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The best way to stop most road deaths
LiftedDisco:
Phew... have just read the entire thread and am now going to add my "When I'm Prime Minister..." bit...
Firstly - speed limiters... NO! The comment about driving in a catatonic state is just so accurate - cruise control, aircon, comfortable chair, favourite music on CD... it's just asking for trouble as I nearly discovered one day driving a 12m motorhome and we'll gloss over the fact that you can spin a captain's chair round a fair way before you realise that you also need to steer. Ooops - the phrase "I only wanted to get a soft drink from the fridge," soooo nearly entered the book of classic excuses! :oops: [-X
Question though (and yes, I do have a Class 1)... why, when the highest speed limit for trucks is actually 60mph, did they set the governed speed to 56mph? The danger now is caused by the lack of a speed difference when overtaking, thereby exacerbating the speed difference between trucks and passing cars, vans etc.
And so to speed...
It is an unfortunate fact that owing to greed and/or incompetence successive governments have decimated our public transport system to such a degree that it is now uneconomic, unpleasant and frequently in the wrong place.
So.. if I lose my licence, I stand every chance of loosing my job (witness the publican advert on telly), following which I will probably lose my house and (no sense of drama here...) my wife and children... (??? :dance: )
The unfortunate fact is that speed cameras are a fund raising project - my biggest gripe is that it is frequently unclear what the prevailing speed limit should be as I travel throughout the country. When you drive in Europe, they have clearly posted limits, with repeater signs - it seems to be down to the budget and the whims of each Highways Authority on how well areas are signed.
I would prefer to see LSP and his colleagues dishing out a stiff talking to or tickets as required - educate at the point of the crime and keep the traffic police out looking for all the other idiots who help foul up our driving days by tailgating, phoning, applying make-up or with unsafe loads.
Back to the cameras though - given that they are here for the duration, have clearly posted speed limits (with equally clearly defined scales for fines) and time bound reductions outside schools (20mph... any transgressions and your fine is doubled... [-X )
If you should end up at (say) 10 fines, then the 10th fine is the sum of ALL fines to date and you spend a week on a driver training programme, split three days witnessing video footage of the carnage caused by speed and bad driving and four days litter picking along our roads and motorways wearing lurid hi-viz - the sight of this 'community service' might also help alert others to the risks of speeding.
Imagine getting home and telling the wife that you had just blown the holiday budget on a speeding fine and that you wouldn't have the time to spend with the family anyway... I'm not saying it's perfect, but you would keep your job, the camera based fines would fund LSP and his ilk who would patrol our roads to keep us from further foolery and lurid hi-viz is just not your colour...
Like I say... when I'm Prime Minister...
:-#
LiftedDisco:
It's a worry... particularly as the tacho test involves a 'calibrated' check!
I understand that 'sat-nav' speed is the correct one...
Thrasher:
Sat nav is not very good at working out speed if you are on an incline/hill ....it has to do with 3d nav - and they are getting better, but are not that good. So *never* trust a sat nav reading. In basic terms if you go up a steep hill - some sat navs work out your speed on distance travelled - i.e. for example say 1/2 a mile, but you've also gone UP as well .. ans it doesn't know. Simple trig....
Lord Shagg-Pyle:
--- Quote from: Thrasher on July 30, 2008, 19:50:03 ---Sat nav is not very good at working out speed if you are on an incline/hill ....it has to do with 3d nav - and they are getting better, but are not that good. So *never* trust a sat nav reading. In basic terms if you go up a steep hill - some sat navs work out your speed on distance travelled - i.e. for example say 1/2 a mile, but you've also gone UP as well .. ans it doesn't know. Simple trig....
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I'd have to agree with that. We have a satnav fitted to the response car as well as speed check system which runs off a direct drive from the propshaft.
The satnav is mot as accurate as that, but more accurate than the standard speedo. Mind you, the sat nav doesn't like high speeds. I had to go on a blue light run down the motorway a few days that involved high speeds. The satnav got confused as it couldn't keep up. Poor thing! :D
Lord Shagg-Pyle:
--- Quote from: henryandlesley on July 31, 2008, 14:07:21 ---The satnav is mot as accurate as that, but more accurate than the standard speedo. Mind you, the sat nav doesn't like high speeds. I had to go on a blue light run down the motorway a few days that involved high speeds. The satnav got confused as it couldn't keep up. Poor thing! :D
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So you was speeding then did you get your points for it
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Bit difficult really. I tried to give myself a ticket, but told me to 'sod off'. This resulted in an arrest, which was somewhat difficult to explain, especially as I was trying to fight and and handcuff myself. Fascists!
I am now at the home for Officers who are mentally bewildered.
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