plus7g wrote:If only George Orwell knew how right he would be ......
Lockhaven wrote:I cannot wait to hear exactly how they plan to be able to convert my 1957 car to drive by itself.
Dave W wrote:Little evidence 20mph speed limit reduces casualties, says report
The quote from BRAKE in that article doesn't seem at all considered, assuming it was sought as a response to the report rather than a generic statement.
johnm wrote:There is little evidence at present but on an overall statistical basis I would be astounded if driverless cars were any more dangerous than those with humans directly in control.
Leodisflyer wrote:The headline should have read “Little evidence of enforcement of 20mph zones leading to lack of evidence of their value on casualty reduction”.
Leodisflyer wrote:Facebook and YouTube often know people better than they know themselves.
riverrock wrote:Leodisflyer wrote:The headline should have read “Little evidence of enforcement of 20mph zones leading to lack of evidence of their value on casualty reduction”.
Except that it didn't. It said that there is little evidence that 20mph speed limits reduce casualties. Don't try to generate something from nothing.
Apparently there is a policy in Glasgow to make all residential areas 20mph with appropriate traffic calming measures. The roads budget has been being spent on implementing these instead of filling pot holes. Unfortunately there are no stats on number of car suspension failures which would likely follow that trend.
Leodisflyer wrote:Lockhaven wrote:I cannot wait to hear exactly how they plan to be able to convert my 1957 car to drive by itself.
They don’t need to. Retrofit a speed limiter and, potentially, retrofit a braking mechanism. You will be in charge of steering.
Charliesixtysix wrote:Leodisflyer wrote:Lockhaven wrote:I cannot wait to hear exactly how they plan to be able to convert my 1957 car to drive by itself.
They don’t need to. Retrofit a speed limiter and, potentially, retrofit a braking mechanism. You will be in charge of steering.
Amusing idea :
Fitting a speed limiter to my 1949 Land-Rover....and a braking mechanism that works too! As for steering, I heve never been in ' charge' of that yet