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"My car does 130mph but i get scared going at 100 how fast have/would you go?"
Had a Toyota Supra twin turbo a few years back , race tuned and over 600bhp . Took it to 160 mph one early morning for a few joyous seconds on a quiet straight stretch of a dual carriageway ( 2.30 am and no other cars about ) .
Slowed down a bit as the car wobbled a bit , and as I was having a fag and enjoying a blow job from the wife at the time , I thought it was a bit dangerous to continue at that speed
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"My car does 130mph but i get scared going at 100 how fast have/would you go?
Had a Toyota Supra twin turbo a few years back , race tuned and over 600bhp . Took it to 160 mph one early morning for a few joyous seconds on a quiet straight stretch of a dual carriageway ( 2.30 am and no other cars about ) .
Slowed down a bit as the car wobbled a bit , and as I was having a fag and enjoying a blow job from the wife at the time , I thought it was a bit dangerous to continue at that speed
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"Take it to a track day.
Used to do it with my bike, best way to enjoy the performance of your vehicle."
May just do that. Would like to max it out 1 day |
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"Bragging aside I personally think the motorway speed limits should be revised and the braking distances written in the highway code should be updated. "
Why? Nobody pays any attention to it anyway until something goes wrong and the police and courts use it as a stick to hit you with. Revising it will do little.
Although I do agree with the motorway speed limits in principle. Fact is though, it'll likely never happen as as soon as someone makes the decission, if accidents rates go up, it's going to be their head. |
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"Bragging aside I personally think the motorway speed limits should be revised and the braking distances written in the highway code should be updated.
Why? Nobody pays any attention to it anyway until something goes wrong and the police and courts use it as a stick to hit you with. Revising it will do little.
Although I do agree with the motorway speed limits in principle. Fact is though, it'll likely never happen as as soon as someone makes the decission, if accidents rates go up, it's going to be their head."
When the slow lane is doing about 70 the fast lane should be able to do about 90 without gettong bollocked and without any rules being changed. Just like as a benefit of the doubt grey area i think |
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Motorways are always busy. Even at 3am, there are lots of trucks, all doing less than 60mph.
Few motorways are lit and it isn't safe at night with dipped beam headlights to be doing 90mph and you can't use main beams because of the traffic coming the other way. |
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"Bragging aside I personally think the motorway speed limits should be revised and the braking distances written in the highway code should be updated. "
Agreed. Those were fine for cars in the 60s when they were written but cars are so different now. Safer than ever and only getting better. |
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When the slow lane is doing about 70 the fast lane should be able to do about 90 without gettong bollocked and without any rules being changed. Just like as a benefit of the doubt grey area i think"
I'm not knocking the idea, but it won't happen. Nobody in power will raise speed limits when people are still dying from excess speed causing accidents. |
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"Motorways are always busy. Even at 3am, there are lots of trucks, all doing less than 60mph.
Few motorways are lit and it isn't safe at night with dipped beam headlights to be doing 90mph and you can't use main beams because of the traffic coming the other way."
Theres times when motorways are not busy. Otherwise this post wouldnt exist and the people that have commented wouldn't have been able to go as fast as they have said. I'm guessimg your opposed to the idea of speeding |
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When the slow lane is doing about 70 the fast lane should be able to do about 90 without gettong bollocked and without any rules being changed. Just like as a benefit of the doubt grey area i think
I'm not knocking the idea, but it won't happen. Nobody in power will raise speed limits when people are still dying from excess speed causing accidents. "
Reue. Would be nice is all |
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There is no need to raise the speed limits anyway.
The Police don't bother unless you are doing more than 80mph, if it is dry, daylight and you are driving sensibly, leaving a decent gap and making signals, in an reasonable car. There are fewer and fewer Police patrols on the motorway anyway.
More and more cameras and "Smart Motorways" are being introduced, that can monitor your speed and catch you, even when the overhead gantries are not displaying any speed. Eventually, they will be everywhere and there will be no option but to stick to the limit. |
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"Bragging aside I personally think the motorway speed limits should be revised and the braking distances written in the highway code should be updated.
Agreed. Those were fine for cars in the 60s when they were written but cars are so different now. Safer than ever and only getting better."
Unfortunately the cars get safer but we all tend to forget about the drivers. The car is only as safe as the driver and some people really are a liability on the roads. |
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Yes but the point is, the stopping distances were done with 1950's cars with drum brakes and that has no relevance to today.
