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Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!feeder.news-service.com!69.16.177.246.MISMATCH!cyclone03.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf01.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe25.ams2.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: _  Newsgroups: uk.transport,uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Calls for 'speed-limiting' cars Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:24:20 +0000 References: <31ec340f-17d2-4f8a-9457-fc4cc0f4fdb1@w39g2000prb.googlegroups.com> 	<6ruu3qF3gpekU8@mid.individual.net>  Lines: 34 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Windows/20081105) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To:  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.21.204.127 X-Complaints-To: http://netreport.virginmedia.com X-Trace: newsfe25.ams2 1230683091 82.21.204.127 (Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:24:51 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:24:51 UTC Organization: virginmedia.com Bytes: 2712 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:682103

Squashme wrote: > On 30 Dec, 15:46, Conor  wrote: >> In article <31ec340f-17d2-4f8a-9457-fc4cc0f4fdb1 >> @w39g2000prb.googlegroups.com>, Doug says... >> >>> The device automatically slows a car down to within the limit for the >>> road on which it is being driven. >> So I can still do 60MPH on the many twisty single track country roads >> in my county then? >> >> How is that aiding safety? >> > > Safe Speed don't reckon much to you guys, do they?:- > > "Road safety charities have warned such a system could lull drivers > into not giving their full attention to the road. Claire Armstrong, > from the road safety charity Safe Speed, said there were signs of this > in similar systems already used by truck drivers. > > "They drive along at 56, they stick their foot on the floor because > they know the equipment will not go any faster, and they pretty much > go into fatigue mode, or zombie mode," she said. > > "They stop paying attention to the road and that makes it highly > dangerous in those scenarios. You've taken the responsibility away > from the driver and that is not good for road safety."" > > Inattentive zombies?! > Yup, *trained*, *licensed*, *registered*, *insured*, *traceable*, inattentive zombies. So, about a thousand times more responsible than your average cyclist, then. Now fuck off back to your psycholist playpen and talk about stabilisers or something :)