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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...

Although ~60 haven't posted anything, and 100 have under 5 posts. 4 of us have over 500 posts each. Obviously lots of going on

You say that you are uncomfortable with this idea that something should be banned because some people are unable to use it responsibly. In life, society works by banning certain actions for the general good. Except the way it seems to work out in practice is that it inconveniences the majority, and...

Horse wrote:Have you ever driven in a simulator? I have, a couple of times, and can tell you it is incredibly immersive and convincing.

Does Sega rally count?

2. You are driving at night. You see a pedestrian carrying a red light wallking in the same direction as you are travelling. You are approaching, A) Joggers out on a jog B) An organised walk C) A broken down vehicle D) A cycle event Answer. B Nope, you're approaching a pedestrian carrying a red lig...

Perhaps if we make the rules harder the problem (in as far as it exists) will be lessened. I think the rules are fine. Enforcing some of them and actually taking driving licenses away from people would be a start. Instead we dumb down ever more to the lowest common denominator and do anything but a...

...Which for very many is a lot of time, during which most don't crash. True but that's also the case for much bad driving...our road system and other drivers mean people can get away with doing all sorts of things without any dreadful consequences but that doesn't make it right. Every so often how...

Horse wrote:- 'Stolen' time? Really?

If you're making me travel more slowly than is safe, you're stealing my time. Or should I be using the extra time in my car for things like making phone calls?

Re 20moh. It may be to do with keeping vehicles at constant speed, so reduced acceleration and braking. possibly, on a course I recently had to do :oops: it was claimed that in one of the southern towns (I forget which one) where they introduced blanket 20mph limits, the average speed has actually ...

As part of the report of this and the increase in oil prices, an AA spokesman was quoted as saying that cars do 3 miles less to the gallon in winter. Now I thought engines were more efficient with cold air, so have I got it wrong, or is it because more ancillaries (lights, heating, heated screens/s...