Search found 982 matches

by jont-
Wed Dec 21, 2016 7:43 pm
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Lane Discipline
Replies: 29
Views: 25274

Re: Lane Discipline

Can we couple this with technology that says if you can't do more than 10mph more than the vehicle your'e overtaking, you're DWDCA? Lorry racing causes so much unnecessary congestion, particularly on 2 lane roads around here like the M11/A14. I was traveling West on the A31 thruogh the New Forest a...
by jont-
Wed Dec 21, 2016 7:02 pm
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Lane Discipline
Replies: 29
Views: 25274

Re: Lane Discipline

Can we couple this with technology that says if you can't do more than 10mph more than the vehicle your'e overtaking, you're DWDCA? Lorry racing causes so much unnecessary congestion, particularly on 2 lane roads around here like the M11/A14.
by jont-
Tue Dec 20, 2016 2:29 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Mobile phones
Replies: 508
Views: 355966

Re: Mobile phones

They haven't understood the [lack of] mobile phone network coverage around much of the country either.
Now, can we have a ban on touchscreens next :twisted:
by jont-
Sat Dec 17, 2016 11:30 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Mobile phones
Replies: 508
Views: 355966

Re: Mobile phones

Adding to Christians point above, the problem we have now is that law breaking is so endemic, there's no possibility of enforcing it. So drivers know that in the main, they can do what they like, and yet feel they don't have to take responsibility for their actions (as if compliance with the law ac...
by jont-
Sat Dec 17, 2016 9:01 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Mobile phones
Replies: 508
Views: 355966

Re: Mobile phones

Adding to Christians point above, the problem we have now is that law breaking is so endemic, there's no possibility of enforcing it. So drivers know that in the main, they can do what they like, and yet feel they don't have to take responsibility for their actions (as if compliance with the law act...
by jont-
Thu Dec 15, 2016 3:29 pm
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Advanced Driving or Self Important?
Replies: 37
Views: 33165

Re: Advanced Driving or Self Important?

As for using the service station ... my mate was nearly wiped out here yesterday, while filling his bike with fuel, by a van using the forecourt to miss out the ped crossing at red! :o :( Ah yes, there was a similar technique sometimes used at Meon Hut when I was taking part in road rallies as a st...
by jont-
Thu Dec 15, 2016 9:52 am
Forum: Technology
Topic: Fooling ABS?
Replies: 9
Views: 13229

Re: Fooling ABS?

Astraist wrote:Anyhow, it's not a huge problem. People seem to forget that locked wheels still provide a hell of a lot of stopping force.

Only if there's some friction for them to work with. Quite a lot of people seem to think modern electronics exempts them from the laws of physics :lol:
by jont-
Wed Dec 14, 2016 3:26 pm
Forum: Technology
Topic: Fooling ABS?
Replies: 9
Views: 13229

Re: Fooling ABS?

I would've thought they were both too old to have EBA? And the early Elises didn't have ABS (at least the ones at Hethel didn't, tho' it may have been turned off) The S1 and early S2 didn't even have a servo. IIRC the Toyota engined S2 was when ABS came in (along with a servo). And agreed, they won...
by jont-
Wed Dec 14, 2016 1:01 pm
Forum: Technology
Topic: Fooling ABS?
Replies: 9
Views: 13229

Re: Fooling ABS?

I thought "Ice mode" was the other way around (ie won't let you brake as hard as you want). Although seems to be stability rather than ABS per-se. Known "problem" on the VX220 and maybe early S2 111R Elise. http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f91/very-scary-brake-problem-today-ice-mo...
by jont-
Wed Dec 14, 2016 12:38 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Mobile phones
Replies: 508
Views: 355966

Re: Mobile phones

Actually I would go with that logic - and I think our lawmakers do start at that point, and then look at the stats to decide where humans are not very good at making those decisions and pop in a law to help create boundaries... If only they looked at the stats. They look at the meedja and make popu...

Go to advanced search