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> When your car is wrapped around a guardrail/light post/pillar/whatever > after ignoring the advisory speed limit because you can't tell how fast > you're going, I'm sure you'll be able to think of a reason. > You mean you can't tell how fast you are going without a speedometer??? Holy ****, it's scary as Hell to know that I'm sharing the road with ou. -Dave |
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"C.H." > wrote in
news > On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 23:25:36 +0000, Jim Yanik wrote: > >> "C.H." > wrote in >> news >> >>> I don't think you have the knowledge to understand that the >>> oscillator is not the only component in a transmitter, that >>> influences its freqency characteristics. I also don't think you ever >>> have been in a situation where you had no radio contact to the >>> tower. >> >> This shows you have no knowledge of how Gunn oscillators work,or >> microwave signal generation. > >> IOW,you don't know what you're talking about WRT radar guns or >> jammers. > > I think talking to you is pointless. You think you know everything and > that badmouthing someone else makes you look better. If you don't > understand that there is more to building a transmitter than buying an > off the shelf oscillator and hacking together the rest of the unit, > you better keep your hands of buidling high frequency electronics. You > could get hurt. > > Chris > Got news for you;I'm an experienced electronic technician with microwave training,experienced in use of spectrum analyzers and mW power measuring meters,and have worked on HF electronics since I was a teenager. AND,I know what a Gunn oscillator is,and how they work. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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Scott en Aztlán > wrote in
: > On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 18:59:40 -0500, > (Matthew Russotto) spake thus: > >>I'm not allowing myself to be governed by any rules >>by using the roads. The government says I am, naturally. But really, >>their rules are simply so because they are backed up by good old >>fashioned force. If I can break the rules and avoid being caught, >>that's fine. The rules are arbitrary and capricious. There's nothing >>wrong in itself about breaking them. > > So you see no value in stop signs, traffic signals, KRETP, and all the > other rules of the road that currently exist, and will flaut them all > whenever you think you can do so without getting caught? > Well,that IS the way most people drive these days! ;-) -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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Pat O'Connell > wrote in
news:kH4re.100409$Wr.10583@fed1read04: > Dave wrote: >>>>Not at all. If you really needed the advisory sign, chances are you >>>>wouldn't have lived long enough to see it. >>> >>> Whatever. >>> >>> But you can no longer claim that "nobody has responded with a >>> reason..." >>> >> >> Nobody has responded with a valid reason. > > When your car is wrapped around a guardrail/light post/pillar/whatever > after ignoring the advisory speed limit because you can't tell how fast > you're going, I'm sure you'll be able to think of a reason. > Different cars have a different driving feel,and one can be going deceptively fast and not realize it in some cars,while in others,it can feel too fast when you're actually going slower than other traffic.Some cars/SUVs insulate one from the road very well,perhaps too well.Without a speedo to give you an initial idea of the vehicle's speed,you only have other traffic as a reference.If you're alone,that reference is gone. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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william lynch > wrote in
: > I doubt it. If he doesn't believe that speed kills then he > probably doesn't believe in seat belts, either. Speed by itself does not kill,it's the sudden stop that does. Which comes from other causes. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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"Harry K" > wrote in
oups.com: > > > Scott en Aztlán wrote: >> On 12 Jun 2005 21:26:19 GMT, Bert Hyman > spake >> thus: >> >> My speedometer has a heads-up display. >> >> -- >> Life is short - drive fast! >> http://www.geocities.com/scottenaztlan/ > > Mine has a voice warning, rather shrill at times. > > Harry K > Wouldn't that be your navigator or co-pilot? 8-) -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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> We're talking about an off-ramp here. Generally the way it works is > you glance at your speedometer while you are decelerating in the > deceleration lane, verify that you have scrubbed off enough speed to > enter the turn, You need a speedometer for that?!? C'mon . . . -Dave |
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Jim Yanik wrote:
> > Scott en Aztlán > wrote: > > > (Matthew Russotto) spake thus: > > > >>I'm not allowing myself to be governed by any rules > >>by using the roads. The government says I am, naturally. But really, > >>their rules are simply so because they are backed up by good old > >>fashioned force. If I can break the rules and avoid being caught, > >>that's fine. The rules are arbitrary and capricious. There's nothing > >>wrong in itself about breaking them. > > > > So you see no value in stop signs, traffic signals, KRETP, and all the > > other rules of the road that currently exist, and will flaut them all > > whenever you think you can do so without getting caught? When you approach a 4-way stop at an intersection in the middle of nowhere at midnight on a full-moon night with clear visibility half a mile in every direction, is it REALLY a sin to make a California rolling stop rather than the full stop prescribed by law? Most laws that prevent us from doing perfectly rational things were devised by and/or for people who are not capable of being rational. > Well,that IS the way most people drive these days! ;-) -- Cheers, Bev ================================ Eat right. Stay fit. Die anyway. |
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The Real Bev wrote:
> Most laws that prevent us from doing > perfectly rational things were devised by and/or for people who are not > capable of being rational. As always, people come up with unfounded reasons as to what they think is the reasoning behind a given law. As I've posted before, most stop signs could be replaced by yield signs. In Europe, stops signs are relatively rare. It would make much more sense to not issue a license to people who cannot act rationally. |
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"Arif Khokar" > wrote in message ... > Pat O'Connell wrote: > >> Arif Khokar wrote: > >>> A good driver knows how fast he's able to take a curve without the need >>> of an advisory limit. All he needs to know is that there's a curve >>> ahead and that it is constant radius. > >> AFAIK ramps are never marked as "constant radius." > > They don't have to be marked constant radius. Non-constant radius curves > on ramps and highways are not frequently encountered and should be noted > through yellow diamond signage. > >>> The last thing I'll look at while in a curve is what my speedometer >>> says. > >> It's your funeral. > > So you're saying that I should ignore what's ahead of me in the curve as > well as not pay attention to traffic on the road I'm planning to merge on > and just look at my speedometer then? how long does it take most people to glance at their speedometer? i use it as reference all the time when heading onto an offramp with a turn obscured by a bridge, a grade, or darkness. i rekon i can see in a split second what my current speed is as i decelerate, and i check that against the advisory speed limit. brink |
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