malcolmw wrote:
Let's think about this logically.
- The function of these average speed cameras is to catch people exceeding the posted limits between two points.
- The purpose must be to improve road safety resulting in lower KSIs by limiting speeds.
- The number of KSIs which have a primary cause of exceeding the speed limit is very low (<7% IIRC).
- Therefore, all this money is going to be spent on something which will have a marginal effect on safety.
Illogical, Captain.
Now replace item 2 above with
- The purpose is to be able to track motorists everywhere they go.
All now seems clear.
Yep ...
Pay as You Go!
Only they forgot about the rebels in the North East .. and . um foreign tourists
We don't have cams .. Well we do. In our cars.. .. err
We do not hoon it up either. One car loses the trail - another will pick up. We work as a coherent team and usually rein in our idiots as a result of this "formation precision" - which our lads/lasses are seriously trained to do. Takes time and demands a lot from our teams too. Not as easy as it might look on "Traffic Cops"
I'm saying we don't need these really. Folk are not driving that fast here really - and it's a mix of high prices, our presence on the roads and just perhaps normal COAST values kicking in
London and the South perhaps different. They are not quite as laid back as us Northerners
Do not agree with speed limiters in each car. Can only limit to 70 mph. What do you do in 30 mph etc or abroad where you can go a little bit faster legally .. and might be expected to "go with their legal flow!!"
Agree with a black box which give us vital clues as regards piecing stuff together - so long as the darned things work
They should. Ours do. None failed so far which is why I cannot fathom press reports of "black box did not work" when this gadget is designed to withstand a ruddy inferno
has to be press innaccuracy. :roll; The Mad Cats ranted at me in person over their doubts. I have not, alas, as yet managed to convince either of them nor ally their doubts despite
showing them the one in my own "company car"
What I got was ..
classic feline roar which must have been heard 1000 miles off! wrote:
"if that ain't workin' mate - how the hell do you expect us to have faith in your other doo-dahs"
I take the point as socked by them on chin. All in car tools should work! They usually do. We check them regularly enough here. I have to assume what we do is what the Forces do. Perhaps press claims to the contrary might just lie in fact that "police did not confrm details when asked and the journalist .. JUST assumed ..
Press
Journalists?
Pah .. You cannot get the calibre of "Jack Lemmon/ Walther Matthau" in "Front Page or "Cary Grant/Katherine Hepburn in "My Girl Friday" anymore :roll;
(Same screen play - different interpretations - both magic to watch though
)
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