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Joe

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euro speedo question
« on: June 07, 2004, 14:18:15 »
My speedometer has red and white stripes between the 50 and 60 kph marks. Why?
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Re: euro speedo question
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2004, 14:35:47 »
That's (as someone a long time -like 30 years- ago explained to me) to alert European drivers to the fact that, in most countries, 50 KPH is the legal speed limit in cities. I do watch this area as I am driving in cities, so it does seem to work that way ...

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