Stupid people and SPECs

**Mich the Tester** · 13 July 2009, 15:28

[smartypants geek mode]

What do they mean by ‘average’?
Do they mean ‘mean’? In which case;
where
Arithmetic mean = AM
Geometric mean = GM
Harmonic mean = HM

AM≥GM≥HM

[/smartypants geek mode]

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**dang65** · 13 July 2009, 15:28

Hmm. I haven't mastered the slowing down at the cameras bit yet.

**Moscow Mule** · 13 July 2009, 15:31

GPS enabled speed limiters will be with us soon enough.

Then you'll have to pay for a track day to go fast...

**Peoplesoft bloke** · 13 July 2009, 15:54

Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post

GPS enabled speed limiters will be with us soon enough.

Then you'll have to pay for a track day to go fast...

Hmm if i could relinquish driving totally on motorways (steering, everything), put my feet up and read the paper that'd suit me fine - no need to worry about all the other loons, no need to be frustrated by being held up by others (or bullied) - motorway driving is blinking boring, no matter how fast you're going

**Cyberman** · 13 July 2009, 15:57

Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post

I did a lot of motorway driving at the weekend - can't believe the number of people who haven't got the "average" bit mentioned on the sign - they crank it up between each set of cameras then slow down to pass - it is no wonder so many people are getting fined if they are so dim

I ignore the speed limits. As long as you enter and leave on different lanes the cameras do not work. Not many people appear to know that.

**Board Game Geek** · 13 July 2009, 16:10

PSBloke : Hmm if i could relinquish driving totally on motorways (steering, everything), put my feet up and read the paper that'd suit me fine - no need to worry about all the other loons, no need to be frustrated by being held up by others (or bullied) - motorway driving is blinking boring, no matter how fast you're going

I agree.

It's one of the joys of Cruise Control.

I can whack it on at 69mph, sit back on the motorway, and chill out comfortably with some music, watching all the loons race by at breakneck speed.

I long for the day when the cars are part of some neural-gps-network thingie, and you just get in, pay for your trip, and get whisked off, safely and pleasantly, whilst you have a snooze, watch HoloTV, play the Z-Box, or whatever.

**The Lone Gunman** · 13 July 2009, 16:10

Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post

Hmm if i could relinquish driving totally on motorways (steering, everything), put my feet up and read the paper that'd suit me fine - no need to worry about all the other loons, no need to be frustrated by being held up by others (or bullied) - motorway driving is blinking boring, no matter how fast you're going

Thats called a train I think.

**The Lone Gunman** · 13 July 2009, 16:11

Originally posted by Cyberman View Post

I ignore the speed limits. As long as you enter and leave on different lanes the cameras do not work. Not many people appear to know that.

That is changing and you have to be sure you dont pass more than 3 cameras in the set.

**NickFitz** · 13 July 2009, 16:18

Originally posted by Cyberman View Post

I ignore the speed limits. As long as you enter and leave on different lanes the cameras do not work. Not many people appear to know that.

At least one person doesn't appear to know that it isn't true any more

SPECs received Home Office Type Approval for cars changing lanes in 2007.

Also, as that article points out, it was never the case that the cameras "didn't work" if you changed lanes; merely that, until the relevant tests were passed, they could not be used for enforcement purposes in that case.

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