On Tuesday, June 3, 2003, at 08:24 pm, Chad Cooper wrote:
Near my house is a speed limit sign that displays one's speed as they go by.
It is on the property of a High School. It inexpensive, and solar powered.
Has anyone seen one of these?
What about this idea for a start. Each speed zone has three speed limit
values, based upon vehicle class. Each class is represented by a symbol,
like a diamond, triangle and circle. Each class of vehicle is defined
through criteria such as weight, brakeing distance, use, and safety rating.
Diamond - Small vehicles with safety rating of 5 (federal crash test rating), under 2800 lbs, and reasonable braking distance.
Triangle - between 2800 lb - 3500 lb or vehicles with safety rating below 4.
Circle - Large vehicles 3500 above
It could provide incentive for people to buy safer and smaller cars. Nerd From Hell
Stopping distances do indeed vary, although not just by vehicle weight. I saw some motoring TV programme a while back which demonstrated that the saloon car with the best brakes (Lexus) could stop in a third of the distance of a 1970's saloon (on which the official braking distance figures are still based). Even a big modern SUV (Range Rover) could stop in a shorter distance than a 1970's saloon. But not by much. I think this was from 50mph.
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