http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Tailgating encouraged in future motoring" en Sun, 31 May 2026 22:33:34 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6854#post-72717 Wed, 30 May 2012 12:10:06 +0000 crowriver 72717@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>However we have to defend the illusion of free choice: the great car economy depends upon it! Mr Greig would be out of a job if everyone took the train. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6854#post-72712 Wed, 30 May 2012 11:29:54 +0000 kaputnik 72712@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, as railways long ago worked out, the most efficient way to move loads around the country was to work out who's all going from and to the same places, join them together and move them in one go! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6854#post-72707 Wed, 30 May 2012 11:14:16 +0000 crowriver 72707@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmmm. This technological wizardry reminds me of something. Carriages travelling all connected together, with a professional driver at the front who takes responsibility, thereby increasing the safety and efficiency of travel. I think they are called 'trains'?</p> <p>Clearly such a technology will never work, after all the great, all-knowing sage Neil Greig is sceptical! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6854#post-72702 Wed, 30 May 2012 10:55:18 +0000 amir 72702@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's true enough. Almost as if they want to draft to save fuel. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6854#post-72699 Wed, 30 May 2012 10:22:12 +0000 tammytroot 72699@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Anyone one leaving twenty feet between them and the car in front on the city bypass would soon find another car had nipped in to fill the space! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6854#post-72697 Wed, 30 May 2012 09:15:35 +0000 chdot 72697@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“Sitting in a car just 20ft behind another one while travelling at 53mph and relying totally on the technology may feel a bit scary, but the experiences gained so far indicate people acclimatise very quickly.”</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/transport/tailgating-encouraged-in-future-motoring-1-2326126" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/transport/tailgating-encouraged-in-future-motoring-1-2326126</a> </p>