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- Fri Feb 09, 2018 9:21 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Time lapse of highwat crash in Iowa
- Replies: 18
- Views: 18351
Re: Time lapse of highwat crash in Iowa
Keeping a two -second gap to he vehicle in front is quite a challenge with others dropping in to such a large space. Fixed that for you.. I've never seen that as a problem. If I am travelling at the same speed as the vehicle in front, anyone that passes me is likely to want to pass the vehicle in f...
- Wed Jan 31, 2018 11:15 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Motorists should be penalised for going just 1mph over the speed limit, Britain’s road policing chief says
- Replies: 65
- Views: 58153
Re: Motorists should be penalised for going just 1mph over the speed limit, Britain’s road policing chief says
People staring at the speedometers is likely to increase the incidence of rear end shunts. Perhaps an alternative would be the use of Intelligent Speed Limiters? If your vehicle is incapable of exceeding the speed limit unless you specically take steps to override the ISL, you can significantly red...
- Sat Dec 09, 2017 3:18 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Call to fit automated speed limiting technology to cars
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16656
Re: Call to fit automated speed limiting technology to cars
If you're simply looking for a maximum speed limiter, then it works, but........ That's exactly what I am looking for. Say the road you're on had a 50 limit. Say there is a bend coming up that normal people would take at 30. How does the speed limiter help when people start driving with their foot ...
- Sat Dec 09, 2017 3:03 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Call to fit automated speed limiting technology to cars
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16656
Re: Call to fit automated speed limiting technology to cars
I'll buy into automated speed limiting as soon as I can. http://lalagif.com/uploads/gifs/198fecd6-picard-double-facepalm-gif-5917.gif I see the irony. Jean-Luc would be the first person to use technology to control any part of space travel that didn't need human intervention, freeing up his crew to...
- Sat Dec 09, 2017 2:24 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Call to fit automated speed limiting technology to cars
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16656
Re: Call to fit automated speed limiting technology to cars
So what do you do for the bozo who thinks the speed limit is the safe speed and runs wide on a left hand bend killing several people coming the other way. Road safety should be Education , Engineering then Enforcement in that order. :soap: I read a lot about bozos who think the speed limit is the s...
- Sat Dec 09, 2017 12:06 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Call to fit automated speed limiting technology to cars
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16656
Re: Call to fit automated speed limiting technology to cars
Could I add my thought? Rather than have a speed limiting device (which could be dangerous in some cases where an extra bit of speed can improve safety, eg when overtaking), why not have an in-car sound (striking bell?) which warns when the speed limit is being exceeded, is annoying, and cannot be ...
- Thu Oct 19, 2017 11:53 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Which side of the road to walk on
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5361
Which side of the road to walk on
I have been a member of several walking groups. All have insisted that walkers should always face oncoming traffic if there is no pavement. They never believe me when I say that Rule 5 of the HC suggests differently for large groups of people walking together. They seem to stop at Rule 2, which does...
- Tue Sep 12, 2017 11:20 am
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
- Topic: Dutch Reach
- Replies: 24
- Views: 28234
Dutch Reach
Does anybody use, or recommend the use of, the 'Dutch reach'?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... ys-charity
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... ys-charity
- Fri Aug 25, 2017 6:38 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Riding a bicycle without brakes
- Replies: 76
- Views: 69113
Re: Riding a bicycle without brakes
back-pedalling, or stopping pedalling will brake the back wheel quite significantly... so yes the main issue was lack of front-brake, not rear... There's no way you can back pedal with a fixed wheel. So even if you have a front brake, I would argue that there are often situations where you cannot b...
- Fri Aug 25, 2017 3:21 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Riding a bicycle without brakes
- Replies: 76
- Views: 69113
Riding a bicycle without brakes
When reading the recent case about the death of Kim Biggs i kept seeing references to the fact that Charlie Alliston's bike had no front brake. I was horrified when I realised that he had no rear brake either, but that because he was riding a bike with a fixed wheel, he only required a front brake t...