Comments on: Obey the speed limit and piss off everyone http://www.mulley.net/2006/03/26/obey-the-speed-limit-and-piss-off-everyone/ Invisible people have invisible rights Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Phil http://www.mulley.net/2006/03/26/obey-the-speed-limit-and-piss-off-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-1834 Phil Tue, 28 Mar 2006 01:01:23 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1055#comment-1834 I could be wrong but does that law exist in the US? Can't you overtake in any lane? I could be wrong but does that law exist in the US? Can’t you overtake in any lane?

]]> By: Dave http://www.mulley.net/2006/03/26/obey-the-speed-limit-and-piss-off-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-1825 Dave Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:31:48 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1055#comment-1825 Idiots, the guys on the outside lanes <b>are</b> breaking the law. If they aren't overtaking people then they can't be in those lanes. It's not their job to enforce the speed limits. Idiots, the guys on the outside lanes are breaking the law. If they aren’t overtaking people then they can’t be in those lanes. It’s not their job to enforce the speed limits.

]]> By: Joe Drumgoole http://www.mulley.net/2006/03/26/obey-the-speed-limit-and-piss-off-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-1802 Joe Drumgoole Sun, 26 Mar 2006 23:59:48 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1055#comment-1802 Speed limits do have a real function. As the speed your travel at increases the damage you are likely to inflict increases at asquared rate to the speed. See <a href="http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/ke.html" rel="nofollow"> the physics equations </a>for more details. That means that for a twofold increase in speed, the kinetic energy will increase by a factor of four; for a threefold increase in speed, the kinetic energy will increase by a factor of nine; and for a fourfold increase in speed, the kinetic energy will increase by a factor of sixteen. This is serious stuff. However in environments where the speed can be kept constant and hazards are essentially non-existent (e.g. motorways) a lower speed limit makes little sense and the 55 mph speed limit in the US is a bit bonkers. Speed limits do have a real function. As the speed your travel at increases the damage you are likely to inflict increases at asquared rate to the speed. See the physics equations for more details.

That means that for a twofold increase in speed, the kinetic energy will increase by a factor of four; for a threefold increase in speed, the kinetic energy will increase by a factor of nine; and for a fourfold increase in speed, the kinetic energy will increase by a factor of sixteen.

This is serious stuff. However in environments where the speed can be kept constant and hazards are essentially non-existent (e.g. motorways) a lower speed limit makes little sense and the 55 mph speed limit in the US is a bit bonkers.

]]> By: Donncha O Caoimh http://www.mulley.net/2006/03/26/obey-the-speed-limit-and-piss-off-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-1801 Donncha O Caoimh Sun, 26 Mar 2006 22:11:14 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1055#comment-1801 No it couldn't.. You'd tell people to go 50kmph and they'd do 70! Or maybe I'm tired of driving along the Commons Road and being overtaken by people breaking the speed limit and not being caught because the Gardai don't come out when it's raining. No it couldn’t.. You’d tell people to go 50kmph and they’d do 70!
Or maybe I’m tired of driving along the Commons Road and being overtaken by people breaking the speed limit and not being caught because the Gardai don’t come out when it’s raining.

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