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More information about the speedlimit: http://www.europe.org/speedlimits.html 160km/h is just made up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Erik Kok (talk • contribs) 11:30, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone know what this means?

is there a track wher they drive this cycle for 20 minutes?

Is it straight?

Are there any hills?

What controls are there for wind speed and direction?

Without these questions being addressed, the whole lot seems pointless.

Derek

Yes, it is a pretty appalling article. "is there a track wher they drive this cycle for 20 minutes?" No, it is done on a dyno. "Is it straight?" Yes "Are there any hills?" No "What controls are there for wind speed and direction?" No wind. The resistance curve of the dyno is set to give the same aero drag and so on as a car running on a flat track in still air. Greg Locock (talk) 10:51, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Any wikipedia article is constantly in the making... As an answer to Greg, I added an explanation about the test procedure (They make those tests where I work, but I don't do the driving). Since I made those edit for the French version, my English might need some fixing. I'm not sure about how to call the test bench (French "banc à rouleaux"). I also don't know how to call the table (or chart) that matches speed to force at the wheel (in French : "loi de route", litteraly : "road law"). I have some real-life data I'm thinking of using as example, but I would need to alter them since they are supposed to be confidential.--Corentinoger (talk) 11:17, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's a lot better. Well done. Greglocock (talk) 11:37, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There's a link to the "European Universities Debating Championship" on the "Driving cycles" side panel thingy, which I guess is not the page it was meant to link to. Since I'm an absolute n00b at wiki editing I will let the pros fix it. --Gigaherz01 (talk) 00:11, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The passage ' The transient velocities are much steeper in practice and more dynamic caused by the power surplus of modern engines' - as a criticism of the cycle - is very debatable, and is not really addressed in the cite. Sure - 0-60MPH times have gone from 14-10 seconds.

This somewhat irrelevant in that few drivers actually floor the accelerator every time they accelerate.

A comparison of actual driver accelerations in the 'real world' with the cycle would be valid. --Speedevil (talk) 03:16, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]