I don't think you're a smug tw@t because you believe in laws or are critical of others. It's because you come over all holier than thou and immediately reach for gratuitous insults to attempt to boost your non argument.
"Holier than thou" is another deflection made by people who want to draw attention away from their failings. It is not a "non-argument" to point out that when you say "
Only learners and old ladies driving a Honda Jazz stick to 20 now" that you're ignoring people who drive at 20 (where that's the limit) because they respect the law.
Because it really doesn't matter a flying **** how much someone refuses to accept any of the arguments in favour of 20mph limits, or refuses to believe any of the evidence supporting such limits, that does not give them the right to break the law. It just doesn't. Society doesn't, cannot, work like that.
And I've not reached for any gratuitous insults. Any criticisms I make of people are genuine and heartfelt.
Not for the first time either. Insults I guess that someone like you wouldn't dare use if you weren't safely hidden behind your computer screen. Not very adult if you wish to be seen to be occupying the moral high ground.
No, indeed not for the first time, nor for the last.
I am consistent in my firm belief that people who object to life saving anti-pollution measures because
they think perpetuating pollution is a good thing, who object to 20mph speed limits in built-up areas despite the mass of evidence attesting to their benefits and their popularity because
they think they should never be expected to drive at less than 30mph are, indeed, morally bankrupt. And that they become even more deplorable when they try to make out that they are some kind of hero, someone to be admired, because of their refusal to countenance anything which benefits wider society if it inconveniences them.
And I would say that to anybody's face, any time, anywhere.
). It's really hard to guess what any particular engine is going to be like at a particular combination of load and RPM. Low load and high RPM, they generally run weak, low RPM and higher load, maybe a bit richer. Quite what that does to the various pollutants - NOx, CO, HC and CO2, I'm not sure. NOx is supposed to be bad at high combustion chamber temperatures - which we just shouldn't see at all in urban conditions. HC is typically bad at low RPM on "cammy" engines. All should be handled adequately by thevarious emissions control devices on newer cars, pretty much regardless of engine load and speed (within reason) in urban conditions, but maybe a bit more CO2 at higher RPM?
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