nippontiger 8 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Apparently, there have been so many injuries in Swiss ski resorts, they're introducing speed cameras in a bid to warn people about how fast they're actually travelling.... BBC NEWS Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 surely many people (myself included) would take this as a challenge and try and see how fast them can bomb it down a run? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I'd like to sit next to that speed meter and note the maniacs. Link to post Share on other sites
me jane 0 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Originally Posted By: spook surely many people (myself included) would take this as a challenge and try and see how fast them can bomb it down a run? Yeah, unless they have speed limits and punishments they are able to carry out, it would be more of an attraction than a deterrent. Link to post Share on other sites
contender 0 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Im using a GPS to see how fast I ski. Quite interesting actually. Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I'm the one behind spook trying to pass him. Link to post Share on other sites
neversummer 0 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 How fast are you going contender? Link to post Share on other sites
contender 0 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Did top to bottom at happo and had a top speed of about 80 km/h. Aiming for 100. Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 damn that is fast! crack the ton! Link to post Share on other sites
Peter North 0 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 That's really slow actually. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Agreed, that's quite slow. On the expressway I drive at 110. And that's not even sloped. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Is that miles or km thursday? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 ahem, cough, km Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Speed is all well and good if you can control it and not take other skiers out. I have seen some pretty nuts stuff over this long weekend. People absolutely fanging it down the slopes and knocking over little kids on the green runs...pretty poor form. When these speedsters are going fast from top to bottom, surely there are area's (like the green/family slopes) where they should be reminded to slow it down for the safety of others. And especially when coming into the lift lines. The amount of out of control speed demons that have come into the lift queue either narrowly missing or actually hitting people over the last few days of the long weekend has been ridiculous. But why not install a speed camera on a race course section of the mountain so that those who want to push the limits can do so and get their kicks away from the kiddies in ski school. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 That kind of behaviour is from people who can't control their speed. The intermediates if you like. Good skiers will not do that. I have seen it alot these few years Mamabear. In Niseko, they are invariably from Aussie boarders who scrape it up into the lift queue, then go "woohoo" as they cut into the queue. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Not arguing the point, but we have had a few push through the queue as if they are Gods Greatest Gift since we have been here - and not an Aussie among them. Mind you we could have sorted them out had they been! Yesterday a female skier in full piece suit - lovely eighties design - pushed past 15 people behind us to try and split through my friend and I. She close the gap eyeballed the woman and said "I don't think so LOVE!"....so she went around - another 20 people to get right in the front of the queue. My best guess at Nationality - some kind of European. But the other queue jumpers, and queue crashers have all been Chinese. It ticks me that they go so close up in the queue when they can't control it. I would rather throw myself down in a heap than slam into some kid in a queue! If you are THAT good on a board then scooting to the lift is not going to be a problem for you is it? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Mamabear, how do you know they are Chinese? Do they come up and say, "we're Chinese, so don't mess with the Wongs, rememember the Warriors?" Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 LOL! I live in Claremont!! We have a huge Asian population - Half the kids at my boys school are either Chinese or Japanese! aaaahhhhh....we might have pegged it wrong in much the same way as Europeans might mistake me for a KIWI...close... Editted to add: Also I was only in China a month or so ago. I still have a few phrases... Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Mamabear, I think you're a trained diplomat. Stay there 'til March, I'd love to meet you. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Hee hee...if I stayed here until March I would need a speed camera on me Thurs! It is amazing what a difference a couple of days in Niseko's Powder does to a girl - learnt to do 360's today - natural AND goofy! That kinda gives a girl the confidence to go a bit faster ... then ....BAM - Face down in the snow - and YUP you guessed it HUBBY had the video running!! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Ah, but will you be sharing with us? Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 LOL Wish I had a camera on me for my wipeout today! First Tracks - up in the Gondola with the boy, chasing him down the ungroomed underneath the Gondola - and BAM - caught an edge. Triple flip and the board ended up rammed in hard on the tip - looked like a flaming headstone!! Got hurt, but I am going back for more tomorrow morning. As for sharing - my computer is not downloading from Papabears camera for some reason - so all the stuff is on his, but the editting package is on mine - so we will have to wait until we get home before I can get the raw stuff into uploadable content ... but why not - you all deserve a good laugh! Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted January 16, 2008 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted January 16, 2008 Will be looking forward to it Mamabear! Hope you enjoy the rest of your trip. Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Originally Posted By: contender Did top to bottom at happo and had a top speed of about 80 km/h. Aiming for 100. how long did it take.... Link to post Share on other sites
johndknm 0 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 My wife tagged along the instructor on an extended non beginner ski course several years ago and they had GPS Max downhill speed on the run to the base was 103klm/hr mostly on green runs. bit of black at top then blue. Start was an old racing downhill course. 80 is a bit fast 100 is scary >100 is heart racing whoooosh Link to post Share on other sites
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