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| Thread ID: 138671 | 2015-01-05 01:19:00 | Another stupid anti speeding advert | mzee (3324) | PC World Chat |
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| 1391498 | 2015-01-07 07:26:00 | Mine (2002 camry) beeps at a user defined speed, kinda handy but it'd be annoying at too low of a setting. Actually for a fairly basic car it has a few handy features, lights turn themselves off for one. I personally don't find it difficult to monitor my speed most of the time when I'm not using cruise control, but I agree that a 1km/h tolerance is too strict. A short lapse of attention or a sudden shift in the slope of the road can easily have your speed go up a few km/h before you notice. In fact even on cruise control a sudden downhill slope could do that. I think if they want to be tough a rigidly enforced 4 or 5 km/h tolerance would be more reasonable. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1391499 | 2015-01-07 11:33:00 | Ugggh, had to borrow a car a while back that beeped when you hit 100k. That was a long annoying journey to say the least. I think the tape player (shows how long ago that was) was stuffed too, so couldn't drown out the sound. Torture! | Renegade (16270) | ||
| 1391500 | 2015-01-07 22:41:00 | More so, few if any people can accurately determine a difference between 50km/h and 51km/h without any measuring device, making a 1km/h tolerance require more drivers to "speedo watch" instead of paying attention to the road. A larger tolerance of, say, the more casually assumed 10km/h, means a significantly higher portion of the driver base can judge that they are "about right" speed wise, and spend more time watching where they're going instead of staring at the dashboard. Good point. Though may feel different/or trying to estimate speeds if driving a car that you don't normally use. Maybe have an HUD installed and optionally activated. Display speed and other parameters. Some apps can do this, e.g. Torque Pro has HUD (www.youtube.com) (YT Video). Maybe NZ needs compelling speed ads like this (www.youtube.com) (YT Vid) UK or Irish one. |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1391501 | 2015-01-08 00:40:00 | Interesting story from a Accident where the person got killed. While not an advert but this lady makes perfect sense. www.stuff.co.nz The story is not what you may expect. Also one on the side of the above article -- But will the cops listen ---NOOOOOOOO!!! They have actually created more problems than solve, but hey they are getting richer. www.stuff.co.nz Heres a thought -- why not make ads that encourage people to learn to drive better -- Oh right - Wont gather any revenue. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1391502 | 2015-01-09 00:21:00 | From Letters to the Editor: Sydney Morning Herald. :D 6135 |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1391503 | 2015-01-09 09:59:00 | Great sense of humour from the writer of that letter about older drivers. What pensioner can afford to flout the road rules and pay hefty speeding fines though. | Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1391504 | 2015-01-09 21:07:00 | Stupid add or not...it has got 36 posts!!!!!!!!!PJ | Poppa John (284) | ||
| 1391505 | 2015-01-09 21:47:00 | Stupid add or not...it has got 36 posts!!!!!!!!!PJ Now 38 PJ. I am usually 100% on the side of the NZ Police and I am always ready to forgive them for honest an mistake made in the heat of the moment. They have, in my view, total stuffed up with this stupid campaign aimed at the ordinary lawabiding public and they have now lost a lot of support. Nobody believes that being slightly over the limit either speed wise or having a glass of wine with dinner should turn one instantly into a dangerous criminal. Those who habitually speed or drink to excess do not care what the law says they will continue to break it. |
CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1391506 | 2015-01-09 23:00:00 | I have no idea what the situation is now, but for years during the 50s 60s and 70s on UK TV there was continual and ongoing driver education advertisements, not telling you what not to do as much as telling you what you should do. Ads like the 2 second rule showing how to apply it to keep a minimum safe distance, "Only a fool breaks the 2 second rule", even Jimmy Saville with his fsaten up seat belt ad, "clunk click every trip". Someone from a motoring organisation on National Radio the other morning said we need an ongoing driver education campaign as it is virtually non-existent in NZ. What we get from the police are such inane statements as "watch your following distance".............this means absolutely nothing as far as road safety is concerned..........Tailgater: " I am watching my following distance, maintaining 6 inches from the bugger in front" "Drive to the conditions" means nothing to the average thickie, you actually have to tell people what to do in words of one syllable and have ongoing tele ads demonstrating what to do in different conditions. Repetition of proper of ads telling people what to do is the only way that driving standards will improve. I used to like driving in Germany during the 70s on business, (nearly) every one obeyed the sensible road safety rules in true Germanic fashion |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1391507 | 2015-01-09 23:18:00 | There is always the Asian approach to driving and that is if it is fated to happen it will happen. So all you can do when you see an Asian driver is try to get out their way, my wife being chinese follows this philosophy. I get her to drive me home when I have been out drinking but her driving is so bad I become terrified sober. I really think it would be safer for me to drive after drinking a dozen bottles of beer and 10 rums than her sober, she is non drinker. The idea of Asians drink driving is truly terrifying. | prefect (6291) | ||
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