--- dpbsmith@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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