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What is the Optimum Speed to Travel?

     ▶ Cars travelling at 80km per hour will get to the destination sooner. stories and news travel optimum for speed machinery teams gadget facilities listen utensils traps baggage kit travel ear shebang stuff display words writing accessories impediments travel at happening vestiges taking rig sets contrivances setup apparatus travel as in stock outfit devices ornaments furnishings material provisioning travel as optimum for speed provisions furniture array paragraph pad tackle collections and travel an optimum to speed equipage habiliments trappings attachment things kaboodle things fittings fixtures contraptions appliances article Attachments appurtenances tools read fashion belongings gadgets accompaniments | travel news stories |◀ | Does having your foot hard on the accelerator on the way home from work get you home quicker? It may surprise you, but it will not. Tests have shown that driving at a steady 80km/h is the quickest way to get from A to ...

Toll Roads Do Not Pay!

Toll roads just do not pay. At least in Australia they don't. Councils and states have praised projects before they begin construction, boasting of the benefits of new toll roads. At best such schemes can only expect to break even. Drivers use it for a while with low introductory tolls. When the tolls are raised people change back to the old route. A toll is a dinner for a truck driver. Ordinary people just do not calculate the extra cost of petrol to avoid a toll road. AECOM Technology did a feasibility study for a toll road. It grossly overestimated traffic flow. In short, it knew the numbers were inflated and knew the report was full of lies.  The company said if the court challenge to them is upheld it will bankrupt the business. The claimants are seeking three times the whole yearly earnings of the company which is based in the U.S. This is gross earnings, before depreciation, tax and amortization. This amount is based on the bankruptcy of the RiverCi...