Google have been testing a driverless car recently, so far the tests have been very successful with the car covering many miles of California without incident caused by the car.
1) In Scotland, National Speed Limit signs legally mean nothing on a Motorway, so we have 70 signs instead. Seems slightly odd to me going down to an English motorway and seeing a NSL sign; I'm sure it's just as odd for you coming up here!
2) Motorways are the safest roads under the current rules. When you change those rules, then the safety of the road may well change. Bear in mind that most people do adhere to the motorway speed limits (in my experience anyway). We do need to take the increase of speed into consideration when discussing this. I'm all for raising the limit to 80 in appropriate areas, but we do need to actually look and see what effect the change is going to have before making a decision.
Furthermore, I really do think that a blanket 80mph restriction would be foolish, and that the 70mph limit should remain on roads where it's needed. The 80 should only be applied on certain roads where it is regularly safe to travel at such speeds.
PS, come up and have a drive on the M8. You can enjoy a drop to 60 another drop to 50, back up to 70, then right down to 40 over the Whitecart viaduct(All bar the last one are actually pretty sensible for the road in question).
Think of the lives that could be saved by driverless cars though. Once the technology is available shouldn't saving lives take priority of wanting to drive yourself?
Maybe not right now but in the future it's likely that computers will be able to do these things better than humans can.
Yes but I would expect it would basically be a joystick to allow the car to be moved at a slow speed to a safe place.
Fair enough, as long as when you do get collared for doing 50% over the speed limit, you don't wail 'Woe is me, I'm so hard done by'.So now you've all choked on your tea, let me just say that I am a very experienced driver and have been professionally trained. I DO NOT drive as fast as I can all the time, it is only very rare that I push the car to see what it is capable of and to clear out the valves and turbo.
Love and Peace to all
It's time for some righteous indignation people......
I travel on the motorway as fast as the traffic and weather allows me. If it is clear, I will drive at an average of 100 - 110mph (indicated + slowing down for any potential risks ahead), if busy I don't accelerate between lane hoggers and just stay at whatever the speed of the traffic is.
I always drive exactly to the conditions, if there is nothing, it is clear and dry, I have been known to get up to 140mph in my saab. I once got up to 155mph on the autobahns in a merc E class and 160mph on the Nuerburgring Nordschleife. (btw the picture is my friend crashing the S2000, not me!)
So now you've all choked on your tea, let me just say that I am a very experienced driver and have been professionally trained. I DO NOT drive as fast as I can all the time, it is only very rare that I push the car to see what it is capable of and to clear out the valves and turbo.
Love and Peace to all
Michael Schumacher was a very confident driver on the race track but he still had a few crashes. Your reckless driving is putting the lives of other people at risk.
[/QUOTE]Exactly. And even highly competent drivers should have NO experience of estimating what a plonker shooting along at those speeds looks like in their mirror. Or even the startling effect on concentration of being overtaken by someone doing twice their speed when they are at the limit. If you truly are "professionally trained", then I would have though the most professional way to drive is within the law.
The only way may well be a lifetime ban.
brilliant, keep em coming, let me taste your tears
