There was one of those speed measuring trailers in our street last week.. You know the ones that when a car is speeding the message flashes at you “TOO FAST” “SLOW DOWN” and if you are under the speed limit it flashes your speed with a smiley face and “THANK YOU”. Well I was out for my night walk and there was no one around so I thought I’d see if I could run towards the thing and see how fast I was going. So I started about 100 metres away and ran down the middle of the road, flat out, towards this thing. Nothing recorded, but I nearly killed myself.. might be good for a young bloke but, hey, I’m over 60. I had to sit on the side of the road for about 10 minutes before I could walk. Not sure why it didn’t record me, maybe I need to be metal? Hmmmm. Next time I might try carrying a car bumper bar.
Oooh, hello! It’s been a long time since you last posted here, good to see you back
This made me smile, what a great story!
Great story. Things designed for cars don’t like working for humans. Where I use to live there were traffic lights that were red unless they sensed a car. We tried lots of things to make them change, including standing where we thought the pressure points and all jumping at once……didn’t work though.
Made me giggle too!
I suspect you have to weigh about a ton and be travelling at 30mph. Is either of those things true?
Hello, good to see you again after so long. Love that mental image you provide with your post. I would disagree with your title tho, that was far from stupid – it was inspired! Why would you NOT do it?