In a comparison between cars and cyclists, I’m a little amused that you’d call cars slow to accelerate. When driving, my main issue with cyclists wasn’t anything to do with traffic laws; it was just that, when stuck behind them, my trip was doomed to take a great deal longer. Granted, the only thing I believe ought to be done about it is to build more bike paths, but still; a cyclist calling automobiles slow to accelerate is worth a laugh!
In a 30 kph zone with multiple stops the acceleration is probably more relevant assuming that the car was intending to obey traffic laws. On long stretches of road with higher speed limits the limiting factor is definitely max speed but then you can usually overtake.
In a comparison between cars and cyclists, I’m a little amused that you’d call cars slow to accelerate. When driving, my main issue with cyclists wasn’t anything to do with traffic laws; it was just that, when stuck behind them, my trip was doomed to take a great deal longer. Granted, the only thing I believe ought to be done about it is to build more bike paths, but still; a cyclist calling automobiles slow to accelerate is worth a laugh!
Ah yes acceleration = max speed
Go back to school and apologize to your physics teacher
In a 30 kph zone with multiple stops the acceleration is probably more relevant assuming that the car was intending to obey traffic laws. On long stretches of road with higher speed limits the limiting factor is definitely max speed but then you can usually overtake.
Yes but the post is about intersections and red lights…
Yes, still amused. Automobiles indeed have higher max speed than cyclists do, and they also accelerate more quickly.