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Melanie Schultz van Haegen-Maas Geesteranus, Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Enviroment, drives Wubbo Ockels Superbus in Valkenburg, The Netherlands on 15 May 2012 after the RWD, the institution that provides the registration of motor vehicles, provided the registration for the bus. The Superbus project aims to develop high speed coaches capable of speeds of up to 250 kilometres per hour (160 mph) together with the supporting infrastructure including special highway lanes constructed separately next to the nation's highways.
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Melanie Schultz van Haegen-Maas Geesteranus (L), Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Enviroment and Dutch physicist Wubbo Ockels (R) sit inside Ockels' Superbus in Valkenburg.
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Melanie Schultz van Haegen-Maas Geesteranus, Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Enviroment places a license plate on Wubbo Ockels' Superbus in Valkenburg.
According to the project's web site, the bus is electrically powered and weighs 20,000 lbs.
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Please tell me that they won't allow female drivers in that damn thing?
FYI there have been MULITPLE studies proving women as better drivers than men… Stop dissing on the opposite sex, it’s just annoying.
Welkom op de DEATHBUS
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So you can cross the country in an hour. Is that speed safe and practical.
I was thinking the same thing, Veni
With its own freeway (design for turning at 150mph), and every vehicles travel at the same speed (150mph),and current proximity/collision/wind sensors, and no blown out tires; I believe it will be safe and it will replace the airplane in short trips (less than 1000 miles). No one will want to waste a few hours checking in at any airport and the badgage hassel for a short trip. No one should buy airline stocks!!!
Why not give it a go? Why are people afraid of new technology? No doubt it's been tested and retested before being given legal status. Hooray for a country that ignores the global recession and does something to make improvements!