Media ain't rocket scientists

[Marmoot]

It's ok, skidmark still thinks its possible to stop a ZXR250 from 60kmh in 2m. The maths of why this is impossible using only the brakes is in the 'how fast can you stop' thread.

You never heard of the wall trick?

[Hitcher]

You never heard of the wall trick?

Is that like the pothole trick, but not as deep?

[Pumba]

In Australia they have electronic tolls. Realising another cash cow, they (Victoria I think it was) changed the law so that you could be issued an infringement notice for exceeding the posted limit on average. I wonder how long before we see that here.

The cameras for the electronic tolls are only located at one end of the road, not both.

[steved]

Im more interested why it took so fucken long to build. In the US that would have been started on a Wednesday and open for the weekend.

Here it took 76 years, more money than it would have taken to refit the entire airforce, and they still couldnt get it open before the long weekend.

Eh? How about Boston's Big Dig? From wikipedia;

The Big Dig has been the most expensive highway project in the U.S.[5] Although the project was estimated at $2.8 billion in 1985 (in 1982 dollars, US$6.0 billion adjusted for inflation as of 2006[update]),[6] over $14.6 billion ($8.08 billion in 1982 dollars)[6] had been spent in federal and state tax dollars as of 2006[update].[7] A July 17, 2008 article in The Boston Globe stated, "In all, the project will cost an additional $7 billion in interest, bringing the total to a staggering $22 billion, according to a Globe review of hundreds of pages of state documents. It will not be paid off until 2038."[8] At the beginning of the project, Congressman Barney Frank asked, "Rather than lower the expressway, wouldn't it be cheaper to raise the city?" The project has incurred criminal arrests,[9][10] escalating costs, death, leaks, and charges of poor execution and use of substandard materials. The Massachusetts Attorney General is demanding contractors refund taxpayers $108 million for "shoddy work".[11] On January 23, 2008, it was reported that Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, the consortium that oversaw the project, would pay $407 million in restitution for its poor oversight of subcontractors (some of whom committed outright fraud), as well as primary responsibility in the death of a motorist. However, despite admitting to poor oversight and negligence as part of the settlement,[12] the firm is not barred from bidding for future government contracts. Several smaller companies agreed to pay a combined sum of approximately $51 million.[13]