Joy of Autobahn -- "In fact, says Mark Rask, author of American Autobahn (Vanguard, 1999), the average speed for cars is 80mph; at any given moment, 15% are traveling 96mph or faster. Yet, surprisingly, the Autobahn is safer than U.S. highways. In 2001 the death rate was 6 per billion passenger-vehicle miles, versus 8 for U.S. interstates. Why?"