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Re: [VIC] Parallel run (was: Headboard 2000)

Subject: Re: [VIC] Parallel run (was: Headboard 2000)
From: James Brook <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 18:05:24 +1000
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Mark Bau wrote:

> When were wooden cars in Vic. reduced to 80KPH and why?
>
> What would the authorities require to let them run at their normal speed
> again?

I think it was because they don't have roller bearings and they turn into
matchwood in a collision.

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- James Brook -

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