When’s a pedestrian not a pedestrian? When it’s a decal

Re:When’s a pedestrian not a pedestrian? When it’s a decal by lorenzhs on Monday July 24, 2017 @10:49AM (#14838857)

Switzerland has a few car shuttle trains ("Autoverlad") to avoid mountain passes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_shuttle_train#Switzerland - no advance booking required. The Eurotunnel shuttle between France and the UK is another great example (but has inflexible bookings).

High-speed car shuttle trains might be the better solution, if you insist on using cars.

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Re:When’s a pedestrian not a pedestrian? When it’s a decal by dpark on Monday July 24, 2017 @11:16AM (#14839118)

That's an entirely different scenario than we're discussing, right?

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Re:When’s a pedestrian not a pedestrian? When it’s a decal by lorenzhs on Monday July 24, 2017 @04:43PM (#14842487)

Yeah of course. I'm just trying to salvage the idea (door-to-door in a car, high speed). Seems like a train for cars would be the solution. Not that it would be particularly efficient, but not as terrible as 200mph cars.

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Re:When’s a pedestrian not a pedestrian? When it’s a decal by dpark on Monday July 24, 2017 @07:30PM (#14843693)

Definitely better than 200mph cars. The Veyron drinks 2 gallons per minute at top speed. (And only gets 8mpg at city speed.)

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