On Mar 25, 9:37=A0am, "PDR" wrote:
> "Mrcheerful" wrote in message
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> > Alex Heney wrote:
> >> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:18:04 GMT, "Mrcheerful"
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> >>> Alasdair wrote:
> >>>> Can anyone tell us whether the Road Angel is legal? =A0The Road Angel=
> >>>> is a type of GPS system which indicates wherespeedcameras are
> >>>> placed. It is not a radar detector but merely a map with the fixed
> >>>> camera sites on it.
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> >>>> What I would like is a GPS which would tell me thespeedlimiton
> >>>> any given stretch of road in real time so that if I miss the
> >>>> introductory 30mph signs, the screen would tell me I am in a 30
> >>>> zone. =A0Does such an instrument exist?
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> >>> gpsspeedcamera warnings are legal, =A0but if you don't know when you
> >>> are in a 30limitthen you should not be driving.
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> >> Can we presume you don't drive then?
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> >> Because I am quite sure that just about every single driver on the
> >> roads has at *some* time found themselves unsure of what the current
> >>speedlimitis.
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> > if you don't know thelimitthen slow down till you do. =A0the signs are s=
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> > big that there is no real excuse
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> Aside from the minor detail that there are no repeater signs for a 30mphli=
mit(they're actually prohibitted), many areas are seriously deficient inspee=
dlimitsigns showing thelimitwhen joining a major road from a minor
> one. If people followed your advice they would find themselves doing 30mph=
> along a 60mph road for some distance, at best causing congestion but more
> usually becoming a serious safety hazard
Oh yes, the slow drivers, the scourge of our roads. It is only because
the Fascist-Liberal-Zionist controlled media supresses the truth that
we do not read about the trails of devastation caused by slow drivers. |