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PostPosted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 13:59 
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Perhaps a little off topic, maybe not. A landrover with 4 young people went off the road at a "fairly"sharp bend near where I used to live for about 25 years the other night. The road used to be a 70MPH limit (NSL), it's been a 40MPH for probably the last 20 years. In the years that I lived there and the years I've been up that road (probably monthly if not daily for the last 35 years), I've never seen an accident there (even in the snow). So obviously the Brakites are going to be screaming out for a lower limit on the road now, even though it was safe enough at 70MPH.

Will they take into account that either the guy was exceeding the existing limit anyway or was too dumb or drunk to negotiate a bend that countless thousands have done safely throughout time?....I somehow doubt it.

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 14:32 
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[Amusing opposite to DCB Mode]

How about this for a point of discussion.

The order of precedence on the road should be based on ability to stop. The faster you can stop, the lower your precedence.

- Pedestrians can stop almost instantaneously so they are at the bottom.
- Cyclists can stop pretty fast, so they should have precedence over walkers.
- Cars next. They need a reasonable distance to stop.
- Trucks are at the top.

Giving way to to other road users in this order should reduce injuries as everyone would know their rightful place. You could even introduce automatic liability on this basis so that, for example, a pedestrian in collision with a cyclist would automatically be ruled "at fault".

[\DCB Mode] :D

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 15:17 
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Maybe a more nautical system would work.

The International Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea], or for short (IRPCS).

"The general rule is that less maneuverable craft have priority over a more maneuverable craft".

We're all just different sorts of "craft" aren't we..

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