High Speed (200kph+) Road proposed

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Nov 20th 2013, 8:07 am

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scrubbedexpat141

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Re: High Speed (200kph+) Road proposed

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Originally Posted by the_red_sheep

Mine's continuous - damn those literal and efficient Japanese. It’s a pain in the hoop on a trip to AD, especially when there are passengers in the car so turning the music up to 11 isn’t socially acceptable.

Why not?

**** 'em. You're driving and paying (I know...) for the petrol. Your choice of surroundings.

Nov 20th 2013, 8:17 am

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Re: High Speed (200kph+) Road proposed

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Originally Posted by the_red_sheep

Mine's continuous - damn those literal and efficient Japanese. It’s a pain in the hoop on a trip to AD, especially when there are passengers in the car so turning the music up to 11 isn’t socially acceptable.

Driving a Toyota by any chance? I had that annoying issue in a RAV 4, but the Honda just bleeps one or twice and is then blessedly silent.

Nov 20th 2013, 8:25 am

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Re: High Speed (200kph+) Road proposed

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Originally Posted by Bahtatboy

But is it? I bet more people have died, on average per annum, between AD and Dubai than on the 'ring.

Depends on how you measure it. Some sources say as many as one person a month dies on the Nurburgring. That's pretty bad for a 'public' road that is only open at most 40 hours a week and is 14km long. AD to Dubai is say 90km, open 24 hours a day with thousands of vehicle movements.

Nov 20th 2013, 9:14 am

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Re: High Speed (200kph+) Road proposed

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Originally Posted by Meow

Driving a Toyota by any chance? I had that annoying issue in a RAV 4, but the Honda just bleeps one or twice and is then blessedly silent.

The new ones stop after a couple of beeps. My old one beeped all the time.

As annoying as they were - I now get a lot more speeding fines than I used to.

Nov 20th 2013, 9:15 am

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Re: High Speed (200kph+) Road proposed

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Originally Posted by Robajob

Fair point.

Nov 20th 2013, 9:31 am

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Re: High Speed (200kph+) Road proposed

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Originally Posted by Scamp

Mine just goes 'Bing' when I hit 121.

Then nothing, until I dip below and go back above.

My mrs makes a noise for a while then gives up.

This isn't a sex thread.............

Nov 20th 2013, 12:27 pm

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Re: High Speed (200kph+) Road proposed

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Originally Posted by Robajob

The Nurburgring is a fairly challenging circuit full of nasty decreasing radius bends and no run off areas, a different prospect to a mainly straight motorway that can be designed to allow high speeds.