Freeedom of Speech

[roger]

Well I've driven down the M40 at 120+ and the the only safety problems
are caused by the idiots in front of me driving too slowly and not
getting out of my way
If I wasn't such a good driver I might have been hurt

R

Jean Lansford wrote:
> From: M Holmes <fofp at HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK>
>> Jonathan Jarrett writes:
>>
>>>         Surely not by banning cars, but by "limiting" their use to,
>>>         say, 70 mph and less in certain areas.  Oh
>> Doesn't creating that limit actually cause speeding? After all, one
>> can't speed where there's no speed limit.
>
> Well, from an engineering point of view, speeding happens
> whenever someone drives faster than the road is designed to
> be driven on safely. So, if the physics says that a car of
> a predefined configuration (the "design vehicle") will go
> airborne if it tried to go around a curve at greater than a
> given speed, we try to set the speed limit at 5-10 mph below
> that speed to give people some cushion for uncontrollable
> variables like a vehicle with balder tires or a mis-set
> speedometer.
>
> There are often other considerations as well, such as the
> presence of pedestrians, but most speed limits in the US are
> set by the physical configuration of the road.
>
>


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