--- dpbsmith(a)verizon.net wrote:
highway requirement. Many signs DID get changed,
enough for them to become a
reasonably familiar sight. Cars produced during that time period had both
miles per hours and kilometers per hour marked on their speedometers,
although odometers continued to read in miles.
I don't know how things are in other nations, but in the United States the
standards to get a drivers license are so low that really stupid people are
allowed to drive. For example, a 70% score on written driving tests is enough
to pass in most states, meaning you can screw up 30% of the time! I imagine
many of these idiots got confused by the dual system, thus the current
pandering to the lowest common denominator.
Traffic would be much better if 95% scores were mandated to get a license. But
since most U.S. cities are built in a way that almost requires the use of an
auto, I don't think that will ever happen.
-- mav
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