The relationship between speed cameras and road deaths.
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How fast are Internet connections across the world? How fast are they in your country?This article from pingdom.com examines the real-world connection speeds for people in the top 50 countries on the Internet, i.e. the countries with the most Internet users. Average connection speeds
Worldwide averages
Connection speed distribution
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THE 97th Tour de France finishes on Sunday July 25th in Paris after 3,642km (2,263 miles) of cycling over 21 gruelling days. Although this year's route is regarded by many as particularly tough, it could be considered a mere jaunt through the sunflowers compared to earlier Tours. When the first race was staged in 1903 riders cycled 2,428km over six stages. But distances rapidly climbed to reach a peak of 5,745km in 1926, with the winner completing the race in 238 hours and 44 minutes at an average speed of 24.3km/h. Since then the length of the Tour has fallen steadily but the average speed of the winner has risen to around 40km/h.
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Today's advanced trains are capable of previously unimaginable speeds. Over the last several decades the world has seen an explosion of faster and faster trains, many of which now have max speeds far exceeding 300mph.
Remember upgrading your 14.4 modem to a 56k one? Or when you first surfed the web on broadband? Here's a comparison of popular Internet connection speeds, and more traditional means you could use to move the data:
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In this day and age, even the average sedan is packing some serious heat under the hood. It didn't use to be like this and there was a time when even "sports cars" were listed under 150 horsepower. For those unfamiliar with the history behind the horsepower wars, follow the jump for an infographic primer from the 1960s to the present day.
Speeding tickets are no joke. The U.S. alone racks up over $6 BILLION in speeding tickets. Here's a look at some numbers that might shock you.