The drivers are just as hopeless, and so the thinking distance is just the same, but the braking distance element is just completely out of date for today. |
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"Yes but the point is, the stopping distances were done with 1950's cars with drum brakes and that has no relevance to today.
The drivers are just as hopeless, and so the thinking distance is just the same, but the braking distance element is just completely out of date for today."
True but how much traffic was around then? Nowhere near as much as now so its porbably best to err on the side of caution and leave it as it is. Its rare that people leave a safe distance anyway these days no matter what the highway code says. |
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"Yes but the point is, the stopping distances were done with 1950's cars with drum brakes and that has no relevance to today.
The drivers are just as hopeless, and so the thinking distance is just the same, but the braking distance element is just completely out of date for today."
And some people are still driving those cars on the road... |
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"Bragging aside I personally think the motorway speed limits should be revised and the braking distances written in the highway code should be updated. "
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Well 70 is something like a 100 metres, thinking distance is about a quarter so 25 metres, that won't change from driving a new car.
At 100 mph it's about 190 metres a quarter of that is 47 metres at 120 mph I think it jumps to about 260 metres quarter of that is 60 metres.... Now ask yourself, how often do you get 60 metres free on a motorway these days.
Those are guesstimates from my old track race days.
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Upping the speed limits on UK motorways would be pointless, what they should actually be doing is lowering them during poor weather |
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"185 on me Blade and it was still pulling."
Done 200 on a tuned blade on a runway that was it for me. A bike with nos went after me he had balls of steel. Had 150 out the car but it's a Volvo v70 T5 ex pursuit car and so comfortable too |
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The stopping distance in the Highway code at 70mph, excluding the thinking distance is 75 metres. That is almost 19 car lengths.
What car today cannot stop in far less than that. The really good cars will stop in less than half that! |
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"Yes but the point is, the stopping distances were done with 1950's cars with drum brakes and that has no relevance to today.
The drivers are just as hopeless, and so the thinking distance is just the same, but the braking distance element is just completely out of date for today."
Ok, so say breaking distances or too long? Will reducing them stop the wankers from trying to climb into my back seat while I'm doing 'motorway' speeds? Will it fuck.
People pay no noticed anyway. So I do t see the point in changing it?
If a car stops suddenly and you hit it, you were too close to it. End of. Reducing the breaking distances won't change this. It bares no relevance to anything. |
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"The stopping distance in the Highway code at 70mph, excluding the thinking distance is 75 metres. That is almost 19 car lengths.
What car today cannot stop in far less than that. The really good cars will stop in less than half that!"
Depends who is driving. A numpty not paying attention because he's texting or an older person with slow reaction times. |
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"It will make people take more notice yes, because at the moment the are just laughable and so they are ignored."
People ignore speed limits
People ignore rules regarding the use of mobile phones.
People ignore rules around drink driving
If you think for one second that anyway is going to pay attention to breaking distances and actually change their driving habits to leave more room than they currently do you're deluded my friend
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"The stopping distance in the Highway code at 70mph, excluding the thinking distance is 75 metres. That is almost 19 car lengths.
What car today cannot stop in far less than that. The really good cars will stop in less than half that!"
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A brand new transit fully loaded with 800kgs in the back will plough straight through your arse and hit the car in front of you!.
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Try adding tin snips to the emergency kit |
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"It will make people take more notice yes, because at the moment the are just laughable and so they are ignored."
On most busy motorways it is virtually impossible to keep the safe distance given in the highwaycode due to the amount of traffic in the road. If you do manage it, someone will drive into your safe stopping distance anyway. Truth is, most people do not look far enough ahead or anticipate well enough at faster motorway speeds. |
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You are right about filling in the gaps. People do it because the Highway Code is out of date and says that you need 19 cars lengths to stop, about you have decided to brake.
Unless you are driving an Austin A45 from the 1950s, you do not need that distance and quite rightly, no one leaves that distance.
If we did, the traffic jams would be monunental! |
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"You are right about filling in the gaps. People do it because the Highway Code is out of date and says that you need 19 cars lengths to stop, about you have decided to brake.
Unless you are driving an Austin A45 from the 1950s, you do not need that distance and quite rightly, no one leaves that distance.
If we did, the traffic jams would be monunental!"
People do it because they can. Most people, a very high percentage I'd say, will have no idea what the stopping distances are, they forgot them years ago! |
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A year or so ago, wasn't there some possibility of the motorway limit being raised to 80mph?
