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PostPosted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 20:56 
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The Universe was created by the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and He manipulates all everyday events in it using His Noodly Appendage.

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[dcb_mode]Have you any evidence of that?[/dcb_mode]

No. Does that mean I'm wrong? :wink:

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 21:51 
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The Universe was created by the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and He manipulates all everyday events in it using His Noodly Appendage.

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[dcb_mode]Have you any evidence of that?[/dcb_mode]

No. Does that mean I'm wrong? :wink:
You may be right but there's one thing in life you should remember; no-one likes a smart arse. :wink:

Actually, I do if I'm honest. :D And sarcasm, and silly jokes...

When I joined Safe Speed I was sent a lump of Plasticine in the post. I didn't know what to make of it. :D

:coat:

So then, we’re all agreed that using the Primary Position on a bicycle is a personal choice and if you die from using it you won’t be able to post on a forum no more which accounts for the minority ‘for’ vote here? :P

I’m sorry. Sometimes I don’t know when to stop and I feel a bit naughty tonight. :lol:

But I am a cyclist! Going down memory lane for a second

And in a link from that link I said back in Sept 2009..

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EDIT: If anyone has ever been stuck at the side of heavy traffic doing 70+mph it is very frightening I can tell you.


Sorry, slightly OT, but this is not consistant with you saying then that you wouldn't mind people passing you on your pushbike at 70mph... as long as they give you enough room?
From memory I was referring to my journey to work which is a :30: all the way. I think what I said was I would ‘prefer’ or ‘rather have’ someone to go past me at a higher speed and give me room than someone doing the speed limit, or less, and nearly clip me.

And I still stand by that ;)


And I still do...

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 Post subject: Re: Camera ?
PostPosted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 00:15 
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Steve: Ages ago, you asked me how far the helmet camera would be displaced laterally on the curved entrance to the roundabout in Magnatom's tanker incident. It was when you told me: "Be warned: I can do maths and physics!" (which caused me to be filled with fear and trepidation, I can tell you! :) ) Well, I did the calculation (because I was interested) and, with a radius of curvature of 22m (which is about right - from Maptool), at 15mph (which Magnatom said he was doing), the camera would be displaced laterally by approximately 0.4m. Not making any point, and I know there are lots of assumptions and approximations, but I just thought you might be interested.

You evidently know me :D

Your guesstimate for the radius is a little larger than mine (30m), but it is very difficult to determine with any level of precision.
Assuming your numerical estimates, my maths results with 0.208G lateral. It seems you assumed a camera height of around 1.9m, which is a little on the high side.

(Some subtle perspective: deceleration from 15mph to 0 in 3 seconds is 0.28G...)

However, to close the loop:
The rider went from roughly the middle of the 20ft wide carriageway (including the cycle lane), to about 2ft from the edge. 2.4m is bit bigger than 0.4m; so there was definitely a lot of cutting going on.
Furthermore, at the location where the apex was cut, the rider was on a straight path to the edge of the roundabout island, so there couldn't have been much of a lean, far less than 0.4m anyway.

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 Post subject: Re: Camera ?
PostPosted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 00:21 
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Yeah, usually no more than 1.5ft (wheel to kerb); certainly within 2ft. 1m is totally unnecessary and is a waste of road space.


Do you normally drive your car with the nearside wheels no more 18 inches from the kerb?

Is the failed, specious argument being raised again?

To answer directly: not usually. I like to maintain maximum visibility ahead, as well as leave room to pass cyclists, or let them pass me when I'm queuing. Isn't that good utilisation of road space?

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 00:28 
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weepej wrote:
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1.25ft upwards would put you outside of the painted lines (I did say diagram 1018.1), as well as the 99.9% of drains.

:?


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You're riding over drains grates and covers,

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And? That's what I do!



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You're not as steady as your wheels ride around on the lumpy paint.

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Why can other people manage to do exactly that without any problem at all? I don't even notice it when I'm riding.

There's nothing inconsistent in any of that weepej.
It means I would cycle within 1.25ft of the kerb. When space is tight, I will happily stop pedalling and go within a foot (over the drains if desired).

