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| Thread ID: 110208 | 2010-06-07 19:40:00 | Lowest Road Toll in 50 Years! Good Policing or Good Luck? | xyz823 (13649) | PC World Chat |
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| 1107847 | 2010-06-10 10:29:00 | All very well to suggest a different geography, but would it fit the dirt? ;) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1107848 | 2010-06-10 10:38:00 | All very well to suggest a different geography, but would it fit the dirt? ;) Well searching for a overview/countrywide reason for past road tolls, that could contribute to driving behavior. Their could be other reasons - e.g low road/driving offence penalties... |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1107849 | 2010-06-10 11:49:00 | i would think geography would make a difference. big open spaces where there is no help if you crash or break down makes you think a lot more on your trip and how you drive. also a lot of those big wide open countries tend to have big WIDE roads. compared to our narrow, windy roads that we do very short trips on. we have more of a racetrack than a road you sit back and cruise on. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 1107850 | 2010-06-10 23:07:00 | Interesting comment! According to a Police officer from the Bay of Plenty during the QB weekend he was qouted in the Herald as stating the stopping distance at 100kph was 98metres in the dry. Yet according to what I was taught during an advanced driving course in the UK in 1995 the stopping distance was 70metres! 15 years on cars have better braking ability according to you then how comes the distance increased by 28 metres? Actually you might be right cars improved the drivers are still slow to react in New Zealand. 70m in the UK to stop?....Perhaps better road surfaces, or different tyre rubber?....I sat my test in 81, but couldnt tell you exactly what the stopping distance was. However, I can tell you, todays cars have more rubber (wider tyres), and better braking systems, what I didnt say was that as a whole, our roads have also got better....perhaps its just our drivers have got worse! Would be interesting to see the stats for accidents involving or caused by those under say 28 (usually drive older cars) verses those older (newer cars).... |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1107851 | 2010-06-11 00:20:00 | Interesting comment! According to a Police officer from the Bay of Plenty during the QB weekend he was qouted in the Herald as stating the stopping distance at 100kph was 98metres in the dry. Yet according to what I was taught during an advanced driving course in the UK in 1995 the stopping distance was 70metres! These quoted figures are thinking distance + actual braking distance. Unless you can split the 2 elements it's hard to compare different claims. If you check the time it takes a truck to stop you wouldn't want to be trying to stop quickly if there's one behind you. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 1107852 | 2010-06-11 01:05:00 | Modern cars 100-0 in 40-50 metres. | wmoore (6009) | ||
| 1107853 | 2010-06-11 01:36:00 | Modern cars 100-0 in 40-50 metres. Most sources I can find use 50-60 metres unless you include expensive sports cars. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 1107854 | 2010-06-11 01:41:00 | Wonder what the braking distance is for a 1966 Bedford SB3 bus? | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1107855 | 2010-06-11 01:45:00 | Wonder what the braking distance is for a 1966 Bedford SB3 bus? Hopefully longer when loaded with politicians rather school kids. :p Wait. Pollies don't use buses do they. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 1107856 | 2010-06-11 01:53:00 | I don't know about braking, but they are extremely good at stopping. And failing to start. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
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