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#20724 of 21746 Re: there's a story here [stickguy] by backy

Nov 18, 2012 (12:17 pm)

Replying to: stickguy (Nov 18, 2012 12:11 pm)
Don't forget looking for those deer and hogs crossing the road at night.
 
Actually if all they are looking at is the road ahead, that's dangerous. Need to keep the eyes moving to see the sides and rear too... to see people merging (see news story re Texas fatality), coming up behind them, and of course those deer and hogs running onto the road.
 
And while keeping the eyes moving, they could catch the speedtraps. Although if someone is going to routinely go 85 on a normal rural highway in Texas (limits ~60-70) they'd better have a radar detector. Or a lot of money.

#20725 of 21746 Re: there's a story here [backy] by ateixeira

Nov 19, 2012 (9:17 am)

Replying to: backy (Nov 18, 2012 12:17 pm)
How long before an SUV rolls over while trying to avoid one of those and the vehicle manufacturer gets blamed?

#20726 of 21746 Re: there's a story here [ateixeira] by ruking1

Nov 19, 2012 (9:54 am)

Replying to: ateixeira (Nov 19, 2012 9:17 am)
Now that is a long since DEAD discussion (archived) . Also it is a non issue, as documented in the FARS/NHTSA site.
 
IF anything, new data and data analysis (old/new data) indicates that testing procedures actually LONG have MASKED the INCREASED dangers of so called "smaller" cars (25% of the passenger car vehicle fleet). You know, the cars all the envirocons advocate we all shoe horn ourselves into. "Through The Looking Glass" so to speak, it can be logically argued that one of the reasons for the historically BEST years of NHTSA fatalities and injurystatistics are smaller cars in the real world are LIMITED to 25% of the passenger vehicle fleet population. Indeed statistics could be even BETTER than already BETTER, if the % of small cars were indeed... smaller STILL.
 
MOST (75% of the passenger vehicle fleet are "large cars") of which 50 to 60% are PU trucks (combos, etc) and app 12% being SUV's. Defacto, that leaves app 12%-15% "actual "LARGE cars. (cops car F Crown VIC, an example)

#20727 of 21746 Friday night by ateixeira

Nov 19, 2012 (9:27 am)

Almost got killed on Friday, very close call.
 
I was leaving Canal Rd for the Clara Barton Parkway.
 
There are cars merging from the left with a big fat YIELD sign there (hello? open your eyes) but someone completely blew by that without even slowing down.
 
Luckily I was alert and came to a screeching halt about an inch from the passenger door, right tire on grass, even.
 
Said owner just drove away like nothing happened? Son-of-a-gun!
 
Here's a Google Maps image:
 
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=38.96221,-77.135535&spn=0.000808,0.001206&;- t=h&z=20
 
The other car was right were that green car is, they do a near U-turn. There are actually 2 lanes after the turn, but the car drove completely in to my lane (going to MacArthur Blvd if you zoom out).
 
Must be the most often ignored Yield sign in this area.

#20728 of 21746 Re: there's a story here [ruking1] by ateixeira

Nov 19, 2012 (9:28 am)

Replying to: ruking1 (Nov 19, 2012 9:54 am)
Yes but you just know someone's gonna use that lame defense!

#20729 of 21746 Re: there's a story here [ateixeira] by ruking1

Nov 19, 2012 (9:32 am)

Replying to: ateixeira (Nov 19, 2012 9:28 am)
No doubt !!

#20730 of 21746 Re: Friday night [ateixeira] by xwesx

Nov 19, 2012 (9:54 am)

Replying to: ateixeira (Nov 19, 2012 9:27 am)
So, you were in the right lane there? That's just sad.
 
I'm glad you were on your toes though, juice!

#20731 of 21746 Re: Friday night [xwesx] by ateixeira

Nov 19, 2012 (2:07 pm)

Replying to: xwesx (Nov 19, 2012 9:54 am)
Yeah, driving from right to left/up on that map.
 
The other car made that U turn without slowing down and cut me off in my lane, forcing me to the shoulder.
 
I was in the Miata, but I really think that if I had been in a heavier or less maneuverable car I would have hit him pretty hard. Even in rain I'm certain we would have crashed.

#20732 of 21746 . by fintail

Nov 20, 2012 (12:10 pm)

Hmm, I noticed the Autobahn that cuts through the relatively busy Frankfurt Airport appears to be unrestricted. Speed Kills?
 
It's going to kill me to go back to slow motion dawdling along

#20733 of 21746 Re: there's a story here [backy] by keystonecarfan

Nov 21, 2012 (12:26 pm)

Replying to: backy (Nov 18, 2012 11:02 am)
It might help to actually read the article:
 
About 1:45 p.m., driver Martha Melinda Harris, 60, was entering the southbound lanes from U.S. 183 when she was struck by a Chevrolet Tahoe headed south on Texas 130, said Mustang Ridge Police Chief Michael Gonzales. The wreck occurred near where the road intersects State Highway 45, another toll road.
  
Harris was driving on a part of U.S. 183 where the Texas Department of Transportation recently lowered the speed limit from 65 mph to 55 mph, a decision that toll opponents said was designed to force people onto the toll road. Local officials have asked the state to raise the speed limit back to 65 mph, partly out of convenience and partly out of concern that the speed limit disparity could hinder drivers as they enter the much-faster toll road. (emphasis added)
 
It's hard to see how the 85 mph speed limit had anything to do with it, given that the posted limit on the stretch of road where the accident happened was 55 mph.

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