At the time, I was quite convinced the reasoning behind this was simply to bring us into line with the rest of most of Europe.
Guess that Brexit has blown all chance of ever seeing that happen then.... |
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Track days are there every weekend, you hardly ever see the dick in his BMW m3 because he'd total it on the first bend with his limited "putting his foot on the accelerator driving skills"!.
I've seen the odd one turn up and they shit there pants and never come back.
My experience of them is that there more keen on impressing they're passengers than actually driving..... I've got a mate who still does track bike days, absolutely fucking loves nailing the fuck out of it, almost killed himself twice but still does it.
Tracks are made for it, roads are made for everybody to get from A to B as safety as possible.... Instead of being a dickwad on the motorway pay a small fee for a track day. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Track days are there every weekend, you hardly ever see the dick in his BMW m3 because he'd total it on the first bend with his limited "putting his foot on the accelerator driving skills"!.
I've seen the odd one turn up and they shit there pants and never come back.
My experience of them is that there more keen on impressing they're passengers than actually driving..... I've got a mate who still does track bike days, absolutely fucking loves nailing the fuck out of it, almost killed himself twice but still does it.
Tracks are made for it, roads are made for everybody to get from A to B as safety as possible.... Instead of being a dickwad on the motorway pay a small fee for a track day."
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But they know from experience roughly what is needed and mostly is works, otherwise everyone would crash into everyone else all the time and they don't.
I drove from Leeds to below London and back last week and the motorway often went from 70mph to 0mph without warning.
No one was leaving 19 car gaps and no one hit anyone else or had to swerve to avoid anyone either. |
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"Bragging aside I personally think the motorway speed limits should be revised and the braking distances written in the highway code should be updated.
Agreed. Those were fine for cars in the 60s when they were written but cars are so different now. Safer than ever and only getting better."
they have yes and with that for some comes a sense of invincibility and false security, what has not changed is that the driving standards are for some poor, other's average and we all make mistakes..
we've all pushed it one time certainly but law of averages etc and not knowing what others are up to its a matter of time before it goes pete tong..
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By (user no longer on site)
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"You are right about filling in the gaps. People do it because the Highway Code is out of date and says that you need 19 cars lengths to stop, about you have decided to brake.
Unless you are driving an Austin A45 from the 1950s, you do not need that distance and quite rightly, no one leaves that distance.
If we did, the traffic jams would be monunental!"
Actually, if people left more space the traffic jams would be far less severe because there would be less incidents caused by people going into the back of others. There would be more space to allow people to merge in traffic and less conseteenering effect.
Nobody leaves 19 car lengths anyway. Barely anybody I see in the roads can leave the 2 second gap! Shortening them, although out of date and not relatable to modern cars will do nothing. not a thing, not a sausage!
If the threat of a £200 fine fine and six points doesn't stop people using there phone. A change to a stopping distance in a book that has no threat of action against not adhering to it will do even less. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"But they know from experience roughly what is needed and mostly is works, otherwise everyone would crash into everyone else all the time and they don't.
I drove from Leeds to below London and back last week and the motorway often went from 70mph to 0mph without warning.
No one was leaving 19 car gaps and no one hit anyone else or had to swerve to avoid anyone either."
Every time you drive you go from varying speeds to 0 then back again. You pay attention and anticipate. Stopping distances are for emergencies, worst case senario, the car in front has a tyre blow out, has to swerve to avoid something, driver has a medical emergency, the list is endless. I have attended numerous serious and fatal crashes over the course of my career, the majority are casued by travelling too close and/or excessive and inappropriate use of speed. |
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Yes but the more things that you are told that are patently wrong, the more likely you are to ignore things that are correct.
If I tell you a hundred facts that are totally wrong and 10 that are correct, you probably won't believe me about those 10, because of the 100 lies that I told. |
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"Yes but the more things that you are told that are patently wrong, the more likely you are to ignore things that are correct.
If I tell you a hundred facts that are totally wrong and 10 that are correct, you probably won't believe me about those 10, because of the 100 lies that I told."
Who are you replying to my lovely? Press reply and quote, make things easier to follow (at a safe distance obviously)  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Yes but the more things that you are told that are patently wrong, the more likely you are to ignore things that are correct.
If I tell you a hundred facts that are totally wrong and 10 that are correct, you probably won't believe me about those 10, because of the 100 lies that I told."
