Clever BBC - they are using the same satnav picture as the Telegraph in the article linked by Mostdom on page 1. _________________ Dennis
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Joined: Nov 30, 2008 Posts: 22 Location: Sheffield, UK
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 11:47 am Post subject:
couple of thoughts:
- When do we ever drive within the limits of our headlights!? in order to be able to stop in the distance you can see in headlights (dipped anyway), wouldn't you have to be going about 10mph? Usually you rely on there being nothing unlit in the darkness ahead of you.
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 12254 Location: Keynsham
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 1:07 pm Post subject:
gcranston wrote:
couple of thoughts:
- When do we ever drive within the limits of our headlights!? in order to be able to stop in the distance you can see in headlights (dipped anyway), wouldn't you have to be going about 10mph? Usually you rely on there being nothing unlit in the darkness ahead of you.
The wording I used was "I drive within the limit of my view range" - if dipped headlights only give that range relevant to 10mph (e.g. thick fog?) then I drive at 10mph. It is madness to do any other - the same madness as closing one's eyes and running across a busy road or through a shopping mall - if we cannot see where we are going, we shouldn't go!! Try it - put on a blindfold and run to your local shop. _________________ Dennis
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TT Support 08451610009 - A) issue, B) challenge, C) problem, D) cockup
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 4829 Location: East Sussex, UK
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 4:47 pm Post subject:
gcranston wrote:
.. in order to be able to stop in the distance you can see in headlights (dipped anyway), wouldn't you have to be going about 10mph? Usually you rely on there being nothing unlit in the darkness ahead of you.
Surely your dipped headlights extend to at least 45 feet, giving a speed for stopping of at least 30mph. Apart from that, if you are on dipped, surely there is something coming the othe way, or the visibility is good anyway?
Although the map image shown is still incorrect... :/
My email said: "Thank you for contacting Tele Atlas. Based on a review of your report, we can now confirm that the change you suggested has been made. It will go out in the next release of our map database. This report is now closed."
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Although the map image shown is still incorrect... :/
My email said: "Thank you for contacting Tele Atlas. Based on a review of your report, we can now confirm that the change you suggested has been made. It will go out in the next release of our map database. This report is now closed."
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They never did reply to any of my emails. I don't think they realise what has happened there! Although google has updated their maps the show those roads hashed out.
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 11974 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 1:14 pm Post subject:
indeed - which uses TeleAtlas maps, so perhaps the map image shown on the report page shows 'what we reported as being wrong' as oppose to 'what it now looks like on the maps'
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