Date:         Tue, 22 Nov 2005 19:08:36 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Top Speed
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>Getting fast quickly is more important than top speed, my 2 cents.

Absolutely. It's nice to know that your bus will do a high speed if
you ask it to, but...

...good acceleration is all-important on the open road. The less time
you spend in the wrong lane, the safer everyone is. Those who
overtake at  barely more than the speed of the vehicle ther are
overtaking are groissly inconsiderate at best (preventing anyone
behind from overtaking safely in the available stretch of straight
road); at worst they are a menace to safety.

  Of course those with a vehicle barely capable of overtaking might
say they can't HELP it... but of course they can. If they have a
gutless vehicle which they want to keep long-term, this is just an
excuse for not repowering it to make it safer.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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