best thing is that the majority of people who speed excessively and drive aggressive are young and relatively poor. They can't afford the gas so they can't drive. That is why Germany is so great. The poor and young drive tiny little diesels that can barely get over 90mph while the mature and rich drive large BMWs/Mercedes that can cruise at 150mph all day.
Of course there are statistical anomalolies and outliers but the majority hold to this stereotype. This would never work in the US because people expect cheap gas and would never allow our government to collect even more tax money thru higher gas taxes. But then again, we aren't as socialist as Germany.
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So with all the money we have wasted in Iraq we cld have built a US version of the Autobahn? Damn... now I am pissed