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From: DozynSleepy on 4 May 2010 07:00 On 04/05/2010 11:30, Hog wrote: > Ace wrote: >> On Tue, 4 May 2010 11:15:11 +0100, "Hog" >> <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> Ace wrote: >>>> On Tue, 4 May 2010 11:09:34 +0100, "Hog" >>>> <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>>> DozynSleepy wrote: >>>>>> On 04/05/2010 09:39, CT wrote: >>>>>>> Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The GTR is distressingly thirsty when pressing on. I filled up >>>>>>>> near St Quentin, and got the low fuel light as I approached the >>>>>>>> port. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Try riding with two Ducatis. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Fill up, thrash 60 miles up the Autoroute at "interesting" speeds >>>>>>> and then stop to fill up again! >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Heh, avoidance of the autoroute average speed tax ;-) >>>>> >>>>> Your comment hints at something mentioned in the thread. Have they >>>>> started timing people on the AR? >>>> >>>> Naah, but it must be about time for the myth to raise its head >>>> again... >>> >>> Given that the Vichy French seem to be taking over I expect it's >>> only a matter of time anyway. >>> It would be so simple to reprogram their billing system such that it >>> gets progressively more expensive at the toll booth depending on how >>> quickly you have travelled. >> >> Only if all the toll booths, and the several motorway operators, >> implemented a timed, synchronised and calibrated system. Be expensive >> to do, and not likely to happen anytime soon, unless they were allowed >> to keep the fines themselves... > > They only need to mention The Children and you have a ready made > justification. > It only needs to be done at the cheap, easy and obvious sections after all. > > I'd bet a ton that some buzy little bees are working on such a thing. > You don't even need to mention the children anymore, just the income. -- DozynSleepy
From: Tim on 4 May 2010 06:59 In message <bitvt5lrha6hq4ne5sfsofdsjuj421fhmc(a)4ax.com>, Ace <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> writes >On Tue, 4 May 2010 11:15:11 +0100, "Hog" ><sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: > >>Ace wrote: >>> On Tue, 4 May 2010 11:09:34 +0100, "Hog" >>> <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> DozynSleepy wrote: >>>>> On 04/05/2010 09:39, CT wrote: >>>>>> Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> The GTR is distressingly thirsty when pressing on. I filled up >>>>>>> near St Quentin, and got the low fuel light as I approached the >>>>>>> port. >>>>>> >>>>>> Try riding with two Ducatis. >>>>>> >>>>>> Fill up, thrash 60 miles up the Autoroute at "interesting" speeds >>>>>> and then stop to fill up again! >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Heh, avoidance of the autoroute average speed tax ;-) >>>> >>>> Your comment hints at something mentioned in the thread. Have they >>>> started timing people on the AR? >>> >>> Naah, but it must be about time for the myth to raise its head >>> again... >> >>Given that the Vichy French seem to be taking over I expect it's only a >>matter of time anyway. >>It would be so simple to reprogram their billing system such that it gets >>progressively more expensive at the toll booth depending on how quickly you >>have travelled. > >Only if all the toll booths, and the several motorway operators, >implemented a timed, synchronised and calibrated system. Be expensive >to do, and not likely to happen anytime soon, unless they were allowed >to keep the fines themselves... > Synchronisation is a doddle. I bet they could do it for far less expense than what you're thinking. -- Tim
From: Hog on 4 May 2010 07:16 DozynSleepy wrote: > On 04/05/2010 11:30, Hog wrote: >> I'd bet a ton that some buzy little bees are working on such a thing. >> > > You don't even need to mention the children anymore, just the income. Betting you are glad not to have hacked down to France last weekend. Weather being as it was! -- Hog
From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 4 May 2010 07:19 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Tim <tim(a)nospam.osvif.demon.co.uk> typed >In message <bitvt5lrha6hq4ne5sfsofdsjuj421fhmc(a)4ax.com>, Ace ><b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> writes >> >>Only if all the toll booths, and the several motorway operators, >>implemented a timed, synchronised and calibrated system. Be expensive >>to do, and not likely to happen anytime soon, unless they were allowed >>to keep the fines themselves... >> >Synchronisation is a doddle. I bet they could do it for far less >expense than what you're thinking. Clocks set from the Berlin radio signal, or a GPS receiver would do the job adequately. -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" I've always been a man who's open to persuasion
From: Tim on 4 May 2010 07:32
In message <vg0HF6IXLA4LJAY1(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk>, Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> writes >Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Tim ><tim(a)nospam.osvif.demon.co.uk> typed >>In message <bitvt5lrha6hq4ne5sfsofdsjuj421fhmc(a)4ax.com>, Ace >><b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> writes >>> >>>Only if all the toll booths, and the several motorway operators, >>>implemented a timed, synchronised and calibrated system. Be expensive >>>to do, and not likely to happen anytime soon, unless they were allowed >>>to keep the fines themselves... >>> >>Synchronisation is a doddle. I bet they could do it for far less >>expense than what you're thinking. > >Clocks set from the Berlin radio signal, or a GPS receiver would do the >job adequately. > Indeed so, anyway for the level of accuracy they need the network time protocol is probably good enough. Then all you need is a UUID for each ticket and a messaging system (e.g. MQ) and you could get a response from the thing in a very short time. -- Tim |