Death of an anachronism: Horse carts banned from Romanian roadways

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11-20-2007 @ 11:22AM

Leif said...

Sure, perhaps carts were INVOLVED in the cited accidents, but are there any figures on how much over the speed limit the car driver was going at the time or what non-driving related task (stereo, mobile phone, cigarette, girl on sidewalk, admiring oneself in the rearview mirror which otherwise goes unused) the driver was engaged with when he ran into the cart? To blame the slow moving and steady carts on traffic accidents is like blaming a cargo ship when a speed boat runs into the side of it.

Never mind the ramifications on the people that use horse and cart as a basic means of transport and livelihood, removing carts from the road will just mean that drivers will drive even faster and therefore simply die more violently when they drive into a tree at 150KPH in a thick fog, on sheer ice while texting their mates.

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