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ed_m

Post subject: Re: I wonder why??

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 09:44

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weepej wrote:

If I take a corner at 70 as compared to 50 and stuff it up, need to stop quickly or hit some black ice, things are going to be worse, and more likely to go wrong in the first place.

you seem to have struck a chord here with some of these latest comments....

if a corner has black ice on it... the chances of hitting it don't change between 50 & 70mph !
(probability == 1 in both cases)

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graball

Post subject: Re: I wonder why??

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 13:02

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if a corner has black ice on it... the chances of hitting it don't change between 50 & 70mph !
(probability == 1 in both cases)

Or even 20-30MPH in some cases so a speed limit aint gonna save you.

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My views do not represent Safespeed but those of a driver who has driven for 39 yrs, in all conditions, at all times of the day & night on every type of road and covered well over a million miles, so knows a bit about what makes for safety on the road,what is really dangerous and needs to be observed when driving and quite frankly, the speedo is way down on my list of things to observe to negotiate Britain's roads safely, but I don't expect some fool who sits behind a desk all day to appreciate that.

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Mole

Post subject: Re: I wonder why??

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 15:22

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weepej wrote:

Mole wrote:

You can still kill someone of you stuff it up at 50, so what's your point?

Oh yes, of course you can.

Less likely though ain't it (given the same circumstances).

and less again at 40, 30, 20... What's magic about 50?

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