sylverstream

Just out of curiosity I had a look at their site. Ten minutes of my life wasted I'm not getting back. Essentially against everything in Agenda 2030 and the government is corrupt bla bla.

Just ignore, work from home if you can, and move on. Absolutely not worth your time.

I've given it three tries as everyone was raving about it. Just didn't click, guess just not my game which is fine. So perhaps it's not your game either.

Yep true, think my comparison is not entirely fair. Also, in NL the taxes are a lot higher; e.g. road tax / month for a petrol car is what we pay here per YEAR, diesel cars are even more expensive. Plus, there's an additional tax on new vehicles.

Also, if I hit a pole at 120km/h then the impact speed is 120km/h. If I have a head-on at 80km/h then the impact speed is 160km/h. So physically segregating traffic is the most effective infrastructure change to make, it is slow and expensive and impractical in most places.

I also initially thought that was the case, but it's not! http://warp.povusers.org/grrr/collisionmath.html There's no difference between 80km/h against a pole or wall vs 80km/h head on.

In The Netherlands, speed traps are done by a separate unit, they're not police officers. It's also fully automated and a separate speed tracked process within the legal system, anything below 30 km/h is fully automated & car owners are automatically invoiced and assumed in the wrong if caught in a speed trap. You have to go through many loops to appeal. It's a massive cash grab system and seen as just another tax as it's used to pay for completely unrelated things, like free school books.

While most people adhere to the limits, many people still exceed the limits as it's mostly safe to do so.

The low road toll there is mainly contributed to the very safe roads, and e.g. no crossings and traffic lights at 100km/hour roads, like here in NZ.

I've tried installing a skin a couple of times, every time ended up crashing Kodi as the skin was not supported for that version. I just gave up with custom skins.

Thanks for your insights! I think we're on the same page, I agree that some roads should be 80km/hour instead of 100. And indeed, risk of an injury crash seems to double from 80 to 100. I don't mind the couple of extra minutes.

I just see the police checking for speed too often on roads where it's easy to go over the limit, like the Kapiti Expressway, where I believe they should focus on e.g. 50km/h areas, checking for red light runners, alcohol, and tailgating.

Yes think we're on the same page. I have absolutely no need for speed anymore (I did when I was younger, I admit), I just don't think it makes sense to limit speed on certain roads at 100km / hour like the Kapiti Expressway. It should be 120km/h IMO. Police is checking for speed there very often as it's an easy cash grab, but I hardly see them in 50km/h areas where it's much less safe to go over the limit.

Guten tag :) I have always preferred driving in Germany, I've found them the best drivers in Europe when we did road trips. As people can go 200+ km on the left lane, they anticipate much better. I remember Dutch people were called NL, Nur Links, as they would stick too long in the left hand lane. Also found that people were more polite in Germany.

But perhaps it's all perception then!

I've driven at times when people are expected to drink, at night, at Friday afternoon, etc. Never tested once. And I've probably been speed tested thousands of times.

Yep totally agreed. 100 feels so slow there. Should be 120 or so.

I'm all for lowering speed limits in urban areas.

Also there should be more focus on other things like alcohol testing, fatigue, keeping distance, etc. But speed is easier to test and brings in cash.

There should be more focus on alcohol in my opinion. Speed is always a contributing factor but not often the causing factor. Keeping distance is another one many people need to understand better.

But lowering speed limits is easier and also brings in easy money as speed testing is very efficient.