Traffic density

will3

How's yours?

I counted cars passing me today on the basis that
they don't count if they're going the other way
they don't count if I'm on an off-road cycle lane
they don't count if I;m in a bus lane and they're not
they don't count if you've stopped to fix puncture/have fag/chat to friend/eat pie and chips etc
I can subtract one for ever car I pass that would be moving/going faster were it not for lights/congestion etc ie not just parked (none on this occasion)

total in 20.5 miles was 26 of which 9 were in the first 18 miles.

Gussio

It was brutal down the King's Road last night, with road works and Chelsea playing (poorly) at home. Too many cars to count.

cjcp

"In the country, no-one can hear you scream..."



Rammed. This is London, baby.

Roastie

Even on a quiet morning I'd estimate at very least 100 cars.

prawny

Before I got to the subtraction part I was thinking loads, but when the traffic is backed up in town like today, I'd be well into minus figures.

Aidy

What about passing cars that would be going faster were it not for the 30mph speed limit?

will3

Aidy wrote:

What about passing cars that would be going faster were it not for the 30mph speed limit?

THere aren't any are there? I've never noticed speed limits stopping cars going faster :twisted:

will3

cjcp wrote:

"In the country, no-one can hear you scream..."
.

Whereas in the city you can't hear yourself think

Oddjob62

will3 wrote:

Aidy wrote:

What about passing cars that would be going faster were it not for the 30mph speed limit?

THere aren't any are there? I've never noticed speed limits stopping cars going faster :twisted:

didn't you hear... cars don't have to obey speed limits if there's a bike in front of them FACT!

redvee

The only density I worry about is the density of the drivers and their attitiudes towards cyclists.

Wallace1492

redvee wrote:

The only density I worry about is the density of the drivers and their attitiudes towards cyclists.

Nice one.

However I also worry about the density of the tarmac/car/bus and how it is slightly at odds with the density of my head/arm/leg. I hope that my density, and that of the vehicle driver does not former to come in contact as some sort of Mythbuster.

cjcp

will3 wrote:

cjcp wrote:

"In the country, no-one can hear you scream..."
.

Whereas in the city you can't hear yourself think

Touche, sir.

rally200

If you don't count the two police horses guarding Olly Murs then it was 1 (sic one) on the way home tonight but the driver did try very, very hard to knock me off.

Clever Pun

I have a hard enough time counting my scalps

lost_in_thought

Wait, cars passing me or cars I pass?

prawny

lost_in_thought wrote:

Wait, cars passing me or cars I pass?

Take away cars you pass from cars that pass you.

I had a crack at this today, and I reckon I finished up at -31.

There were a couple of bits where I had to guess because I was filtering through 3 lanes of stationary traffic.

lost_in_thought

prawny wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

Wait, cars passing me or cars I pass?

Take away cars you pass from cars that pass you.

I had a crack at this today, and I reckon I finished up at -31.

There were a couple of bits where I had to guess because I was filtering through 3 lanes of stationary traffic.

Blimey. I'm too busy trying not to get squashed to keep count. Traffic density: high.

will3

A remarkably consistent 26 again today. of which
5 in first 10 miles
14 in first 18 miles

will3

I guess to normalise it we should divide by miles, so
for me 26/20.5 = 1.27 motors per mile

prawny

I got up to 99 by about half way (11ish miles)

Down 50 odd 2 miles later, back up to 80 something a couple of miles after that.
Then freefall from kingstanding, down to zero by perry barr dog track then down to -30 somthing by the time I got into town. It was really quiet today though, on a normal day I would be nearer -100 if I'd have tried yesterday my head would have exploded going through 2 miles of stationary dual carriageway.