Poll: UK Town Introduces Rolling Roadblock Citizen Pace Cars

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

No, it's not. We need those dumbfvcks off the bloody roads. Instead of making concessions to allow incompetants access to our roadways, we need testing that will weed them out. It's dead-simple. Revoke the licenses of the worst 1/3 of drivers and raise the limits to the speeds for which the roads were designed.

There will be less pollution, less traffic, and fewer accidents.

ZV

Agreed.

Designing everything around the lowest common denominator is a great way to impede any civilization's progress.

 

[RU482]

death by catapault

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
Seeing how people in CT drive like idiots and speed way beyond a reasonable limit (75 in 55 is common as is 80+ in 65), I am all for it! By god, give me my damned sticker!

On a clear day, on a multi-lane, divided freeway, 80 mph is perfectly safe for the conditions. Just as 65-70 is perfectly safe on a rural route in clear, daylight conditions.

65 was the national speed limit on two-lane roads when a 1938 Plymouth was a "state-of-the-art" automobile. 70 was the speed limit on the interstates when the '57 Chevy was a hot, new item. If those cars were considered "safe" at those speeds on those roads I fail to see why modern cars are limited to 55 on two-lanes and 65 on freeways when by all accounts our current vehicles are several orders of magnitude safer.

The problem with this country's speed limit laws is that they are set by the wussiest and most over-cautious among us. They are not set at the design speeds for the roads. Hell, the ENTIRE interstate system was designed for safe travel at 80+ mph. Drivers in the 1950's were told in drivers' education that when the new, safer, "cars of tomorrow" were here, the speed limits on the interstates would be raised to their design speed. Instead, they were dropped to 55 because of the oil embargo. And then, once technology rendered the fuel economy argument moot, the safety zealots pitched a gigantic hissy-fit and prevented us from going to the speeds that the roadways were designed to handle.

ZV

Vehicles are safer, not drivers.

That's not my problem. Damn fools think that driving is some kind of "right". It's not. And the licensing requirements need to be much, much more stringent. With required re-testing every 5-10 years. It should be administrated in a similar manner to competition racing licenses for clubs like the SCCA. I'd go so far as to say that at least 1/3 of the "drivers" on the road today in America have no bloody business behind the wheel of an auto.

ZV

Yea it is. Its a problem for everyone else on the road, sidewalks and parkinglots. The vehicles may be able to handle 80mph just as well with new braking and handling technology, but another 15mph might mean death for me when that motherfvcker t-bones me in the intersection or swerves into my lane.

No, it's not. We need those dumbfvcks off the bloody roads. Instead of making concessions to allow incompetants access to our roadways, we need testing that will weed them out. It's dead-simple. Revoke the licenses of the worst 1/3 of drivers and raise the limits to the speeds for which the roads were designed.

There will be less pollution, less traffic, and fewer accidents.

ZV

Yea, well when are we getting them off the road? Not any time soon from what I see, so for now, I don't want those dumbfvcks legally going 80.

 

[acemcmac]

bump for the morning crew

 

[theknight571]

I was in Dallas a couple of years ago and the Police had their own "rolling road blocks" to try to help control the speed on the freeway.

I remember the news showing video of 3 police cars, side by side, across 3 lanes of traffic, all going the speed limit... and the line up of traffic behind them. lol

I don't know if they still do this or not, I think it was "experimental" at the time.

They were also experimenting with announcing "sting" operations to catch / control speeders.

- TK

 

[mundane]

Originally posted by: theknight571
I was in Dallas a couple of years ago and the Police had their own "rolling road blocks" to try to help control the speed on the freeway.

I remember the news showing video of 3 police cars, side by side, across 3 lanes of traffic, all going the speed limit... and the line up of traffic behind them. lol

I don't know if they still do this or not, I think it was "experimental" at the time.

They were also experimenting with announcing "sting" operations to catch / control speeders.

- TK

I've seen them doing something similair to this on the 405 (SoCal). A single police car with its lights on, swerving back and forth across the lanes. Not physically blocking all five or so lanes, but no one had grapes to go past him =)

 

[Ime]

Holy road rage Batman!

Either drivers in the UK aren't as aggressive as the ones in the US, or there is going to be a sudden upswing in car wrecks in the UK.

Trying that in the US would result in people get shot... more often.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

I love how stupid this country is. Can't wait for the first accident involving these clowns.

 

[FlashG]

The Ohio Highway Patrol has been using these tactics on I75 for decades.

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: diegoalcatraz

Originally posted by: theknight571
I was in Dallas a couple of years ago and the Police had their own "rolling road blocks" to try to help control the speed on the freeway.

I remember the news showing video of 3 police cars, side by side, across 3 lanes of traffic, all going the speed limit... and the line up of traffic behind them. lol

I don't know if they still do this or not, I think it was "experimental" at the time.

They were also experimenting with announcing "sting" operations to catch / control speeders.

- TK

I've seen them doing something similair to this on the 405 (SoCal). A single police car with its lights on, swerving back and forth across the lanes. Not physically blocking all five or so lanes, but no one had grapes to go past him =)

Had that happen before, but then it was to slow down the cars before the scene of an accident so that there wasn't suddenly a ton of braking.

 

[Captante]

Originally posted by: FlashG
The Ohio Highway Patrol has been using these tactics on I75 for decades.

Doing this in a marked police car is one thing, but doing it in a regular car with only a bumper sticker is a really stupid idea.

 

[Britboy]

Originally posted by: diegoalcatraz

Residents who who sign up receive a distinctive bumper sticker that identifies them as individuals who have agreed to adhere strictly to the posted speed limit and to block anyone who attempts to speed past

Road rage, anyone?

No sh1t, what a stupid idea. It will probably cause more accidents and dangerous driving as people try and get round those idiots.😕

 

[loic2003]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: diegoalcatraz

Residents who who sign up receive a distinctive bumper sticker that identifies them as individuals who have agreed to adhere strictly to the posted speed limit and to block anyone who attempts to speed past

Road rage, anyone?

Damn right.

Anyhow, I'm a sneaky ah heck with a quick car. I'll nip past these old git's in a pace-maker controlled heartbeat.

Motorbike > cars!

Just under/overtake them whenever they leave a wide enough gap for ~2 seconds