Legal or Reckless Filtering???

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

lol, wut?



speed = distance / time

therefore time = distance / speed

the distance is 25 miles as quoted in the original post:


@40 mph you will cover it in 25miles/40mph = 0.625hours

@45 mph you will cover it in 25miles/45mph = 0.55hours (yes i know technically 0.555 recouring but as near as dammit)

therefore the difference in time between runs at 40 and 45 mph is 0.075 hours (0.075 = 0.625-0.55)

0.075 * 60 = 4.5 minutes

QED

Its your 'near as dammit' assumption that is your downfall Daniel-son!

Try the same sum using fractions, or with the true(er) figure for 5/9 of 0.555555555555556

(( 5/8 )-( 5/9 ))*60 = (0.625 - ~0.555555555555556)*60 = 4 1/6 = ~4.16666666666667 or 4 mins 10 seconds to you and I!!!

[21QUEST]

Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

....stuff.......

If you were a dog, I reckon, you'd be a terrier

Oh , haven't checked your sums bluey, so it better be correct haha


Ben

lol call it 4mins 20?

Originally Posted by injury_ian

lol call it 4mins 20?

Hahaha

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

Its your 'near as dammit' that is your downfall Daniel-son!

Try the same sum with the true figure of 0.555555555555556

0.625 - 0.555555555555556 = 4.16666666666667 or 4 mins 10 seconds

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

My-bad!!

'Rounding errors are a beeeatch'

quod erat demonstrandum

So errr, that's the maths lesson sorted and very much appreciate by the way. Back to the original question. Do we have any input from any of our friends in blue???

Originally Posted by Sevorg

So errr, that's the maths lesson sorted and very much appreciate by the way. Back to the original question. Do we have any input from any of our friends in blue???

I never see a police car, but not much they are going to do when they are stuck in the traffic and you are over 1/2 mile in front within 30 seconds. A bike cop is more likely to stop you and have a wee educational chat, than to write you a ticket.

They are not going to be standing in the middle of the motorway with a speed gun to see if you are doing more than 10mph over the speed of the traffic.

If you stick to the advise above you will appear to an onlooker as if you are being sensible so they probably wouldn't bother you anyway.

What you do need to watch is what I was saying about the fact that I weave and use whatever lane is available to me. At 45mph this would be seen as undertaking.