kph n. 公里/时
kph[ noun ]
the ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours)
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- Drivers who break the speed limit by more than 50 kph (31 mph) are liable to have their cars and their driving licences impounded on the spot.
- A 1.8- or two-litre engine spinning at nearly 4,000 rpm at 75 mph (120 kph) does nothing for motorway fuel economy. Gearing that is too high can be counter-productive because it leads to excessive use of the lower ratios.
- It has beaches the size of those in Brittany, rocky summits and a rural interior laced with tiny, high-hedged lanes. Nowhere can you drive legally at more than 40 mph (64 kph).
- As speed rose, one ran wider and wider until, at 85 kph (53 mph), it aquaplaned out of control.
- A second vote on Sunday will determine if speed limits should be raised on major Swiss highways from 120 to 130 kilometers per hour (75 to 81 mph) and on main roads from 80 to 100 kph (50 to 62 mph).
- That is the legal limit on French autoroutes. It is lower in other European countries - as low as 90 kph in Norway.
- In the eyes of the law, however, you are equal. Neither of you can exceed 81 mph (130 kph) legally anywhere in Europe except on the less-crowded stretches of German autobahns.
- It sells a system developed by Coventry University - the former Lanchester Polytechnic - to weigh railway wagons while they are moving at speeds of up to 70 kph.
- Anyway, the best time for serious eating and drinking is at the end of the day, not in the middle of it. Germany's autobahnen are still free of a speed limit though a 130 kph (81 mph) maximum is recommended.