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Those damn fools at channel seven...

Voiceover goes "Thousands of people are killed on the roads each year... now, a new invention that will halve that... a special story from the UK... a car where, even if you put your foot down... you can never exceed the speed limit"

WTF??

Again Naomi the midget uses sensationalism merely to sell ratings. The mentality that 'speed kills' is being advertised by the alleged 'current affairs' programs.

This further evidences the fact that Today Tonight / A Current Affair are merely tools for unresearched, blatent sensationalism purely for ratings.

Speed Kills? How many professional *race car* drivers are killed each year? The burocrats argue that they are 'trained professionals'. Well my contention is that a drivers' licence, in principle, should only be issued to those capable of being *safe* on the roads. It has been said numerous times before, but driver training saves lives. Speed does not kill. Poor drivers die. How many times can enthusiasts keep this up?

In my last irony, using a line from a current affair program that arguably seeded the scrounge of bull$hit current affair shows, i say SHAME.

/end rant*/

*disclaimer - for now

And TT also bash the speed camera revenue raising...WTF? Anything for a headline.

www.roadsense.com.au has good info on the issues.

The trucks were limited in top gear :P so we would just run a little higher revs, drop a gear and go as fast as was necessary. With 20 gears in the rig it was no problems.

Isnt it a proven theory that drivers concentrate harder when at higher speeds? i remeber reading it somewhere.

*goes to find where i read it from

Arnie voice: Ill be back

Michael

The only "current affairs" program worth watching (and even that's gone down hill lately) is the 7:30 Report.

Anyway, regarding T.T., here is sometthing I posted on another forum :P

In my area (Leichhardt -- inner-western Sydney) there has been a fuss over the erection of mobile phone towers in residential areas (the usual "microwaves will harm our children" type thing). There has been a community campaign (culminating in a protest) and attempts to lobby council to stop construction by Telstra (or its contractor).

Anyway, Today Tonight wanted to do a story on it so they spoke to the Mayor to see if she would agree to be in the story, which she did. However, Today Tonight wanted to stage a scene where "angry residents" would chase the Mayor down a street: the mayor refused, so TT pulled the story.

That's the kind of quality journalism they are into.

LW.

I *believe* the idea is to link the car via GPS that can determine the speed limit in the region you are in. Therefore, when you drive through a school area, your car will not reach a higher speed than 40.

Stupid idea really, what if there is an emergency situation where 'speed' can avert an accident? Would be pretty funny watching Mr 'A' hit Mr 'B' at a speed limited 40km/h

I *believe* the idea is to link the car via GPS that can determine the speed limit in the region you are in. Therefore, when you drive through a school area, your car will not reach a higher speed than 40.

Stupid idea really, what if there is an emergency situation where 'speed' can avert an accident? Would be pretty funny watching Mr 'A' hit Mr 'B' at a speed limited 40km/h

TT was basically just picking up on the same info that was in this SMH article.

LW.

... a car where, even if you put your foot down... you can never exceed the speed limit
gee that'd be great.....so you're out on a single lane highway somewhere, the putz in front of you is doing 95km/h and you want to overtake but you can't go any faster than 100??? That's really safe...bring on the head-on collisions :D

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