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From: Hog on 4 May 2010 06:09 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? -- Hog
From: Ace on 4 May 2010 06:12 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...
From: Hog on 4 May 2010 06:15 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. -- Hog
From: Ace on 4 May 2010 06:28 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...
From: Hog on 4 May 2010 06:30
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. -- Hog |