People don't fail to follow traffic regulations, whether that's drink driving, using a mobile or speeding because of the possibly incorrect stopping distances (providing your car is new and well maintained) in a book you only have to know to past your test ffs!
next you'll be telling me that people rob banks because they were told Santa is real.  |
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"Track days are there every weekend, you hardly ever see the dick in his BMW m3 because he'd total it on the first bend with his limited "putting his foot on the accelerator driving skills"!.
I've seen the odd one turn up and they shit there pants and never come back.
My experience of them is that there more keen on impressing they're passengers than actually driving..... I've got a mate who still does track bike days, absolutely fucking loves nailing the fuck out of it, almost killed himself twice but still does it.
Tracks are made for it, roads are made for everybody to get from A to B as safety as possible.... Instead of being a dickwad on the motorway pay a small fee for a track day."
"Dickwad" i'll presume u mean grnerally and not personally otherwise i'd have took offense. What is a track day fee? |
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I'd regularly get 120 out of my first car which was an old rover 400,it did make the steering wheel shake like fuck though!
A few years ago I was driving about in a ford ranger 3l tdi as my works motor n the fastest I could get out of that was 115.
I've now got the boy racer out of my system so it's rare these days for me to go faster than a ton as I don't want my car to explode!  |
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"The stopping distance in the Highway code at 70mph, excluding the thinking distance is 75 metres. That is almost 19 car lengths.
What car today cannot stop in far less than that. The really good cars will stop in less than half that!"
Tests were done using an average family car (Vauxhall Signum if I recall). To stop it in the highway code distance for 70moh the car was going at 112mph. Now I'm not saying to raise it that high or anywhere near it but surely 80mph or even 90 is a reasonable increase as that's what most traffic in lane 3 is doing anyway.
The motorways are still the safest roads in the country so I think it's a reasonable proposal. |
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"My car does 130mph but i get scared going at 100 how fast have/would you go?"
I would guess my car is capable of fairly higher speeds than i would drive it at however i have only driven it up to 70mph when on suitable roads that allow that speed. |
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"The stopping distance in the Highway code at 70mph, excluding the thinking distance is 75 metres. That is almost 19 car lengths.
What car today cannot stop in far less than that. The really good cars will stop in less than half that!
Tests were done using an average family car (Vauxhall Signum if I recall). To stop it in the highway code distance for 70moh the car was going at 112mph. Now I'm not saying to raise it that high or anywhere near it but surely 80mph or even 90 is a reasonable increase as that's what most traffic in lane 3 is doing anyway.
The motorways are still the safest roads in the country so I think it's a reasonable proposal."
Several senior police officers have suggested 80mph in recent years but as I understand it, with a few exceptions, the 10%+2 guidelines still apply which makes the effective limit 79mph. |
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"The stopping distance in the Highway code at 70mph, excluding the thinking distance is 75 metres. That is almost 19 car lengths.
What car today cannot stop in far less than that. The really good cars will stop in less than half that!
Tests were done using an average family car (Vauxhall Signum if I recall). To stop it in the highway code distance for 70moh the car was going at 112mph. Now I'm not saying to raise it that high or anywhere near it but surely 80mph or even 90 is a reasonable increase as that's what most traffic in lane 3 is doing anyway.
The motorways are still the safest roads in the country so I think it's a reasonable proposal."
Exactly, so if the limit was 80 people would drive to 90, make it 90 and they'll drive to 100, it's fine as it is. |
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"The stopping distance in the Highway code at 70mph, excluding the thinking distance is 75 metres. That is almost 19 car lengths.
What car today cannot stop in far less than that. The really good cars will stop in less than half that!
Tests were done using an average family car (Vauxhall Signum if I recall). To stop it in the highway code distance for 70moh the car was going at 112mph. Now I'm not saying to raise it that high or anywhere near it but surely 80mph or even 90 is a reasonable increase as that's what most traffic in lane 3 is doing anyway.
The motorways are still the safest roads in the country so I think it's a reasonable proposal."
The trouble is, speed alone is rarely the cause of accidents, unless you simply lose control on a bend. Speed differentials are, hence why at busy times the motorway limits are reduced, changing lanes is discouraged in roadworks and country roads are being reduced to 50 to reduce the need for overtaking.
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"Track days are there every weekend, you hardly ever see the dick in his BMW m3 because he'd total it on the first bend with his limited "putting his foot on the accelerator driving skills"!.
