A swiss road safety campaign on speedI was too afraid to listen... The beard... the wings... the white suits...
And via the same report I was forwarded the above link through, the winner of the unfortunate acronym of the year award:
The recent Swiss road safety report “SINUS” indicates that, in 2008, 147 people died and another 1,109 were seriously injured because of speeding.
(via Speed Monitor ETSC’s Newsletter on Speed Policy Developments in the EU November 09 NUMBER 06)
And on a completely different topic (yay variable star observers):
An interview with the very delightful
Albert Jones. He does amazing astronomy in his back yard, is still finding comets and other cool stuff and is in his late 80s. And is a really nice guy.
Mornings