Would an anti-motorist grind someones gears ?
Owen Smith
Well-Known Member
This ignores the shape and weight of the vehicles. I'm sure being hit by a 2 ton brick shaped SUV at 20mph where all the energy goes into the pedestrian is worse than being hit by a sensible weight and size normal car at 30mph where the pedestrian by design rolls off the bonnet sideways hence not all the energy is transferred.The scientific reason is the survival rates at 20mph compared to higher speeds. Do you also think the drink drive limit is also a crock and just a compromise ?
Survival Rate on 20mph Roads 17.5% Higher, Say Motor Safety Groups
With road fatalities rising, introducing 20mph roads across the UK could save hundreds of lives a year. Motoring safety experts at Road Angelautoscommunity.com
I don't understand why cars are legally required to shape the bonnet to cause pedestrian roll off, and yet SUVs are allowed to be shaped like a house brick guaranteeing slamming straight into pedestrians. My 2002 Mini Cooper S has a bonnet shape no longer legal for new cars because pedestrians can get into the dip between the wings and the centre of the bonnet.
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Owen Smith
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That'a historic, no new roads in Germany have no speed limit. But it's a political nightmare to add them to roads that don't currently have them, which is only some autobahns.
Black Hole
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Nobody's trying to reduce the speed of trains because they collide with stupid people on level crossings.
Nobody's trying to increase the speed of cars because they do not collide with pedestrians on motorways
EEPhil
Number 28
Oh to see the signs displaying Ausfahrt...
Black Hole
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That is as much to do with fuel consumption as anything else.
If you have a physical button forcing a cocktail stick in to keep it pressed down might do the trick of always start/stop turned off.
Ditto
antipodean
Active Member
Yeah, but when you see "Ausfahrt 2000m" and you realise that is only 30 seconds away because of the speed you are doing ...
My Mondeo with automatic gearbox tops out at around 120mph, the previous one with manual box got to that speed and still had a touch of accelerator left. I never quite got that one to top out before the wife wrote it off.