Tips & Tricks and Transportation Tobi on 29 May 2007
I just noticed that Google Maps now shows Interstate exit numbers. This is the one feature of Google Maps I was sorely missing, because I usually prefer to find my own optimal routes rather than relying on the Google’s search engine. I had sent an e-mail some time to suggest they add exit numbers. Other [...]
Transportation Tobi on 25 Apr 2007
The scene: You, the traffic light, and the the next traffic light down the road. The result: The next light almost always wins, i.e., it turns red before you can reach it. Change of scene: Almost every major road in Germany. Your light turns green and you start driving. Shortly before you reach the next [...]
Transportation Tobi on 22 Mar 2007
Yesterday I saw an article in AAA news quoting that the number of traffic deaths in the US went up in 2005. Some time ago I heard on the German Tagesschau news that the number of traffic deaths in Germany went down in 2005. A few years ago news about a decline in German traffic [...]