CityCyclingEdinburgh was launched on the 27th of October 2009 as "an experiment".
IT’S TRUE!
CCE is 16years old!
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It soon became useful and entertaining. There are regular posters, people who add useful info occasionally and plenty more who drop by to watch. That's fine. If you want to add news/comments it's easy to register and become a member.
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“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.”
http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/transport/tailgating-encouraged-in-future-motoring-1-2326126
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!
That's true enough. Almost as if they want to draft to save fuel.
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'?
Clearly such a technology will never work, after all the great, all-knowing sage Neil Greig is sceptical!
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!
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.
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