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”You can practically run faster than drive at 20mph”. No. No you can’t.
Passed by all those three-minute-mile runners. Oh wait, the world record is 3:43.13 … but maybe they were running downhill!
I’m tempted to allow it.
I’m tempted to allow it.
There are definitely some questionable examples. E.g. in my neck of the woods, this stretch of road recently dropped to 20mph. I don’t particularly mind, but it’s not residential, and until a couple of years ago the speed limit was 40 (then dropped to 30 when surrounding roads became subject to one of the pilot 20 zones), so I can see why some might think it’s unnecessarily low.I see plenty of pedestrians on a pavement directly adjacent to the roadway with no protection, so yeah, 20 MPH seems appropriate.
Maybe the Welsh government could promise drivers they’ll raise it to 25 MPH if drivers can go two years without killing anyone.
‘New Forest drivers have been given a stark reminder of what to do if they hit an animal…’Perhaps a gentle reminder of what to do BEFORE they hit an animal would be a better idea?
Preferably before NOT hitting an animal.
I commuted with this strapped
I commuted with this strapped to the back of my fatbike from about the 26th of October to Halloween a few years ago. It had a spare pulsing rear light inside and looked pretty cool in the dark.
Some people think I’m a bit strange.
I’ve said this before somewhere, but like on any of the heavy, dangerous machines I am around at my work, and like many race cars, there should be a large E-Stop button on the dash which physically cuts all power to the drivetrain with the minimum complexity possible. Not a signal on a 5 V line to a CPU somewhere politely requesting a shutdown. On a combustion powered car, it should shut off power to the solenoid controlling a normally closed valve on the fuel near the injector rail. On an electric car, shut off power to normally open solenoids on all poles of power to the motors or controller.
In the UK, its functionality should be tested as part of the MOT.
“For years, the yellow bus has been a symbol of safety and reliability.” Yellow?Well, the wing* mirror in the photo appears to be yellow.
* fight me, swldxer
I ride in about everything,
I ride in about everything, but I’ve waited out the heaviest bits of lightning storms, or left earlier to avoid them. Tornados I wait out whether I’m cycling or driving. I’ve taken rides with people before when there’s been unexpected harsh weather I wasn’t prepared for, like cold rain with no gear.
Agreed!
Agreed!
On the occasional day I drive
On the occasional day I drive to work, I come off a 55 MPH road onto a half mile long 15 MPH driveway. I have no trouble holding my 2005 MINI to 15±1 MPH by the engine sound and an occasional glance at the speedometer. I don’t have to stare at it continuously.
Maybe it helps that it’s a manual transmission and I can just put it in second gear.
Didn’t help.
Didn’t help.
No sound, but I’m currently
No sound, but I’m currently seeing a pop-over Go-Daddy ad about every 20 seconds despite being logged in as a subscriber. I’m going to try logging off and back on again.
Going a bit meta here, but
Going a bit meta here, but relevant to this topic:
Like it’s going out of fashion…Car smashes into Next store in Truro
Pictures from the scene show that a car has ploughed through the front entrance of the store.
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/car-smashes-next-store-truro-8749656
I see they installed some purely decorative “bollards.”
Fresh Exeter road blocks fury as angry locals slam hellish traffic“What would have taken me a five minute journey to Heavitree now takes me 25 minutes through horrendous traffic”
Looks like it might be a 20 minute walk, save five minutes!