Driving in America
As I drove from Pittsburgh to Ann Arbor yesterday, I was ruminating on the differences between road traffic in India and that in the US. The highways are generally good although it seems to me that they are not in as good condition as they were 10 years ago. Maybe Trump has a point when he talks about decaying infrastructure. The speed I felt was safe was about 90 to 100 kmph. However it was impossible to drive at that speed even in the slow lane on the right. Trucks (which are supposed to have a speed limit of about 85) would come right up behind me, then swing over to the faster lane (which they are not supposed to do in most stretches of the highway) and swing back into the slow lane sufficiently close to my car to emphasize that they were not happy about having to perform the maneuver. Those trucks are huge. We passed one truck which was carrying five more trucks. It was like a rigid train. I changed tactics and increased my speed to just under the speed limit. The speed limit i...