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Speed Limiting Cars
Mark_Solesbury:
None taken!
I dont know about economical... it does struggle a bit, especially when a hill comes! However it does stop me speeding though - and I have to admit, until I actually started doing something about it I used to do it a lot.
It wont stop me speeding, but I do have more of an awareness now!
Mark_Solesbury:
Having just re-read the article, im not sure about 'Applying the brakes if necessary' NOTHING does my nut more than somone in from who seems unable to keep a constant speed and has to keep braking every 100meters for no apparent reason!
zebidee:
--- Quote from: Big Watty on December 30, 2008, 12:50:34 ---Interesting the comment about 6th gear and doing 33mph.
I recently attended a "speed awareness course" (yes I was speeding) and one of the things I learnt was that it's not an offence not to be in the highest gear when travelling through a restricted area - in fact your car may run more efficiently if you use a lower gear - I'm old school and always attempted to get the car into top gear asap but since the course I've stopped doing it and it seems to work
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I think people get confused between what you're meant to do to pass your test (drive in as high a gear as you can which is appropriate for the conditions in order to maximise fuel efficiency & minimise wear-n-tear on the car was my understanding) and what you have to do legally.
When I sat my test (6 or so years ago now) I was told I should drive in built up areas at 30mph in 4th gear.
In fact in one part of the test route I was told by my instructor "there's enough room down this stretch of parked cars for two cars to get through ... if you're not doing 30 you'll get a mark against you."
Z~
zebidee:
--- Quote from: Mark_Solesbury on December 30, 2008, 12:56:34 ---Having just re-read the article, im not sure about 'Applying the brakes if necessary' NOTHING does my nut more than somone in from who seems unable to keep a constant speed and has to keep braking every 100meters for no apparent reason!
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Actually that's a damn good point ... our merc's an automatic which is how it manages to apply the limiter - it just gears down and engine brakes if it needs to.
Could this end up stalling cars with manual boxes? Say your car can't cope with being in 5th at 30mph and the limiter applies ... suddenly you've got a car dead in the water in the middle of 30 mph traffic?
How do the limiters in HGV's cope with htis?
Z~
zebidee:
--- Quote from: mudmuncher on December 30, 2008, 12:47:20 ---I think its a good idea, trucks already have limiters and they are accepted now. Not sure if they will reduce road deaths though.
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IIRC there've been various threads on here about how hacked off the truckers get with their limiters stopping them from overtaking other trucks without holding up traffic.
Not sure just how aware car drivers are of trucks having limiters.
Z~
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