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Old 09-03-2010, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Peter Ward View Post
If you agree, how do you act as agent of change??
Well, that bit's easy. If we want to have similar stats to the Germans we need a near-hundred fold increase in the population density (230/km2 vs 2.6/km2) so that we can earn enough taxes to pay for, as well as justify, a beautiful network of state-of-the-art freeways, uncompromising vehicle standards, and world-class driver education. And then we need to spend a life-time dedicated to altering the national attitudes of drivers towards rights and responsibilities.

(I'm just hanging in there with this thread because I want to get my post count over 900.)