Anyway, returning to the questions you evaded:

Are you seriously standing by your notion that the camber at that point is "sharp", sharp enough to make one concerned about ride handling?

Please tell all of us what level of camber you expect there [1.25ft from the kerb] (in degrees), and what limit of camber you can expect to safely ride over (in degrees).

Why can other people manage to do exactly that (ride over the lines) without any problem at all?
How do you cope with yellow box junctions?

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 01:30 
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I think the issue here, is that everyone has a different idea of what feels "safe" or "dangerous", to them. Some people feel safest at a foot or so from the kerb, some feel safer at a metre from the kerb. Personally, I would prefer to travel closer to the kerb and when driving a wide vehicle along narrow country lanes, you don't have much choice. DCB's 18inches would again be a luxury (as the actress said to the bishop...lol)...(sorry Tone, pinching your lines again..;-) )

We had a classic case a couple of years ago where one of our major roads was closed for a about a month, due to rock slides and traffic was diverted along a quiet B road (which I used to use daily and found to be a lovely short cut).
The local ladies (mainly school teachers) were up in arms at the increased traffic along "their" road, accusing people of driving dangerously and wanting a 30MPH limit put on "their" previously NSL road.

One poor lady, actually stated that she had been "nearly run off the road", twice in two days by HGV vehicles...something that I have never experienced in about a million miles of motoring.

She was either very unlucky or a very nervous driver.

I think that some people will complain about virtually anything and accuse people of "trying to kill them", while others will just, "get on with it"

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Please tell all of us what level of camber you expect there [1.25ft from the kerb] (in degrees), and what limit of camber you can expect to safely ride over (in degrees).


Steve. I think that it would be better to measure the angle in radians.

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How do you cope with yellow box junctions?

Yellow lines at box junctions don't suffer the same wear as roadside yellow lines.

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I think that some people will complain about virtually anything

...such as being obstructed by cyclists

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dcbwhaley wrote:
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Please tell all of us what level of camber you expect there [1.25ft from the kerb] (in degrees), and what limit of camber you can expect to safely ride over (in degrees).

Steve. I think that it would be better to measure the angle in radians.

Given the expected level of answer (for the actual values and paranoia respectively), I suspect degrees may be more appropriate, perhaps even minutes of arc.

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How do you cope with yellow box junctions?

Yellow lines at box junctions don't suffer the same wear as roadside yellow lines.

In what way?

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Whats the use of camera???

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graball wrote:
It's just that I have visions of you driving down country roads, dodging every puddle or slowing dramatically at those which would put you in "danger" of swerving round.



Hmm, and here's me thinking your "mmm ... visions" statement was in reference to me losing control of the vehicle...

And why would one "slow dramatically" to avoid going through a puddle? How do you drive down country lanes when it's wet graball? and surely you wouldn't have to "slow dramatically" as you're planning your driving way ahead. What do you do with puddles, hit them at 60mph?


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Steve wrote:
Are you seriously standing by your notion that the camber at that point is "sharp", sharp enough to make one concerned about ride handling?


On some roads, yes.

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Why can other people manage to do exactly that (ride over the lines) without any problem at all?


Where you can you should absolutely avoid riding over painted lines and drain grates, any motorcyclist will tell you they feature high in the list of things to avoid.

If you have no choice then you need to be very careful, lumpy lines and drain grates can deflect your front wheel, and they're also slippery, even more so when wet and will affect braking performance.

I can "manage" riding over anything, but desire to avoid stuff like this.


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I don't think Weep actually means "camber" in the technical senses of a raised crown or of super-elevation.
Rather to the fact that a lot of roads - country roads without pavements - have a very abrupt drop of several inches (often at an angle of pi/2) at the edge of the tarmac. That is caused partly by water erosion and partly by motor vehicles driving partly off the tarmac. Also, on the back streets of many industrial towns where the tarmac is laid over setts there is often a gap between the edge of the tarmac and the kerb giving a similar, though less pronounced effect

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Where you can you should absolutely avoid riding over painted lines and drain grates, any motorcyclist will tell you they feature high in the list of things to avoid.
As I’ve said before, not in a straight line they don't unless you are trying to brake at the precise moment you're on one in the wet. Dry metal is actually quite grippy.

