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Originally Posted by ian@huth
Stopping distances at night are greater than during the day, a fact ascertained by tests on reaction times.
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Yes, they are. Similar tests have also shown that a driver's concentration levels increase with a similar increase in speed. Increased concentration levels lead to faster reaction times, thus reducing the total distance required to stop the vehicle quickly.
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Originally Posted by ian@huth
If the lines down the centre are solid then there is a reason for them being so. Have a guess what that reason may be.
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The lines down the center are solid because this is a busy stretch of road and accidents are often caused by people who overtake - during the day. At night the road is practically empty, oncoming vehicles are more visible because they have their lights on, and the average speed of vehicles travelling on the road actually
decreases. People just seem to travel more slowly on that road at night.
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Originally Posted by ian@huth
Again, why is the driver doing 30 mph a muppet? There may be a valid reason for him doing that speed.
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Ok, perhaps me referring to him/her as a muppet was unfair. The fact still remains that there are other roads (with lower speed limits) which the other driver could use. The route is
not the most direct route and they would almost certainly get to wherever they are going just as quickly (or slowly) if they took another (lower speed limited) road. I don't see why I should be inconvenienced purely because someone else isn't confident enough to, hasn't got a car which is mechanically sound enough to, or simply doesn't have a desire to, go faster.