[Leica] Re:mobile phones and breakneck speeds

[leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)]

I saw allot of cars pull over on the N roads in Ireland during our last
trip. I noticed it was because they are talking on the phone. Alex Hurst
informed that it's illegal to talk on your ohone while driving. We'd never
think of that! How could we cut off cars while we're on the side of the road
talking?

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan Wajsman"
Subject: [Leica] mobile phones and breakneck speeds


> Mike,
>
> I lived in NJ for 5 years but never found a place where I could drive at
> "break-neck speed". Perhaps one of the interstates in the western part
> of the state on a Sunday...but most of the time I was glad when traffic
> permitted driving at anything close to the speed limit (I had a 40 mile
> commute each way).
>
> But speeds are low everywhere in the US. Now that I have been back in
> Europe for 10 years, and only go to the US every couple of years, I
> always get struck by how slowly the traffic moves. Invariably, every
> visit involves a speeding ticket--I simply find it physically impossible
> to drive a car at 65 mph or even the 75 mph which is permitted in some
> parts of Florida (that is where my last visit took me, in October).
>
> Nathan