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On Mar 25, 9:37 am, "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? The 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. Does such an instrument exist?
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> >>> gpsspeedcamera warnings are legal, but 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. the signs are so
> > big that there is no real excuse
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> Aside from the minor detail that there are no repeater signs for a
> 30mphlimit(they're actually prohibitted), many areas are seriously
> deficient inspeedlimitsigns showing thelimitwhen joining a major road from
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> 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.
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Rubbish. It has long been known that the slowest 85% of drivers are most at
risk on the roads. It is known as the 85th percentile principle upon which
all speed limits were based up until 1997 (except NSLs which were more
driven by fuel saving). After this time the speed limits were set driven by
a desire to justify saturation speed camera coverage. That and a new found
necessity to pander to voters who are misled into believing that slower is
safer by people such as yourself.
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