Because sometimes it is necessary to exceed the speed limit (e.g. a medical emergency).
Making it hard to press down on the pedal is just more feedback to the driver that they may be going too fast...kind of like speed bumps and rumble strips.
They don't want to force the car to go slower...just to inform the driver that they're going too fast.
Agreed on Carl Barks. However, he wasn't always self-consistant in the details of the Duck world. I know stated figures vary, but...
From "The Second Richest Duck", written by Carl Barks in "Uncle Scrooge" issue 12, 1956, Scrooge's Clerk says: (Written in all caps since that is the comic book style)
"THE TOTAL VALUE OF ALL YOUR MINES, MILLS, MONEY BINS, AND SO FORTH IS ONE MULTIPLUJILLION, NINE OBSQUATUMATILLION, SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE DOLLARS AND SIXTY-TWO CENTS!"
Remember, that was 1956, so someone will have to convert that into today's dollars...I'm too lazy.;)
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Because sometimes it is necessary to exceed the speed limit (e.g. a medical emergency). Making it hard to press down on the pedal is just more feedback to the driver that they may be going too fast...kind of like speed bumps and rumble strips. They don't want to force the car to go slower...just to inform the driver that they're going too fast.
Yes, Scrooge is well known to manipulate market values. Just try finding a 1916 Quarter in his world ;)
Agreed on Carl Barks. However, he wasn't always self-consistant in the details of the Duck world. I know stated figures vary, but...
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From "The Second Richest Duck", written by Carl Barks in "Uncle Scrooge" issue 12, 1956, Scrooge's Clerk says: (Written in all caps since that is the comic book style)
"THE TOTAL VALUE OF ALL YOUR MINES, MILLS, MONEY BINS, AND SO FORTH IS ONE MULTIPLUJILLION, NINE OBSQUATUMATILLION, SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE DOLLARS AND SIXTY-TWO CENTS!"
Remember, that was 1956, so someone will have to convert that into today's dollars...I'm too lazy.