Timeline for Enforcing a speed limit in medieval times
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| Dec 30, 2018 at 13:26 | comment | added | Criggie | In medievel times, human life was cheap and wages were low. So there's the ability to throw manpower at the problem, and use a quantity of trained observers. | |
| Dec 26, 2018 at 3:34 | comment | added | L.Dutch♦ | @Dancrumb, that's what some people do with modern systems: they run like hell between the measuring points, then stop for a coffee just to lower the average speed. I am not saying it is smart. | |
| Dec 25, 2018 at 21:08 | comment | added | Dancrumb | @L.Dutch, they could, but stopping to ensure their average speed was low enough would defeat the point of running in the first place :) | |
| Dec 25, 2018 at 19:30 | comment | added | Richard | This is literally how "average speed cameras" work on the Motorways in the UK | |
| Dec 25, 2018 at 17:03 | comment | added | L.Dutch♦ | Theoretically a speeding guy could run until a certain point and then stop before the measuring guy, fooling the system. | |
| Dec 25, 2018 at 14:05 | history | answered | Glorfindel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |