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From: John_H on 9 Jun 2007 02:31 "Noddy" <dg4163@(nospam)dodo.com.au> wrote: > >It's *way* over time for tachographs to be mandatory in all heavy vehicles. Think you'll find pretty much everything the old Keinzle tachographs did is logged in the ECU on anything built in recent years. This particular truck was a reasonably modern Kenworth (with not enough shown in the newsreels to see what model) and I'd bet that the ECU data has been accessed since the event. It would also be speed limited and the last setting will also be retained in the ECU. -- John H
From: Noddy on 9 Jun 2007 02:36 "Michael" <mickpc(a)bigpond.com> wrote in message news:D8rai.10865$wH4.8747(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > Uh, missed the point, well, simply, you have what is called a depot, call > it for sake Big W. Now the telly's get delivered by rail to Big W. Ok the > product is at Big W. Now you either get the customer to pick up the tv > from the store, or, use a small delivery truck to deliver it, locally. > I think you missed my point, or am I being obtuse? You're being ignorant. Very few department chains have depots with cooee of rail yards, and despite what you or anyone else thinks it *ain't* cheap to run rail networks all over the place to alleviate road transport. The real short answer is that if rail transport was a viable alternative it would be used more often than it is. The reality is that it's not cheaper at all, is slower, and involves more handling & cost than simply loading a truck at one end and unloading it at the other. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Andy on 9 Jun 2007 03:10 Michael wrote: > George W. Frost wrote: > Uh, missed the point, well, simply, you have what is called a depot, > call it for sake Big W. Now the telly's get delivered by rail to Big W. > Ok the product is at Big W. Now you either get the customer to pick up > the tv from the store, or, use a small delivery truck to deliver it, > locally. > I think you missed my point, or am I being obtuse? I think 'obtuse' is probably the polite term for what you're being. :-) HTH. Andy.
From: Daryl Walford on 9 Jun 2007 03:33 Noddy wrote: > "Daryl Walford" <dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message > news:136kcqd3u4mc645(a)corp.supernews.com... > >> If true thats bloody stupid, IMO it would be better to have make vehicles >> slow down when approaching a level crossing. >> I don't know if the rule still exists but passenger coaches used to have >> to "come to a complete stop and engage first gear" before entering a level >> crossing, IMO thats a bit extreme but its got to be safer than going >> through a crossing at 100kph. > > Absolutely. > >> There are better technologies around these days like GPS tracking, at any >> time who ever is controlling the system can find out where a vehicle is, >> how fast its going and even what gear its in and the engine rpm. > > Yeah, but do they give you a past history like a data recorder? > I believe they can although I've never seen one working apart from a demo I saw on the net a while ago. > My understanding of tachographs is that they log data for 24hours, and the > disks can be pulled out and read by handheld reader. > The one in my DAF looks like a CD player, I know its connected into the system somehow because you need to use the buttons on the it to adjust the clock display in the tacho. They are probably standard on Euro trucks but I don't recall seeing one in any of the other trucks I've driven. Daryl
From: Noddy on 9 Jun 2007 03:34
"Michael" <mickpc(a)bigpond.com> wrote in message news:b0sai.10898$wH4.9983(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > Yea and if they were on the space shuttle they might be on the moon by > now. But the point is they were on that train, so what is the best thing > to do about it? Tell 'em to get a cab. > Buses are not the answer, they only add to traffic congestion. Not to > mention trams, now how uneconomic are they, holding up traffic and wasting > everyone else's fuel, the fuel companies must love them. > Mick C > BTW How many bad bus accidents have u seen hey? > Rail is by far the safest. There's family of 11 recently departed who might disagree with you at the moment. -- Regards, Noddy. |