Fair one and despite my pious posting if you give me the keys to an f430 or gallardo and access to the roads in southern france, that thing is gonna get ragged
Thoughts on Excessive Speed
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There is an interesting one on my way to work - the dual carriageway is still a 40 limit for the first 200-300 yards or so but a lot of people go straight to whatever speed they'll do the rest of the dual-carriageway which technically puts many people into a band B or C speeding offence - which might surprise many of them if caught. The police used to do a kind of sneaky checkpoint there but I've not seen it in awhile. Interestingly though on the dual-carriageway itself the local police have a fairly tolerant policy (not to be depended on) and generally don't pull people for up to 85MPH unless driving badly.
People tend to slow down mostly because of real life experiences. That and the need to impress others becoming less and less relevant.
I still like having a "spirited" drive every now and then, seems a bit pointless having a sporty car and driving like a granny, i just try and stick to quite roads, normally early hours when going to work at 4 am, but nothing crazy
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These are the same people posting LOLz comments on videos of Brazillian criminal gangs hacking a live (and usually screaming) person to death with blunt machetes. You really think they'll be traumatised by some comparatively tame dashcam footage?show the real 'good' stuff from car fatalities - the stuff the police, medics etc have to deal with and you'll find those folks that are desenstised would be sleeping beside their mum while necking a load of diazepam to settle themselves
Agreed - which is why travelling at 150mph+ when they happen is also "not good"Those would fall into my opinion of "not good" conditions
Agreed - which is why travelling at 150mph+ when they happen is also "not good"
Which is why I prefaced my post with driving to the conditions of the road that most people have skimmed over.
As @DRZ pointed out theres some absolutely hysterical posts in this thread.
Drive an EV. It'll get to 60 really quick and then become slower and if you do 90 on the motorway the range will plummet making like the hare and tortoise One of the benefits of a fast car is that you don't have to drive it fast but the margins for error in terms of grip, brakes and handling are higher than a slower car.
One of the benefits of a fast car is that you don't have to drive it fast but the margins for error in terms of grip, brakes and handling are higher than a slower car.
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quote one? i'm curious to see what you think is hysterical too. @DRZ has already shown they can't understand that speed can play a factor in turning minor issues into major ones, i'm betting you're in the same boat.
Thoughts:
- where I live it’s been pointless having a fast car for years. There’s just too much traffic to genuinely use any serious level of performance. The only time I usually see performance are in the traffic light Grand Prix that I actively avoid. It’s just willy waving and shows a complete lack of mechanical sympathy
- I do have an MX5 as a “fun” commuter as it’s possible to enjoy myself at legal speeds
- when I watch other drivers who do speed, they usually only end up in the same traffic jam that I’m in. By speeding, they’re usually just burning more fuel to get to the next set of slow moving traffic faster
- by repeatedly speeding an getting caught, you’re actually FUNDING the speed cameras that we have
I’m nowadays trying to focus on smooth driving within the speed limit. It’s a different way to take pleasure in driving, by trying to “excel” in polite and smoothness
- where I live it’s been pointless having a fast car for years. There’s just too much traffic to genuinely use any serious level of performance. The only time I usually see performance are in the traffic light Grand Prix that I actively avoid. It’s just willy waving and shows a complete lack of mechanical sympathy
- I do have an MX5 as a “fun” commuter as it’s possible to enjoy myself at legal speeds
- when I watch other drivers who do speed, they usually only end up in the same traffic jam that I’m in. By speeding, they’re usually just burning more fuel to get to the next set of slow moving traffic faster
- by repeatedly speeding an getting caught, you’re actually FUNDING the speed cameras that we have
I’m nowadays trying to focus on smooth driving within the speed limit. It’s a different way to take pleasure in driving, by trying to “excel” in polite and smoothness
Radical notion that if the M5 was cleared and prepped as a race track it could be used safely as a race track.
Not a particularly useful notion since this is about excessive speed in unprepared conditions and with other road users not signed up for these stunts around them.
That reminds me.
Some many years back we were driving, as you say, through southern france, very nice road winding through fields and woodland and mild hills.
Car tore past us at terrific speed.
Few miles down the road some cars had pulled up and a frenchman was flagging down vehicles asking if anyone had a mobile phone (yeah this long ago).
Car that sped past us was was upside down some distance into a field a little below the road level.
Guess something unexpected turned up.
Not a particularly useful notion since this is about excessive speed in unprepared conditions and with other road users not signed up for these stunts around them.
Fair one and despite my pious posting if you give me the keys to an f430 or gallardo and access to the roads in southern france, that thing is gonna get ragged
That reminds me.
Some many years back we were driving, as you say, through southern france, very nice road winding through fields and woodland and mild hills.
Car tore past us at terrific speed.
Few miles down the road some cars had pulled up and a frenchman was flagging down vehicles asking if anyone had a mobile phone (yeah this long ago).
Car that sped past us was was upside down some distance into a field a little below the road level.
Guess something unexpected turned up.
The nature of the events I mentioned is that they are unpredictable - I was more referring to normal human beings who are unable to react to things happening before they know they are going to happen
yea you're probably right to be fair. maybe have them rock up to the scene and start lifting body parts, that might just shake them from their malaise. i'm sure the emergency services would appreciate the help
Any of the ones that quoted my post without taking time to digest what I actually said.
I often think about this, and to be honest given the amount of terrible drivers around, speeding is often unwise.
Having owned an M4 Competition, you can't even begin to legally exploit these cars on the road. Even my current 730d exceeds most speed limits without even trying.
And as people say, you are often stuck in a line of 15 cars and can't overtake even if you wanted to. It's fun now and again but you always feel as though you're holding these fast cars back...
That's not to say there isn't a time and a place, country roads when it isn't busy - but then I end up worrying about animals running out.
I tend to just waft around now and have the odd blast where appropriate on roads I'm very familiar with.
Having owned an M4 Competition, you can't even begin to legally exploit these cars on the road. Even my current 730d exceeds most speed limits without even trying.
And as people say, you are often stuck in a line of 15 cars and can't overtake even if you wanted to. It's fun now and again but you always feel as though you're holding these fast cars back...
That's not to say there isn't a time and a place, country roads when it isn't busy - but then I end up worrying about animals running out.
I tend to just waft around now and have the odd blast where appropriate on roads I'm very familiar with.
So you can't quote one
So you can't quote one
That must have taken some impressive mental gymnastics.