Monday, July 23, 2007

Are we better off now?

"After almost a century of improvement in the speed of cars, in roads and in traffic control, it takes as long to cross central London now as it did in 1900. Then, the average speed of horse-drawn carriages was 8mph (13 km/h). In 1988, cars could move no faster."


- Reader's Digest How in the World

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