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Asked by domrusch to Kate, Kieren, Nicola, Rowena, Roy on 7 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by laurenfisher.
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Kate Nicholson answered on 7 Mar 2014:
In my opinion (REALLY not wanting to agree with Mr Clarkson) speed cameras.
They only slow down motorists at that one point of road, not consistently over miles, and the drastic slamming on of brakes as motorists spot them is dangerous in itself.
I would say (much as I hate them) that average speed cameras provide a far better deterrent to speeding motorists, and there is no way any of the mapping tech can help those wanting to speed and then not get caught avoid them.
I will add that I live in the only county in England to not have any fixed speed cameras, and it also has the lowest number of incidents caused by speeding too. Coincidence?
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Rowena Fletcher-Wood answered on 8 Mar 2014:
Energy drinks. They give you a quick boost then a massive come down, leaving you having to drink loads just to be okay. The sugar components they have in them are really bad for you and have far more than healthy amounts. They’re also stuffed with caffeine which is a very mind altering addictive drug (look up caffeine spider. Caffeine spider is more messed up than LSD spider). Plus I don’t even think they taste nice!
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Kieren Bradley answered on 9 Mar 2014:
The paperweight, unless your office is outside do you really need a big lump of glass to stop your paper from disappearing? Or maybe the shoe horn, I usually end up getting them in Christmas crackers but I can’t say I’ve ever put a shoe on with one. There is an interesting concept from Japan called Chindogu: (From Wikipedia) “Chindōgu (珍道具?) is the Japanese art of inventing ingenious everyday gadgets that, on the face of it, seem like an ideal solution to a particular problem. However, chindōgu has a distinctive feature: anyone actually attempting to use one of these inventions would find that it causes so many new problems, or such significant social embarrassment, that effectively it has no utility whatsoever. Thus, chindōgu are sometimes described as “unuseless” – that is, they cannot be regarded as “useless” in an absolute sense, since they do actually solve a problem; however, in practical terms, they cannot positively be called “useful”.”
There are some really interesting useless inventions, how about a portable zebra crossing to make crossing the road easier (such a shame you need to roll it out across a busy road without getting run over).
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