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Originally Posted by gtxb67
this formula is totally flawed. a driver doing 50 in a 60 zone who is watching the speedo or blissfully unaware of their surroundings is much more dangerous than an alert person doing 65 in that same zone. it is not how fast you are going that matters - it is when you hit the brake and turn the steering wheel as well as the speed you are doing
and those wipe off 5 adds . . . they say if you were going 5 k's less you would just hit her and give her a bruised leg. if you were going 5 k's quicker you would have been long past her before she stepped onto the road
i am not anti speed cameras - but they do have some flawed logic. they can help create driver's who are inattentive to their surroundings, road rage and maybe even help contribute to more stupid driving - more speed cameras = less police presence, we just have to make sure we do not speed past the cameras and we will be right. there are no police cars out there to catch us
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also if it was a EA falcon on 15's sporting retreads Vs a BF GT with 19's SP9000's and 6/4 Piston brakes my money is on the GT stopping quicker from 80km/h than the EA at 50km/h.