Word: autobahns
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...more ridiculous terms the safety groups came up with and throw around quite often is the "Montanabahn." While Montana did abolish the speed limit (used signs, anyone?), it hardly merits comparisons to the Autobahn...
...fast place, many cars use the Autobahn at the same time. This is a very rare state of affairs in Montana and many other Western states. Except during hunting season, it's unusual to see more than two cars at anytime, and that's assuming an 18 mile visibility. Collisions with other cars aren't quite the threat they are on the Autobahn...
...also under the impression that the Autobahn curves every 50 miles or so. Again, this is not true for many Western roads. This makes high speeds a lot safer than they sound at first. Yes, people are driving 80 mph. But they are driving 80 mph on roads that are straight and empty. A speed limit of 65 is outrageously slow under these conditions...
...wealth of information accessible via the electronic autobahn is one reason why many international students say it is an indispensable resource for keeping track of goings-on at home...
...present, starts off with a joke that might have been heard over coffee at a Tory think tank: "Glasnost is trying to escape over the Wall, and getting shot with a silenced machine gun!" Its pivotal violence is a bloody shoot-out during an attempted escape along the autobahn from Berlin to the West...