Comments on: Neon Signs Identify Police Patrol Cars (Apr, 1939) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/01/22/neon-signs-identify-police-patrol-cars/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:07:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Toronto http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/01/22/neon-signs-identify-police-patrol-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-1083401 Toronto Mon, 13 Dec 2010 05:41:42 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/01/22/neon-signs-identify-police-patrol-cars/#comment-1083401 The local cops had a portable speed radar warning sign on a street near me a few days ago. It was in a 50 kph zone (30 mph, more or less) but every car going by was blowing 60 at least. I sped up and hit it at 42 - not bad for a bicycle, but really too fast for the conditions. :0) (Lance Armstrong was, I believe, the first to average over 40 kph / 25 mph for an entire Tour de France. Me, I average 20 kph when I'm on tour, but then again, I'm carrying camping equipment.) The local cops had a portable speed radar warning sign on a street near me a few days ago. It was in a 50 kph zone (30 mph, more or less) but every car going by was blowing 60 at least.

I sped up and hit it at 42 – not bad for a bicycle, but really too fast for the conditions. :0)

(Lance Armstrong was, I believe, the first to average over 40 kph / 25 mph for an entire Tour de France. Me, I average 20 kph when I’m on tour, but then again, I’m carrying camping equipment.)

]]> By: darren http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/01/22/neon-signs-identify-police-patrol-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-1083400 darren Mon, 13 Dec 2010 05:01:20 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/01/22/neon-signs-identify-police-patrol-cars/#comment-1083400 With the amount of focus on Australian drivers who speed (including drivers going 2 or 3 kms over the limit) our politicians would be having a heart attack if cars didn't have speedometres and had to wait for a passing policecar to judge what a legal speed was. With the amount of focus on Australian drivers who speed (including drivers going 2 or 3 kms over the limit) our politicians would be having a heart attack if cars didn’t have speedometres and had to wait for a passing policecar to judge what a legal speed was.

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