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If it is easy to implement, I'd suggest you refine your model with these next simplest assumptions:
  1. give 40 km/25 miles and 10 minutes each for the acceleration and deceleration phases (the latter is in reality much shorter, but let's have buffer for city entrances),
  2. calculate the rest at maximum speed, if you're a bit bolder, 220 mph (which is a bit under the 360 km/h max for the next generation of Shinkansens),
  3. accept half-hour distances as minimum.
That simply boils down to replacing the old 200mi-600mi range with a 90mi-640mi range.

"It's the statue, man, The Statue."
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Mar 24th, 2007 at 05:24:39 PM EST
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