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Speed limits should be entirely based on the type of car you drive. High performance, more expensive and safer cars are allowed to go faster. A national safety board would determine how well each car could perform at each speed and then give it a limit. So a Ferrari 360 would be allowed to go 120
because it handles so well and has such good brakes. A BMW 525 would be allowed to go 100 because they are heavier and don’t handle quite as well as a Ferrari. But a Ford Explorer would only be allowed to go 55 because they have such horrible brakes, handle so poorly and flip over like it’s their job.
rolled over geo
http://www.rollover...racker_Rollover.jpg
[thejini, Oct 04 2004]
rolled over gmc
http://www.pecos.ne...es2002/rollover.jpg
[thejini, Oct 04 2004]
nissan about to roll over
http://www.dynres.com/suv.gif
[thejini, Oct 04 2004]
rolled chevy
http://www.town.oak...ges/crash_suv_3.jpg
[thejini, Oct 04 2004]
rolled ford
http://www.alexande.../truck-rollover.gif
[thejini, Oct 04 2004]
rolled ford
http://www.sptimes....os/wor-explorer.jpg
[thejini, Oct 04 2004]
rolled ford
http://ash.org/images/rollover2.jpg
[thejini, Oct 04 2004]
a porche NOT rolling over
http://www.ticino.c...mages/slalom021.jpg
[thejini, Oct 04 2004]
fast car
http://www.ugcs.cal...tmlit?Fast_Car.html
an altogether better fast car [neilp, Oct 04 2004]
Flipped 911
http://www.wreckede...11_20030608_003.jpg
Tire blowout, just like the Explorer. ;-) [bristolz, Oct 04 2004]
Rolled 911
http://www.wreckede.../911_112202_003.jpg
Maybe he should have a been driving a Suburban. [bristolz, Oct 04 2004]
Cleverly parked Ferrari
http://www.wreckede.../360_110902_001.jpg
Yeah, he should've gone faster . . . [bristolz, Oct 04 2004]
Rolled Modena
http://www.wreckede.../360_102302_002.jpg
Clearly in the hands of a superior driver. [bristolz, Oct 04 2004]
Two 360s doing airplane impressions
http://www.wreckede.../360_042202_001.jpg
[bristolz, Oct 04 2004]
Stopping distance calculations
http://www.sdt.com....TOPPINGDISTANCE.htm
[friendlyfire, Oct 04 2004]
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read the other ideas in this section first.
By momentum - genius
By skill - perhaps
By car performance - err, no, that's a ridiculous idea, if anything I'd rather it was inversely proportional |
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//if anything I'd rather it was inversely proportional//
sounds good to me; you'd have semi-trucks that suck at handling going 100mph and they'd totally cream a schoolbus full of kids that changed lanes too fast
-or if it was proportional to your car's handling-
you could be doing 90 in your BMW and be able to brake in time to not kill all of the kids. |
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Speed limits don't seem to stop people from going however fast they want to anyway... |
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[thejini] Iet me guess, you've got a fast car, and drive like a tosser ? |
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[haz] - I thought it more amusing to leave it in .. otherwise I'd've mentioned Porche too |
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There is a very well known case of exactly this system being already in operation in Australia. A certain wealthy and well connected adman ("Singo" to his mates) was caught doing well over 150 km/h in a 60 km/h zone in his Bently Type R. |
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The magistrate accepted submissions that the car was "designed" for "safety at high speeds" and let Singo off with a rap on the knuckles. |
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Similar presentations by less well connected drivers have met with derision from the bench. |
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So perhaps you not only need to have a "good" car, but also to design the advertising for the ruling political party of the day? |
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I'm on a few Ferrari boards. If someone indicates they went X+ fast on public roads, they get chastised by 95% of the owners, 75% of the non-owners. I fall into the latter category. |
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no way ! i have a child and no way would i want some dumb ass driving behind me with the right to go that fast. i think all cars should have a govenor of 70 mph! become a race car driver if you want to go that fast. do you realize a large percentage of accidents are because of driving too fast! wether its a sports car or not, your car will fail eventually. all it takes is a wet spot in the road or any distraction. think about it. |
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So now when checking if it's okay to pass, I have to worry if there's a Ferrari a mile and a half back that could be in my blind spot before I'm done changing lanes? |
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Raise speed limits, sure, but everyone has to go the same speed or there will be a lot of extra dead people. |
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Also, bear in mind that if you sneeze while doing 120mph, you'll drive over 40 metres with your eyes closed. |
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Now, look out the window at something 40 metres away. Eep. |
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The only way this could possibly
get any more fishbones is if speed
limit was determined by IQ, or if
we found some way to genetically
engineer the speeding gene out of
people with the use of nanites. |
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Speeding tickets are already issued by car model- in the 9 months I owned my 1966 Corvette, I got 5 speeding tickets- none were for more than 5 mph over the posted limit, one was for 56 in a 55... |
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Couldn't sell it fast enough. Bought a station wagon, I can cruise at 80 mph all day and never get ticketed. If you want to drive fast get a minivan. |
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