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86tt Forums Junkie Location: Sydney Registered: August 2004	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue? Fri, 05 August 2005 14:01 don't you think when you're behind the wheel, there are so many more things that are so much more important than the "speed" you're doing? for eg... Your own vehicle positioning (how close you drive to the vehicles front, back and side lanes). What do you do before and during the passing of any vehicles, how fast you pass other vehicles. Getting information of all your surrounding vehicles (speed of vehicles front, back and side) Knowing any moving objects in view (vehicles backing out of driveway, coming out from left and right side streets, any vehicles where their lane is ending soon. Any pedestrians near the edge of the footpath or in the middle of the road). Combine this with the "body language" of hinting other drivers when you are about to exit driveways and side streets, how to change lanes etc. etc. The correct timing + EXTRA MARGIN when exiting sidestreets, coming out of driveways and changing lanes so as not to cause other people's sudden braking or disruption of traffic. Better control of vehicles as to make exiting driveways, changing lanes, and cornering quickly, swiftly and smoothly. Combine all these skills together, with better traffic flow management, clearer signs and traffic lights etc. etc. Then it wouldn't matter how fast you are actually travelling in a free flowing traffic (dictated by the condition of the road of coz) as long as no one driving way too fast or too slow compared to the surrounding traffic, would it? Would it matter how fast you're travelling if the road was straight, and you *know* no car is going to bolt out the side street, you *know* no car is going to turn right in front of your path, and you *know* no pedestrian is going to jump out, then does it matter how fast you're travelling? 60? 70? 80km/h? So does speed really kills? Or is it the ignorance of the general public? Or is it the greed of the government that kills? [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	86tt	Wed, 03 August 2005 04:35
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	thu187	Wed, 03 August 2005 04:53
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	Nark	Wed, 03 August 2005 05:05
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	86tt	Wed, 03 August 2005 05:57
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	berad	Wed, 03 August 2005 05:03
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	ke382TG	Wed, 03 August 2005 05:07
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	86tt	Thu, 04 August 2005 06:38
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	TRD_Supra	Fri, 05 August 2005 03:43
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	86tt	Fri, 05 August 2005 03:54
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	ke382TG	Fri, 05 August 2005 04:02
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	86tt	Fri, 05 August 2005 04:17
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	Corona RT142	Fri, 05 August 2005 04:21
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	ke382TG	Fri, 05 August 2005 04:24
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	cannonball	Fri, 05 August 2005 04:32
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	Corona RT142	Fri, 05 August 2005 04:33
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	ke382TG	Fri, 05 August 2005 04:34
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	Corona RT142	Fri, 05 August 2005 04:36
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	Joshstix	Fri, 05 August 2005 09:07
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	ke382TG	Fri, 05 August 2005 09:39
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	86tt	Fri, 05 August 2005 14:01
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	EldarO	Fri, 05 August 2005 15:25
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	olihaub	Sat, 06 August 2005 03:31
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	86tt	Sat, 06 August 2005 11:41
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	4DaDrift	Thu, 18 August 2005 03:25
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	86tt	Thu, 18 August 2005 03:59
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	Merudo	Thu, 18 August 2005 04:06
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	Corona RT142	Thu, 18 August 2005 04:12
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	Shraka	Thu, 18 August 2005 04:46
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	4DaDrift	Thu, 18 August 2005 05:50
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	4DaDrift	Thu, 18 August 2005 05:56
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	Corona RT142	Thu, 18 August 2005 04:48
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	ke382TG	Thu, 18 August 2005 06:27
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	4DaDrift	Thu, 18 August 2005 06:44
	Re: Speed Traps: Saving Lives or Raising Revenue?	Shraka	Thu, 18 August 2005 07:23

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