[George P]

sorry luke just read your reply, no i dont work for facelift but its just my experiance of tanks fitted by facelift, as said earlier it would probably be the same if any other manufacturer. george

[Alex Gardiner]

Ewan, your not serious are you ?? ? ?

the faster you are travelling the less time you have to react, thats not even open to discussion, its just fact

Why does your reation slow when you are going faster? mine does'nt



W

What a lovely discussion! May I join in? 

Reaction times stay exactly the same whatever speed you are going. What changes is the distance covered during that same reaction time. At 70mph your reaction time will cost you twice as much road space as at 35mph.

[Captain Scarlet]

Im sorry, but speed does kill, it slows reaction times. Or should I say there is less time to react and stop, Luke

The word I should have used was "thinking distance". As your speed increases your thinking distance increases, Luke

[Captain Scarlet]

Facts and Statistics about Speed

Speeding and excessive speed causes thousands of serious accidents and injuries every year.

Excessive speed contributes to 28% of collisions in which someone is killed, 18% of crashes resulting in a serious injury and 12% of all injury collisions. This means that around 1,000 people are killed each year on Britain’s roads because drivers and riders travel too fast, and over 6,000 are seriously injured.

Approximately two-thirds of all crashes in which people are killed or injured happen on roads with a speed limit of 30 mph or less. At 35 mph a driver is twice as likely to kill someone as they are at 30 mph.

Studies have shown the extent that the speed effects the risk of injury, and this is also shown in the simulator. Some key facts to note are that,

Hit by a car at 20 mph, 1 out of 40 pedestrian will be killed,
97% will survive
Hit by a car at 30 mph, 2 out of 10 pedestrians will be killed,
80% will survive
Hit by a car at 35 mph, 5 out of 10 pedestrians will be killed,
50% will survive
Hit by a car at 40 mph, 9 out of 10 pedestrians will be killed,
10% will survive

quoted from "THINK!" website, Luke

[Captain Scarlet]

Stopping distances:

Speed ( mph )                  Overall stopping distance ( ft )
       20                                              40
       30                                              75
       40                                              120
       50                                              175
       60                                              240
       70                                              315
       80                                              400

[Alex Wingrove]

Speed doest kill, it depends on who is driving at speed, i know a traffic cop, absolutely amazing driver, cruising speed down the motorway in a chase to catch someone is on average 120mph, he has never has a crash,

he spun a car off of the motorway in a pursuit the other day, the only damage he did to his police car was a tiny small black scuff,

just because the speed limit is 30mph, doesn't mean you have to go 30mph, what if children are at the side of the road,

part of the traffic police training, is to give a detailed commentary when they are driving, they look for things that i wouldn't,

speed in itself doesn't kill, speeding is something else, going faster than is permited by natural elements

[mark dew]

Luke you show so much maturity, I can't believe you are just 18 years of age! I salute you!! 

congratulations luke. You received a compliment off groundhog. 

[groundhog]

congratulations luke. You received a compliment off groundhog. 

Credit where credit is due I always say!!!