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If you have no choice then you need to be very careful, lumpy lines and drain grates can deflect your front wheel, and they're also slippery, even more so when wet and will affect braking performance.
That's right, and there's some drain covers I've seen which are positively dangerous. They have large gaps in an arc, if that's a good description. If you went in one at an angle I think the tyre would get stuck.

Like you, I avoid these things when I can but that still only puts me ~18" from the side; not a metre or more.

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Like you, I avoid these things when I can but that still only puts me ~18" from the side; not a metre or more.

Actually, I think more than a metre is a bit excessive for secondary position in the absence of pot-holes and other obstacles (unless the locus of the inside edge of the flow of motor vehicles is more than 2 metres from the kerb).

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dcbwhaley wrote:
I don't think Weep actually means "camber" in the technical senses of a raised crown or of super-elevation.
Rather to the fact that a lot of roads - country roads without pavements

We have been discussing roads with lines painted along the side - which is normal for the areas we have been referring to in our debate.

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How do you cope with yellow box junctions?

Yellow lines at box junctions don't suffer the same wear as roadside yellow lines.

In what way?

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weepej wrote:
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Are you seriously standing by your notion that the camber at that point is "sharp", sharp enough to make one concerned about ride handling?

On some roads, yes.

So, to again return to the evaded questions: on these roads, at the stated point (outside of the second yellow line - 1.25ft from the kerb), what is the angle of the gradient?

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Why can other people manage to do exactly that (ride over the lines) without any problem at all?

Where you can you should absolutely avoid riding over painted lines, any motorcyclist will tell you they feature high in the list of things to avoid.

If you have no choice then you need to be very careful, lumpy lines can deflect your front wheel, and they're also slippery, even more so when wet and will affect braking performance.

I can "manage" riding over anything, but desire to avoid stuff like this.

I was talking about the painted lines, so I've undone your mission creep within your quote.

Do you "STRONGLY recommend" avoiding these lines?

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All good fun, and I agree (as I already said) that there are approximations and assumptions in there. However, I would take issue with one point:

Steve wrote:
It seems you assumed a camera height of around 1.9m, which is a little on the high side.

I just measured and, assuming a height of six feet for the rider (183cm - though I don't know how tall this rider is), plus the height of the pedal from the ground in the lowest position (15cm on my bike), plus the height of the camera above the head (7cm on my helmet - though I don't know where this rider's camera is mounted), that puts the camera 2.05m above the tyres. Allowing for a slight dip due to the rotation about the fulcrum (Pythagoras) makes that 2.03m.

Note that, when adjusting the seat height, it is normal to have the leg almost straight with the heel on the pedal in its lowest position, so adding the heights is valid, but it will certainly not be over by 13cm. :)

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ed_m wrote:
perhaps a little further out than weep's very practical looking shopper.

Have to say, that's a London Cycle Hire Bike (Boris Bike, Go BoJo, or a myriad of other names).
Riding one is like riding an exercise bike from the gym that's been unbolted from the floor.
This is my usual steed:
'Usual' Cambridge Online Dictionary - "usual" adjective - /?ju?.?u.?l/ adj
Definition: normal; happening, done or used most often
So I took it to mean that you own and rode it - Why not? - it would not be taken, that you hang it on the wall and watch it. :) So to give BTone a hard time, IMO is not terribly fair.
Is that a Cf one ? (not had time to look it up)
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Speed does kills
Speed might contribute to the severity of an incident sometimes. Speed in itself is not dangerous, it is the misuse of an inappropriate speed, that may help to contribute towards injury or death.

I have never tried the 'Boris bikes' and I thought they were part-electric-powered - are they not ? Why do you choose to 'keep' hiring if I understand what you are implying? Convenience? Is the cost not excessive for a regular hire?
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Whats the use of camera???
:welcome: christinecccc
The aim of this thread is to discuss the use of cameras being used to record errant road users and that value and potential positives and negatives.

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would a camera have helped here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12604639


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