tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803191245171285795.post5182340444540146101..comments2024-02-24T18:05:37.846+00:00Comments on Bristol Traffic: Tampering with Speed LimitersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803191245171285795.post-59815868098440011172009-01-05T00:24:00.000+00:002009-01-05T00:24:00.000+00:00Once you tamper with the tachographs the lorries g...Once you tamper with the tachographs the lorries get to go faster. <BR/><BR/>I agree though, you can't sustain 73 in the slow lane. But if you do it on a lorry-free stretch of the M5, most cars will be going past you.SteveLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654931341335136008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803191245171285795.post-47938481193600445932009-01-03T15:02:00.000+00:002009-01-03T15:02:00.000+00:00Lorries are restricted to 56mph. So 73mph in a slo...Lorries are restricted to 56mph. So 73mph in a slow lane near on impossible to maintain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803191245171285795.post-42767191240878466732009-01-03T13:38:00.000+00:002009-01-03T13:38:00.000+00:00My current car is limited to about 80mph as it sta...My current car is limited to about 80mph as it starts to get rattly after that. I had a car (in the US) that VW did limit to 120mph by electronics, but as that was 2x the speed limit that was moot. The only time I got stopped by the police for speeding on it I was doing 73mph on a motorway; a speed that in this country would be slow lane.<BR/><BR/>The original study shows that the best environmental benefits come from speed limiting cars on the motorway; that can be done with elapsed-speed cameras and ANPR; no need to retrofit every car.SteveLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654931341335136008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803191245171285795.post-9133955704323981892009-01-03T12:18:00.000+00:002009-01-03T12:18:00.000+00:00And here is the research for those that missed it....And here is the research for those that missed it. <BR/><BR/>http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12719410<BR/><BR/>I can't see a GPS type system ever working. People were so anti road pricing that a blackbox type system was scraped before it ever got going. <BR/>Speed limit cars? Well humans like going fast and I would love to see the day a government suggests that. <BR/>I thought most accidents are caused by a number of factors, including speed. <BR/>A 100mph limit would not work and would be flawed much like the GPS software. And it would not have any effect on slow moving traffic (where I believe most accidents occur).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803191245171285795.post-22337039301545153392009-01-02T10:36:00.000+00:002009-01-02T10:36:00.000+00:00That's an interesting article, even if written in ...That's an interesting <A HREF="http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12758720" REL="nofollow">article</A>, even if written in the usual optimistic world view of the Economist. <BR/><BR/>The comments are worth a read too, especially the one that argues that lack of awareness of other road users and their intent causes a lot of problems. It would seem to me that being on the phone is one cause, yet all the high-end cars have hands-free phone systems, despite studies showing it is the conversation with someone remote that is the danger, not the holding up of a phone to your ear.SteveLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654931341335136008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803191245171285795.post-18208819674220340232009-01-02T00:30:00.000+00:002009-01-02T00:30:00.000+00:00http://www.economist.com/sciencer/displaystory.cfm...http://www.economist.com/sciencer/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12758720Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803191245171285795.post-22744497404319925472009-01-01T19:10:00.000+00:002009-01-01T19:10:00.000+00:00Exactly. And as it is doomed, the cycling organisa...Exactly. And as it is doomed, the cycling organisations should consider how the money should be better spent.SteveLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654931341335136008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803191245171285795.post-42587344241290977472009-01-01T14:56:00.000+00:002009-01-01T14:56:00.000+00:00Yet another attempt to resolve a social problem us...Yet another attempt to resolve a social problem using a technological solution! fail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com