I've seen the odd one turn up and they shit there pants and never come back.
My experience of them is that there more keen on impressing they're passengers than actually driving..... I've got a mate who still does track bike days, absolutely fucking loves nailing the fuck out of it, almost killed himself twice but still does it.
Tracks are made for it, roads are made for everybody to get from A to B as safety as possible.... Instead of being a dickwad on the motorway pay a small fee for a track day.
"Dickwad" i'll presume u mean grnerally and not personally otherwise i'd have took offense. What is a track day fee?"
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I honestly have no clue these days, last time I did it was 25 years ago, it was about £25 then plus your expenses .
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No it's a general dickwad comment but feel free to be offended....I don't charge |
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"My car does 130mph but i get scared going at 100 how fast have/would you go?"
At the risk of public scorn and condemnation I will admit to touching 168mph on U.k. roads (4am on deserted M1) and reached a gps indicated 203mph on way to Nurburgring on the Autobahn.
It's not big and its not clever but it is exhilerating in the right circumstances. |
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"My car does 130mph but i get scared going at 100 how fast have/would you go?
At the risk of public scorn and condemnation I will admit to touching 168mph on U.k. roads (4am on deserted M1) and reached a gps indicated 203mph on way to Nurburgring on the Autobahn.
It's not big and its not clever but it is exhilerating in the right circumstances. "
*Disclaimer* Just to add I have held B.R.D.C. racing license and driven competitively and regularly do track days. Been driving 25 years this November.
Doesn't make me the worlds best driver but does make me more reactive and perceptive on the roads and if anything more cautious. |
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I drove a DB9 to 170, it was on a track mind and didn't feel like I was going that fast, 80 is the max I've gone on the motorway, these days though it's around 60. |
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"My car does 130mph but i get scared going at 100 how fast have/would you go?
At the risk of public scorn and condemnation I will admit to touching 168mph on U.k. roads (4am on deserted M1) and reached a gps indicated 203mph on way to Nurburgring on the Autobahn.
It's not big and its not clever but it is exhilerating in the right circumstances.
*Disclaimer* Just to add I have held B.R.D.C. racing license and driven competitively and regularly do track days. Been driving 25 years this November.
Doesn't make me the worlds best driver but does make me more reactive and perceptive on the roads and if anything more cautious."
Wonder what the police would say if they caught you. |
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Have been in a Nissan skyline GTR33 that had been fully modified.Took it to knockhill race track and this thing was doing 175mph and still purring away.
would never think of doing that on motorway though as could be the worlds best driver but just takes one fool to pull out slolwly and it is game over. |
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"My car does 130mph but i get scared going at 100 how fast have/would you go?
Had a Toyota Supra twin turbo a few years back , race tuned and over 600bhp . Took it to 160 mph one early morning for a few joyous seconds on a quiet straight stretch of a dual carriageway ( 2.30 am and no other cars about ) .
Slowed down a bit as the car wobbled a bit , and as I was having a fag and enjoying a blow job from the wife at the time , I thought it was a bit dangerous to continue at that speed
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150. On a number of occasions on
Two specific roads.
But motorways in general you dont get the chance to go fast as you either hit a bend or some slow f**ker who sits in the way. |
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"My car does 130mph but i get scared going at 100 how fast have/would you go?
Had a Toyota Supra twin turbo a few years back , race tuned and over 600bhp . Took it to 160 mph one early morning for a few joyous seconds on a quiet straight stretch of a dual carriageway ( 2.30 am and no other cars about ) .
Slowed down a bit as the car wobbled a bit , and as I was having a fag and enjoying a blow job from the wife at the time , I thought it was a bit dangerous to continue at that speed
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"My car does 130mph but i get scared going at 100 how fast have/would you go?
Had a Toyota Supra twin turbo a few years back , race tuned and over 600bhp . Took it to 160 mph one early morning for a few joyous seconds on a quiet straight stretch of a dual carriageway ( 2.30 am and no other cars about ) .
Slowed down a bit as the car wobbled a bit , and as I was having a fag and enjoying a blow job from the wife at the time , I thought it was a bit dangerous to continue at that speed
Imagine if the police would of caught you "
I reckon his foot slipped of the accelerator when he was about to cum.... |
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In my way back from isle of wight i looked down and was surprised to see i was doing a little over 120..suddenly felt a bit un steady in a big ol top heavy 4x4 |
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By *acLe0dMan
over a year ago
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"The stopping distance in the Highway code at 70mph, excluding the thinking distance is 75 metres. That is almost 19 car lengths.
