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From: Conor on 19 Jun 2010 12:49 On 19/06/2010 17:22, Steve Firth wrote: > Conor<conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > >> Just quite how you are expected to muffle the >> screams when trying to read signs with that on, I don't know. > > Gaffer tape isn't just for securing 10 tonne loads of steel to a flatbed > you know? I used to use it to wrap around hamsters to stop them splitting ;-) I'll get me coat. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk
From: GT on 19 Jun 2010 18:46 "Phil Bradby" <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote in message news:hvgqv8$i0i$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > In advance of a steep hill, signs advertising its gradient are often > present. This lets drivers know exactly what to expect. > > For bends, there is just a bend sign - it's the same for a hairpin or for > a slight inflection in the road. > > There obviously must be a sensible numerical measure of how sharp a bend > is - the radius or something like that. In fact, I vaguely remember > reading somewhere that there is a precise numerical limit on how sharp a > bend can be on a motorway-grade road. So why not provide this information > on signs, so that drivers have the maximum amount of available > information to judge how severe a bend will be? It may take a while to > learn what the different numbers mean, but in the long term it could be > very beneficial. Good idea, but the danger would be that people would know its a 50mph corner and go round at 50mph, only to find something on the road that they then can't deal with - Doug and his 1 man band perhaps!
From: Derek C on 20 Jun 2010 03:39 On Jun 19, 11:46 pm, "GT" <a...(a)b.c> wrote: > "Phil Bradby" <nos...(a)nospam.com> wrote in message > > news:hvgqv8$i0i$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > > > In advance of a steep hill, signs advertising its gradient are often > > present. This lets drivers know exactly what to expect. > > > For bends, there is just a bend sign - it's the same for a hairpin or for > > a slight inflection in the road. > > > There obviously must be a sensible numerical measure of how sharp a bend > > is - the radius or something like that. In fact, I vaguely remember > > reading somewhere that there is a precise numerical limit on how sharp a > > bend can be on a motorway-grade road. So why not provide this information > > on signs, so that drivers have the maximum amount of available > > information to judge how severe a bend will be? It may take a while to > > learn what the different numbers mean, but in the long term it could be > > very beneficial. > > Good idea, but the danger would be that people would know its a 50mph corner > and go round at 50mph, only to find something on the road that they then > can't deal with - Doug and his 1 man band perhaps! I believe that Doug's illegal electric bike won't go faster than 15 mph, but since it wobbles with fear all over the road, Doug probably wouldn't be able to cope with a 50mph corner!
From: Ed Chilada on 20 Jun 2010 13:17 On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:11:52 +0000 (UTC), Phil Bradby <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote: >In advance of a steep hill, signs advertising its gradient are often >present. This lets drivers know exactly what to expect. > >For bends, there is just a bend sign - it's the same for a hairpin or for >a slight inflection in the road. My mate reckoned that cars should have an inbuilt gadget that worked out the angle and took over the steering so as to navigate the corner as accurately as possible without you having to do anything. I told him that kind of thing would drive me round the bend.
From: Silk on 20 Jun 2010 17:19
On 18/06/2010 23:11, Phil Bradby wrote: So why not provide this information > on signs, so that drivers have the maximum amount of available > information to judge how severe a bend will be? Call me a boring old fart, but I find knowing how to drive properly is a great help. |