"Brett Robson" <jet_boy@deja.com> wrote in message
news:bu3ahh017ik@drn.newsguy.com...
> On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 10:44:14 GMT, thegoons  ...
> >
> >Is this disguised unemployment on the downturn or still a "necessity" of
> >Japan? I am not totally against it, as it keeps people off (living on)
the
> >streets in a country with such a poor social welfare system.
> >
>
> Declan is going to flesh out some details here.
>
> The worst example I have seen is the annual maintenance on the Tomei
between
> Okazaki and whatever the exit to the north of Nagoya is which is a
distance of
> xxx Km.

Oh shit yeah I recall a few years ago driving along there and wondering why
the lane was closed for miles with seemingly no work. Japan Inc.

>
> They book one lane for the entire distance even though they are working on
one
> or two kilometers at a time. The whole distance has witches caps and they
have
> pace trucks driving at 40km/h to prevent speeding.
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