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Re: Can't Drive 65 (was 'Re: Tolerance of vice')
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 29 Oct 2001 19:02:25 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> The biggest cause of road
> related deaths (in the UK) are drivers driving too fast for the road
> conditions, I doubt de-restricting speed limits would improve that either?
What would be cool is signage that responds to the weather. Based on the
temperature and state of precipitation (or even reflective characteristics of
the road and atmospheric light-transmission characteristics), the signs could
display a different limit. I wonder how hard such a thing would be to
implement?
Chris
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| (...) In the UK this is already done indirectly. I think speed is altered based on how close the cars are travelling together on some roads leading to London - slow moving cars travel closer together. In these type of conditions, reducing the speed (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Hmm Civil engineering. This does work for some roads, but, for most, the 85th percentile speed just keeps rising (if my memory serves my right). For most roads, all the 85th percentile rule shows is that 15 percent of drivers are willing to (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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