Re: On Topic? Cars, anyway: 55 MPH speed limit...

On 2008-07-25, =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?=
<Trueno@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>>>> It is generally advisible to come down the ramp such that
>>>> one is going *FASTER* than the speed of traffic in the right lane to
>>>> merge. The reason for this is that a car's brakes are more powerful
than
>>>> its engine. It's easier to slow down to match a gap than to speed up
to
>>>> match one.
>> 
>>> You own the wrong cars...
>> 
>> No, you must own cars with bad brakes.

> No, not at all. Quick cars with very good brakes.

If the engine out powers the brakes, your brakes are crap or at the very
least not good enough for the car.