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In article 21130@acorn.co.uk, steve@acorn.co.uk (Steve "daffy" Hunt) writes:
>: Just because it's 3 in the morning, does not mean that hitting someone
>: at 45mph will be any less dangerous does it?
>
>No, but should be easier to avoid incidents when there is less traffic
>around.  At night there are far fewer other road users to deal with,
>so each can get a bigger share of your attention.  Thus you should be
>able to do a better job of reading the road and predicting the actions
>of other road users than you can in the day.  Obviously vision is the
>main drawback; when relying on headlights, visual distance is usually
>the primary constraint on your speed, and you may have to adjust your
>speed when switching from main beam to dipped and back.
>

	It's a lot easier to see other cars coming at night, although it
doesn't help that most of them seem to have a complete disregard for everyone
else, and keep their headlights full beam.

	It's a lot harder to see pedestrians, and there are still some around
at that time. Motorways I agree you can go somewhat faster. Having driven along
the M4 and M25 at 3am, it's lovely, no prats pulling in in front of you, or
floating along in the middle lane. And best of all, no lorries trying to break
the speed limit.

Richard Peat
uk.ac.rdg.susssys1