Aussies find the answer to road safety...
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Well those clever Aussies have finally found the answer to road safety. 'What is it?' I hear you cry, well it's not scamera, not talivans, not chicanes, speed bumps.
It's...
Wait for it...
Actually a British invention
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DRUIDS
Apparently in Australia the Druids erected a couple of quartz pillars to control some land lines, or something.
Here's a link which says:
We hear that the Druids have been called in to reduce accidents on Austria's worst stretches of autobahn. They have erected huge roadside monoliths of white quartz to "restore the natural flow" of "Earth energy." In a secret two-year trial the Druids' massive pillars were put up beside a notorious stretch of road, and lo! fatal accidents fell from an average of six a year to zero. A man named Gerald Knobloch, who modestly describes himself as an Archdruid, used a divining rod to inspect a 300-metre stretch of the autobahn to restore "Earth energy lines." He claims that he located dangerous elements that had disrupted that flow. Way to go, Gerald!
To quote the heroic Archdruid himself, "The worst [dangerous element] was a river that human interference had forced to flow against its natural direction. By erecting two stones of quartz, each weighing more than a tonne [2200 pounds], at the side of the road, the energy lines were restored. Acupuncture needles also restore broken energy lines. What acupuncture does for the body, the stones do for the environment." A spokesman for the motorway authority said authorities had turned to Mr. Knobloch as a last resort. Said he:
We had put up signs to reduce speed, renewed the road surface and made bends more secure but we still kept getting accidents. At that point we couldn't think of anything else to do and decided we might as well try anything. I admit when we first looked at it (energy lines) we were doubtful. We didn't want people to know in case they laughed at us, so we kept the trial secret and small scale. But it was really an amazing turnaround. Of course, the fall in accidents could be due to something else as we are continuously repairing the roads.
>>> Edited by FunkyNige on Saturday 23 August 20:31
It's...
Wait for it...
Actually a British invention
... DRUIDS
Apparently in Australia the Druids erected a couple of quartz pillars to control some land lines, or something.
Here's a link which says:
We hear that the Druids have been called in to reduce accidents on Austria's worst stretches of autobahn. They have erected huge roadside monoliths of white quartz to "restore the natural flow" of "Earth energy." In a secret two-year trial the Druids' massive pillars were put up beside a notorious stretch of road, and lo! fatal accidents fell from an average of six a year to zero. A man named Gerald Knobloch, who modestly describes himself as an Archdruid, used a divining rod to inspect a 300-metre stretch of the autobahn to restore "Earth energy lines." He claims that he located dangerous elements that had disrupted that flow. Way to go, Gerald!
To quote the heroic Archdruid himself, "The worst [dangerous element] was a river that human interference had forced to flow against its natural direction. By erecting two stones of quartz, each weighing more than a tonne [2200 pounds], at the side of the road, the energy lines were restored. Acupuncture needles also restore broken energy lines. What acupuncture does for the body, the stones do for the environment." A spokesman for the motorway authority said authorities had turned to Mr. Knobloch as a last resort. Said he:
We had put up signs to reduce speed, renewed the road surface and made bends more secure but we still kept getting accidents. At that point we couldn't think of anything else to do and decided we might as well try anything. I admit when we first looked at it (energy lines) we were doubtful. We didn't want people to know in case they laughed at us, so we kept the trial secret and small scale. But it was really an amazing turnaround. Of course, the fall in accidents could be due to something else as we are continuously repairing the roads.
>>> Edited by FunkyNige on Saturday 23 August 20:31
OK, so your driving in the desert, there's nothing to the horizon, no trees, no cars, no buildings, no people.... in this situation you'll probably put your foot down to have some fun, a bend comes up too quick, you muck it up, roll the car and die.
Ok, so now your driving in the desert but this time there's some scenary because some druids gone and placed these huge, great, bloody rocks at the side of the road. Now you'll probably keep your speed at a safer level as the rocks scare you.
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>> Edited by marvelharvey on Saturday 23 August 21:34
Ok, so now your driving in the desert but this time there's some scenary because some druids gone and placed these huge, great, bloody rocks at the side of the road. Now you'll probably keep your speed at a safer level as the rocks scare you.
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>> Edited by marvelharvey on Saturday 23 August 21:34
It's Austria, not Australia!!! 
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