In article , david@disarray.org.uk
says...
> Guy King's best pigeon dodged hawks and farmers' guns to bring me the
> following:
> >The message
> >from David Reid contains these words:
> >
> >> >The most effective way to slow drivers down is a sign that flashes the
> >> >speed limit at you as you approach. Some of them also flash up "Slow
> >> >down" or "Thank you", depending. No income, though, so councils don't
> >> >like them.
> >> >
> >> Do those things really work? There are several near me and it doesn't
> >> *seem* like the average motorist drives any more carefully in their
> >> presence than they would otherwise. I'm also fairly sure they react to
> >> cars speeding in the other direction too which seems a bit pointless.
> >
> >I know several young blades who've been known to compete to see who can
> >get it show register the highest speed.
> >
> Maybe we're talking about different things then, round here there are
> signs that flash up the limit if you approach them at more than the
> limit.
>
>
There's one near us that I think is wired up wrong - approach it at a
little over the limit, nothing, at a little under, it flashes the
warning... But only sometimes.
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