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How to get speeding drivers to slow down.
"TheMgt" wrote in message ... Simon Mason wrote: This works every time. A car coming towards you is obviously speeding and you, being a responsible law abiding citizen, wish it to slow down lest it kills someone down the road. All you do is point behind you and shout "speed trap", then watch as they slam on their brakes and stick to the limit. Some even thank you! If I was driving at much of a speed I doubt I'd even notice if a cyclist across the road and coming the other way gestured at me. I certainly wouldn't hear them shout anything. That's how SMIDSY's occur; you are driving and cannot see another road user even when they are waving at you. There is no way you could pass an advanced test with such poor observation skills. -- Simon Mason http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/ |
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How to get speeding drivers to slow down.
"Simon Mason" wrote in message . uk... "TheMgt" wrote in message ... Simon Mason wrote: This works every time. A car coming towards you is obviously speeding and you, being a responsible law abiding citizen, wish it to slow down lest it kills someone down the road. All you do is point behind you and shout "speed trap", then watch as they slam on their brakes and stick to the limit. Some even thank you! If I was driving at much of a speed I doubt I'd even notice if a cyclist across the road and coming the other way gestured at me. I certainly wouldn't hear them shout anything. That's how SMIDSY's occur; you are driving and cannot see another road user even when they are waving at you. There is no way you could pass an advanced test with such poor observation skills. HiVis and primary position, otherwise on two wheels you really are invisible to a large number of drivers. |
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How to get speeding drivers to slow down.
"Simon Mason" wrote in message . uk... This works every time. A car coming towards you is obviously speeding and you, being a responsible law abiding citizen, wish it to slow down lest it kills someone down the road. All you do is point behind you and shout "speed trap", then watch as they slam on their brakes and stick to the limit. Some even thank you! -- Simon Mason http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/ There are more important things in life to worry about than velocity and one mere simplistic factor in road safety. I, as hard core runner / cyclist, have no problem with fast moving cars. I'd rather than danger be gone and away than lingering around me. |
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How to get speeding drivers to slow down.
"Toom Tabard" wrote in message ... On 11 May, 10:45, "Simon Mason" wrote: This works every time. A car coming towards you is obviously speeding and you, being a responsible law abiding citizen, wish it to slow down lest it kills someone down the road. All you do is point behind you and shout "speed trap", then watch as they slam on their brakes and stick to the limit. Some even thank you! -- Simon Masonhttp://www.simonmason.karoo.net/ What's equally interesting is that, when I'm driving within the limit, I get drivers coming the other way, flashing their lights to warn me that there *is* a mobile camera or police check just down the road. Some drivers apparently don't think they should co-operate with measures to make the roads safer for them and others. Toom Speed enforcement isn't road safety. It's the scape goating of a number of problems on one simplistic factor. |
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How to get speeding drivers to slow down.
"Sir Jeremy" wrote in message ... On 11 May, 10:45, "Simon Mason" wrote: This works every time. A car coming towards you is obviously speeding and you, being a responsible law abiding citizen, wish it to slow down lest it kills someone down the road. All you do is point behind you and shout "speed trap", then watch as they slam on their brakes and stick to the limit. Some even thank you! -- Simon Masonhttp://www.simonmason.karoo.net/ How do you know the oncoming car is speeding? Have you fitted a speed gun to you handlebars? What the **** is it to do with you anyway? One of my ideas: All cars to have a series of lights on the front, adding one light per 5 MPH. Therefore 6 lights = 30, 7 = 35, 8 = 40, 14 = 70 MPH etc. This would warn road users of their velocity, simplify "enfarcement", make it easier to judge crossings and junctions, and cause excessive-speed-dickheads to stick out from more normalised users. |
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How to get speeding drivers to slow down.
"Light of Aria" wrote in message ... There are more important things in life to worry about than velocity and one mere simplistic factor in road safety. I, as hard core runner / cyclist, have no problem with fast moving cars. I'd rather than danger be gone and away than lingering around me. I am thinking more of other people down the road after they have passed by rather than my own safety. -- Simon Mason http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/ |
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How to get speeding drivers to slow down.
"Light of Aria" wrote in message One of my ideas: All cars to have a series of lights on the front, adding one light per 5 MPH. Therefore 6 lights = 30, 7 = 35, 8 = 40, 14 = 70 MPH etc. This would warn road users of their velocity, simplify "enfarcement", make it easier to judge crossings and junctions, and cause excessive-speed-dickheads to stick out from more normalised users. Or how about making it impossible to exceed the speed limit? http://www.techradar.com/news/world-...imiters-597820 -- Simon Mason http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/ |
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How to get speeding drivers to slow down.
Light of Aria wrote:
One of my ideas: All cars to have a series of lights on the front, adding one light per 5 MPH. Therefore 6 lights = 30, 7 = 35, 8 = 40, 14 = 70 MPH etc. This would warn road users of their velocity, simplify "enfarcement", make it easier to judge crossings and junctions, and cause excessive-speed-dickheads to stick out from more normalised users. I reckon I can get more lights showing than you. These lights had better be pretty small as 24 of them could take up a fair bit of space. 18 would be normal for the M1 and 12 for the ****s that go down my road (30mph). (No-one mentioned the spike on the steering wheel yet?) |
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How to get speeding drivers to slow down.
On Tue, 12 May, Light of Aria wrote:
There are more important things in life to worry about than velocity I know. Nym-shifters for one. -- |\ /| no .sig |o o| |/ \| |
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How to get speeding drivers to slow down.
Simon Mason twisted the electrons to say:
Or how about making it impossible to exceed the speed limit? http://www.techradar.com/news/world-...imiters-597820 Isn't the usual argument at this stage that drivers will just leave their right foot flat on the floor and stop concentrating on what speed they're doing? Of course, isn't the other argument that trying to remember the speed limit is too complicated, so maybe if they're not having to remember it they'll spend more time paying attention to the outside world! -- These opinions might not even be mine ... Let alone connected with my employer ... |
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