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Originally Posted by Raistlin
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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A drivers concentration should be at its maximum at all times and should have no opportunity to increase. I started working life as a Scientific Officer with the DSIR which had the road research laboratory as one of its subdivisions. I have seen the testing that goes on there which leads me to be rather vociferous on these issues.
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Originally Posted by Raistlin
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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Not knowing the road it is hard to comment.
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Originally Posted by Raistlin
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.
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Mechanically sound cars can have punctures which means a wheel change and a slower than normal speed, if the driver has any sense, for cars fitted with emergency space saving spare wheels. There are a fair number of reasons why a mechanically sound car can develop a fault which entails driving the car slowly. Problems with cars can take place without warning anywhere along the route that a driver is following often at very awkward locations.
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Originally Posted by Xaccers
However, if they are giving each other a safe amount of space then any accident will not have a knock on effect, and don't bother with blowouts as you are as likely to survive/die from an resulting accident at 70mph as you are at 80mph
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You musn't have done much driving if you think that drivers give each other a safe amount of space.
How many multi vehicle pileups have you seen on motorways often with fatal results. They are a regular feature on the news.