On 17/09/10 13:00, [email protected] wrote: > Re: It's been a year in the pipeline. Speed Limits - my 2p worth.
I am in my 60s - I started driving in cars with cable brakes My first motorbike - 1947 model had rear drum brakes only Tyres; cross ply only very thing - blow-outs common Suspension : leaf springs on the cars or coil on the bike - little or no damping. Bike had rigid rear end - ie no springs Car had little or no heating and were draughty; bench seats; mechanical clutches Speed limits : 30mph in town 50 mph on the open road date ; 1962-1964 - where I come from you could get a full licence at 15 Now: My car has ABS hydraulic disc brakes, with system feed back on wear My bike : hydraulic brakes - dual disk front, single disk rear Independent suspension on coil springs on all wheels for both vehicles Tyres : radial wide form tyres - blow-outs very rare Cars now have fitted seats; seatbelts; full climate control Speed limits: 30mph in town - 60 mph on the open road / 70 motorway/dual carriageway So we have made absolutely no concession that today's vehicles are probably an order of magnitude safer, and certainly more reliable. Yet the speed restrictions remain almost the same. They should be 40 in most areas of town; 70 on the open road and 90 on motorway BUT the drivers have not changed you say ! YES 100% agree - so we need to look at making the test more comprehensive : - skid pan training and test - dirt road - 6 months conditional then a motorway course and test and only then you have full licence. - curfew and strict limits on learner drivers - passengers/alcohol AND a requirement to be retested every 5 years - and that is a practical as well as theory ======= Well it is not going to happen - but well I can hope that some logic rather than panic might get applied cheers pwl -- Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa
