Re: FN-FORUM [OT] Radar Detectors (Was: Design Critique)

date posted 25th January 2003 10:42

An advert on TV for a car a while back said something like, "and a 150bhp
engine for safer overtaking"

Again, something on TV but this time I think it was Quentin Wilson,
referring to some road in Scotland (I think), where they've put speed
cameras on a big wide road:

Speed limit 60mph
Car in front driving 55mph
You want to drive at 60mph
You are only allowed to drive at 60mph to overtake.

How much safe is that than overtaking at 70-75mph then dropping back to
sixty?

Dave

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From: "Tony Crockford" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Subject: RE: FN-FORUM [OT] Radar Detectors (Was: Design Critique)


>
>
> > > i've yet to work out why the hell speed limiters aren't
> > placed in cars
> > - we have the tech.
>
> > The initial problem with speed limiters I can see if quite simple, if
> > you saw a car heading towards you ready to sideswipe you would not be
> > able to put the foot down and avoid it.
> >
>
> The physics doesn't work out on that one ;o(
>
> you can decelerate your car faster than you can accelerate it. (60-0 in
> 3.5sec as a rough guide)
>
> Oh, and your natural reaction would be to brake or steer away, not
> accelerate, so I don't agree with your argument.
>
> Plus there's the other driver to account for, is he going to brake?
> accelerate? steer away from where he thinks you're going, but right into
> your new path?
>
> How many times have you been walking through town and had to dodge
> oncoming pedestrians? how easy is that to judge? now multiply the speed
> by a factor of 15...
>
> I think that if you saw car heading towards you ready to sideswipe you,
> you'd swear, brake, swerve and if you were lucky the angles would stack
> up and you'd miss each other.
>
>
>
> and before you assume otherwise, just because I'm arguing against
> excessive speed, I'm not arguing *for* slow driving.
>
>
> People who disregard the rules, usually disregard a lot of other rules
> too.
>
> people who do things outside the rules become unpredictable and they're
> the ones I have a problem with.
>
> hey ho...
>
>
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