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February 08, 2005
a vote for public transport
when david cooper wrote "people do not in fact go mad, but are driven mad by others who are driven into the position of driving them mad by a peculiar convergence of social pressures", i'm sure "drive" was the operative word and more specifically, he had german traffic in mind.
unfortunately i haven't got pictures of either one of these, but these are from like my first hour today in this blessed country:
1. the final descent to this runway we landed on was directly above, and parallel to, an autobahn. now i know the airbrakes were on, landing gear was down, but it's still a goddamn jet plane and .. shit.. cars below were speeding past us.
2. my taxi passed this guy doing maybe 50km/h in a tiny peugeot. this champion was sporting--and you need to picture this:
- a bumpersticker that said "keine panik"
- another sticker on the side of the car saying "joker" in rainbow colours
- a facial expression that i couldn't tell was either a very long yawn or, more likely, he was addressing the general public of his own private kingdom going "RRRRRRRAAAWWWWRR"
Posted by matti at February 8, 2005 11:36 AM
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wtf are you doing in germany
Posted by: joonas at February 8, 2005 07:56 PM
318.650112 km/h on a public highway with no traffic is my current record, 240 km/h is the speed at which a big Boeing 737 flys right before it's wheels touch down. I doubt any thing but a super modern sports car, motorcycle or exotic can reach 300+ km/h but it's possible none the less.
Posted by: TheReverendYoung at February 8, 2005 09:16 PM
joonas: i ask myself that question by the minute.
the honorable reverend: you know.. they may have not been going _actually_ past us. it's impossible to say when you look down obliquely from your window and they're still like 100 meters below you. but still it's honestly how it looked to me. so yeah, it's a lie--but props, you weren't the only one doing your homework re jet aircraft stalling speeds. i think it was an A320 though, not a boeing :)
my description of Peugeot Man, however, is 100% accurate.
Posted by: m at February 9, 2005 12:45 PM