Speed Limits

by Abaddon 25 Replies latest jw friends

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  RAYZORBLADE

  Toronto, Ontario, Canada to Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. in under 5 hours.

  Imagine that?

  We pulled it off, no problem.

  My friend drove a Chevy Cavalier. That little sucker could fly. She kept that baby hot. We left my place at 1:15 p.m. and arrived in the Cleveland city limits just before 6:00 p.m., not bad at all.

  Speed limits posted were ridiculous on both sides of the border (Canada/USA) because no one was even remotely following the posted limit, but we....we passed everybody .

  I read several articles on-line and in print media regarding speed limits. For the most part, especially here in North America, our multi-lane expressways are designed to handle speeds of well over the posted speed limits. It's not the speed that kills, it's unskilled/poor drivers. Poor driving conditions contribute as well, but a skilled driver would drive (I hope) appropriately under these conditions.

  The funniest thing I saw, a Mercedez-Benz (of some class) driven by some lunatic, zipping and in and out of traffic in the most dangerous fashion. But hey, you know how it is over here in North America with these BMW/Mercedez owners. Instant-asshole syndrome.

  Anyways, this silver Mercedez went off ahead of us. We were doing around 70-75 mph. 5-10 minutes later, traffic comes to an instant crawl. What the f*@k? So there we are in an instant traffic jam on the QEW west of Toronto. Down the road, I see smoke, and lots of it. As we draw closer to the 'accident', we all start to shout "it was that f*ckin' Mercedez from earlier". This car was frontend bent up in an almost 90% angle, in a ball of flames. The only thing we could see was the back end, tilted to one side. Obviously, the asshole was lucky: people came to his rescue. I couldn't tell if there was another passenger, if there was: QEW BBQ. Some folks I could tell were not impressed with this idiots previous driving habits.

  Just because you can afford, or get a lease to drive one of those cars, doesn't give a person a license to be an asshole, but I'm afraid more often than not, it does.

  Here's a site I love looking at:

  http://www.wreckedexotics.com

  You want to see Mercs/Bimmers in mangled messes.....you'll have fun at that site. There's one in the collection that shows you a BMW like you've never seen it. I thought it was a piece of rusted/burnt out metal, but alas, it was a BMW. Cooked and mangled: just the way I like them. Over-easy/sunny side up.
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  lazyslob

  It´s fun to drive fast but not sit next to someone driving fast. Last trip to Germany we were trying out friends hotted Corvette (no 250km limit) it made around 230 mph on the higway. But with a driver who smokes at the same time it just aint funny. By the way when the limit is 130 km on German higways DON`T drive 230 mph . We did, and had to come back home without money. Only reason he still has his license is that he´s Swedish.
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  maxwell

  The mention of governors on cars reminded me of a story I saw on tv magazine show. It was 20/20 or Dateline. There are some people doing research on cars that drive themselves at least on some highways. The car has sensors and a computer and the road has devices that the car also senses other cars on the road. The technology allows cars to operate at high speeds with less room between the cars than a human driver is comfortable with or is able to handle. And if a car needs to enter the highway the technology automatically fills the car into the flow. It was sort of like the flow of cars in the city of the Movie Minority Report except only on level ground with cars that we have now. Of course, many people, including me, would resist the idea of giving up control of their car to a computer just as they would resist having a car with a governor, but there are people doing research with the technology. However, the primary purpose of the technology would not be to limit your speed, but to speed up traffic in congested areas.
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  dh

  Anyone else a speed freak? Anyone else regard speed limits as 'suggestions'?

  yep, i like to go fast, i view speed limits as a thing designed to generate speeding fines and capital for the governments, therefore to be ignorred completely when other circumstances allow, which on 2 wheels is most of the time.
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  got my forty homey?

  I feel its sort of a conspiricy because cops will allow a 5-10 mile an hour gap over the limit before pulling you over. But when they have speed saturations they generally bust you for going 5 or less, because the police want to "show their presence".

  If a law was created by the federal law that car manufacturers can only make vehicles go only 65 where would revenues come in for police, judges, da's, and municipality's?

  Cars now do some with governers, but at 98-102 this still gives police the lee way to catch speeders. How many times have you seen a police officer pull a idiot over for driving 55 in the fast lane holding up those that want to pass him? No, you see them at the same places everyday becuase the grass is worn in the medians that they enjoy to hide in, or everyday commuters and truckers slow down in these areas, while the unsuspecting go right in the trap.
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  simplesally

  Speed limits are only guidelines for when there is no Highway Patrol officer around!