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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: 100 mile/h automatically dangerous ? |
| ericthehalfabee |
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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 18:16
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| Thanks for the link - it's a nice test toltec - even a middle aged git like me can get that down to .21 of a sec or so .... but it's one simple task in reaction to one known event. This doesn't apply to multiple possible inputs and multiple possible actions, such as driving in the OP. The .7 I quote... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: 100 mile/h automatically dangerous ? |
| ericthehalfabee |
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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 15:21
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| I agree with your maths, but life is never simple as that. You overlook the point that the driver braked too, therefore slightly extending the ETA, not by much but perhaps enough. It is perfectly possible for someone to react within that time if they were on the lookout for such danger and had plan... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: 100 mile/h automatically dangerous ? |
| ericthehalfabee |
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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:05
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| 17 years ago I drove back to the UK with a colleague from Bremerhaven in Germany doing 125-130 on rural roads in a Ford RS turbo. An Alsatian ran out from a farmyard 30-40 yds ahead of me from a farm. I braked and swerved around the dog and continued. My colleague who was not a motoring enthusiast ... |
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