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I’ve never understood those small commercial vehicles you see around which have a sticker on the back explaining that they are speed limited to 70 mph… I mean: of course they are limited to 70 mph, that’s the national speed limit!
You must be a very law-abiding citizen!
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I haven’t driven a car for over a year now but I think, yes, pretty much
Pretty sure I’ve never broken the speed limit in my years driving.
Have no points on my licence.
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I don’t see the relationship between never breaking the speed limit and no points. For the record I drive like a twat and had a clean licence for over 30 years, that’s a high mileage driver too.
In response to lower speed limits, I don’t see how that wouldn’t work. The A9 up through that there Scotland is limited and uses average-speed cameras, the drive is none the worse and if anything more relaxing.
I recently drove down the A9 behind a gentleman driving a Nissan Qashqai, who would drive at 60 – 65 in the single carriageway sections, then at the average speed camera brake hard and slow down to 40-50, before accelerating back to 60 (or 70 for the dual carriageway).
This was extremely un-relaxing, as I had cruise control set to 60, and trying to drive greenly.
I’ll let you work out what you were doing wrong, shall I?
Is it driving in Scotland?
The missus and I cycled
The missus and I cycled Grasmere to Keswick and back on our mountain bikes last year. That route is lovely, but a bit rough so I’m not sure how easy it would be on hybrids. The main road going between the lakes (A591?) is very busy so I’d keep away from that if at all possible.
It’s the language used:
It’s the language used:
“… bus crashes into house …”
“A bus has crashed …”
“The vehicle veered off the road …”
Can anyone tell me what Poe’s Law is?it’s a bit like coleslaw. Ask felixcat.
I think felixcat may be having a stroke.
Can anyone tell me what Poe’s
Can anyone tell me what Poe’s Law is?
When did irony die?Was it when Trump got elected?
I think you’re being a bit harsh on our American cousins. After all, they won the Second World War for us, invented the internet, improved our outdated English language, and have made the world a much safer place for the past 60 years. Credit where it’s due, credit where it’s due.The Soviets had a great deal to do with winning the “Great Patriotic War”, and there are different opinions on the American effect on our language. You might also find other countries don’t think the USA made them more peaceful. The Vietnamese still suffering from Agent Orange chemical warfare, or the Iranians living in Falluja burnt by the evil white phosphorus ( more WMD) did not feel very safe. Credit where it is due. In many of those years many people were living in dread of Mutual Assured Destruction.
Let’s not forget that the U.S. is the only country to use nuclear bombs on civilians.
…a bloke in Walmart who couldn’t understand the word “battery”.Perhaps if you had aksd for some ‘badderies.’
After a minute or two of describing removable electric power in little cylinders, he eventually realised “oh, badderies!” and showed us where they were. Two nations torn asunder by a common language.
I’ll second Davel’s
I’ll second Davel’s experience.
We were on holiday in Arizona and wanted to walk about 150m to a restaurant from our motel. No sidewalks and we ended up having to climb through bushes to do it. Americans just don’t seem to understand why people would want to walk and think that you must be retarded.
Unfortunately, we didn’t meet the “most intelligent people” that Davel did. Instead we met people who thought that the reason why we didn’t find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq was because they sneakily destroyed them (without any records whatsoever) just to discredit the U.S. and also a bloke in Walmart who couldn’t understand the word “battery”.
I don’t understand how AEB works on say the M11 near Cambridge to Stansted where it is 2 lanes. If you leave an appropriate gap between you and the car in front, then at least one car will fill the gap. Would you not then get rear ended when the brakes kick in ?I’m by no means an expert, so this might be wrong, but I think the radar detects relative speeds and is therefore looking for something moving towards you very fast (e.g. the back of a stationary car). A car that pulls in front but travelling at a similar speed is not moving much relative to you and therefore would not trigger the system.
I’ve wondered about this too: all going at 70mph very close together may be safer than going at different speeds very close together – but it still ain’t safe. Does an XC90 gently back off to open a gap with the in-squeezer and give the close-follower a flash of brake light… and allow another chancer in? You’d probably never get to your destination!
In a future when all motor vehicles all behave identically and can communicate with those around them (co-ordinating braking, etc.) then tight convoys might be safe. But such complete systems seem a long way off – there’ll be weak links for a long time.
Convoys of trucks have already been tested and that part of the technology works pretty well. I believe some of the tests involve a hooman driver controlling the first vehicle in the convoy and as other trucks join, the computer takes over from their respective drivers. The fuel savings are surprising.
Here in the UK soon:
As much as I’d enjoy reduced
As much as I’d enjoy reduced speed limits (I don’t drive), I don’t think they are politically palatable at the moment. However, computer controlled/assisted vehicles are almost inevitable due to the amount of cost savings that the large logistics companies will enjoy.
I had the same thing, seems strange but it turned out that my saddle was too narrow and was pinching a nerve resulting in foot pain. might want to get your sit bones measured.I’ll second measuring your sit bones and getting a wider saddle. It’s common to assume that wider saddles are for the wider riders, but the width of your sit bones isn’t related to your weight (although your weight does affect the width of your rear end).
The 58cm should be the best
The 58cm should be the best choice. Like rando, I’m 6ft 1″ and relatively long legs and I rode a 58″ Synapse for a few years. I had a simple bike fit on it and similarly ended up moving the seat fowards and fitting a shorter stem (90mm).
@BTBS – not only do we have
@BTBS – not only do we have the technology to stop motorists from going too fast, we also have so much traffic that we hardly even need that technology in cities.
You’ll definitely win in that
You’ll definitely win in that case
