Donald,
I don't think any amount of 'retraining' could help me, even after 21
years on the road. Today, in a 35 minute trip of 25km's (15.625 miles)
I drove thru 8 different speed zones... 25 (school), 40 (roadworks), 50
(default), 60 (municipal arterial), 70, 80 (main arterial), 90 & 100
(major arterial) km/h (translation for the unmetricated: 15.625, 25,
31.25, 37.5, 43.75, 50, 56.25 & 62.5 miles/hour).
when I started driving the limits were 25, 60, 80, 100 & 110...
I have to constantly watch my speedo almost at the expense of watching
the other maniacs on the road... ;)
I don't have enough money to buy more Zuikos, much less give way as
'road tax' to the man with the speed camera... :(
davidt
<cellphone rings>
WIFE: Honey, watch out on the road, the man on the radio says there's
a maniac driving on the wrong side of the freeway
HUSBAND: One!!??? there's hundreds!!!!
On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 10:30:39AM +0100, Donald MacDonald wrote:
> I'm the last person to start a 'war' on an OT thread, but I drove with a
> tachograph for years, with my job on the line if the graph shopped me (this
> was city driving, 99 per cent).
>
> I learned, but fast, to drive at 30 without having to check my speedo very
> often. Once at 30 I can drive at 30 for miles. I also now NEVER break
> limits. Hey, I'm a cyclist...
>
> I can also drive at 40 or 60 without frequent checks. It really isn't hard.
> I think if you need to check your speedo that often, or that carefully, you
> need retraining.
>
> IMHO.
>
> D.
>
> Donald Neil MacDonald, BA DipLIS
> www.skelpitheid.com
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