theblaggard

beautifully written.

amateurs - it's over $7.50 a gallon in Iceland when I was there recently.

Most european countries have to a: import fuel, and b: levy high taxes on fuel.

(it is alswo worth noting, though, that generally people don't need to drive as far in Europe because everything is that much more condensed. I'd guess - without evidence! - the average weekly spend on fuel is about the same because of this.

this is the same in the UK, generally. Speed limits are enforced by cameras, which tend to be less forgiving. Here in the US you can drive for hundreds of miles in some places and not see any enforcement (either state police or cameras).

Country it huge though, so there are always going to be places without 'coverage'. I got pulled over for speeding in the mid-west a few years back and I was laughing when the cop came up to my window. He looked me weird but I said "you're the first car I've seen for like two hours!"

I'm going to apply to be a dildo model and my reasoning will be "I won't cost you very much in silicone!"

theblaggard, disappointing ladies since...er..1998.

yeah, that would be pretty terrible. I don't like the average speed cameras much in the UK either though - it's been my experience that people realise they were speeding towards then end and hit the brakes to get to 40mph for that last quarter mile, hoping they get below the average.

Would make mad bank for the local police though, so maybe they'll do it.