photo-enforced lights can suck it

[inertiacage]

"What matters most for road safety? The quality of the roads themselves? The engineering of the cars that travel them? The speed limit? The answer may be “none of the above.” In 1949, a British statistician named R. J. Smeed, who would go on to become the first professor of traffic studies at University College London, proposed a now-eponymous law

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[djlush]

That was pretty interesting, especially about the increased awareness from less regulation. I think there are other factors involved though such as the 18 year old minimum driving age and more public transportation options. Of course, if the economy continues to tank and gas dries up we will see all kinds of fundamental changes to American cities and driving. There was an interesting article on cnn today about the possible collapse of suburbia within 15 years.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/06/16/suburb.city/index.html

[inertiacage]

the suburbanized version of the american dream couldn't disappear fast enough for me ;)

[rivetgeek]

you're still alive?!?!

[inertiacage]

yeah, just not online much...

[rivetgeek]

Tried calling you a couple times