What car today cannot stop in far less than that. The really good cars will stop in less than half that!
Tests were done using an average family car (Vauxhall Signum if I recall). To stop it in the highway code distance for 70moh the car was going at 112mph. Now I'm not saying to raise it that high or anywhere near it but surely 80mph or even 90 is a reasonable increase as that's what most traffic in lane 3 is doing anyway.
The motorways are still the safest roads in the country so I think it's a reasonable proposal.
The trouble is, speed alone is rarely the cause of accidents, unless you simply lose control on a bend. Speed differentials are, hence why at busy times the motorway limits are reduced, changing lanes is discouraged in roadworks and country roads are being reduced to 50 to reduce the need for overtaking.
Mr ddc"
One argument perhaps against rasing the speed limit on Motorways is that today unless you are being reckless the Police will seemingly rarely do anything if you are closer to 80Mph, increase the speed limit to 80mph and all of a sudden it would become 90mph. But as you rightly point out speed alone isn't the sole factor invovled in accidents and you have listed many. I've been as slow as aroun 40mph on a motorway in thick fog and heavy rain with visibility well down so I felt that was the maximum safe speed I still had idiots blasting past me.
As for country lanes part of the reasons for accidents is people driving too slowly causing other drivers to engage in reckless overtake manouvers to try and get past. But every road is different I've driven some country roads were the posted limit was 60mph but you ewould be lucky to be able to go more than 20-30mph due them being very tight and twisty and other country roads which are easily 60mph it's not a one size fits all. |
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over a year ago
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On the track, I have exceeded 200 mph, trust me breaking distance has nothing to do with brakes at that speed, it's how far you can see and how fast you can think.
Moderate changes to motorway speed e.g. copy the French and have 70mph in rain and 85 on dry roads. would be OK but unlimited or 100 mph + would not be a good plan on live roads with average drivers. |
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By *adyDangerWoman
over a year ago
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"My car does 130mph but i get scared going at 100 how fast have/would you go?
Had a Toyota Supra twin turbo a few years back , race tuned and over 600bhp . Took it to 160 mph one early morning for a few joyous seconds on a quiet straight stretch of a dual carriageway ( 2.30 am and no other cars about ) .
Slowed down a bit as the car wobbled a bit , and as I was having a fag and enjoying a blow job from the wife at the time , I thought it was a bit dangerous to continue at that speed
Imagine if the police would of caught you
I reckon his foot slipped of the accelerator when he was about to cum.... "
My comment was tongue in cheek. One for one and all that |
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"221 mph is fastest Iv been on a motorcycle in Germany few years ago
What motorcycle was it?"
An imaginary one unless the speedometer was calibrated in kph.
I went over 120mph (accidentally) in a Rover. That was early in my driving days (over 10 years ago), when I was used to driving a crappier car. And yes, my 'usual car' was indeed crappier than a Rover. |
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By *adyDangerWoman
over a year ago
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"My car does 130mph but i get scared going at 100 how fast have/would you go?
Had a Toyota Supra twin turbo a few years back , race tuned and over 600bhp . Took it to 160 mph one early morning for a few joyous seconds on a quiet straight stretch of a dual carriageway ( 2.30 am and no other cars about ) .
Slowed down a bit as the car wobbled a bit , and as I was having a fag and enjoying a blow job from the wife at the time , I thought it was a bit dangerous to continue at that speed
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I had a Mercedes E350 completely upgraded by brabus 500bhp it was very fast and loud. Scared me overtaking on motorways  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The danger is not the speed, it's the relitivly speed, at 100 mph if a car pulls into your lane at 60mp you will be closing the gap at 50 foot per second.
That can be OK, but add tiredness, changing radio channel, talking to passengers, etc. and you will probably have to brake very suddenly... and the car behind you was doing 120 mph |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Fastest I've done is 186 in Germany, at that speed your doing a mile in less than 20secs.
Hit anything and your dead ... That's pretty much the risk your taking.
Truth be told, driving that quick any idiot can do - just need to press the accelerator, track days however are far more fun as you actually need to be able to drive a car properly and set it up for corners etc to get the right balance of speed and balance.
Driven the ring a fair few times as well - now that's a real scary experience! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"You are right about filling in the gaps. People do it because the Highway Code is out of date and says that you need 19 cars lengths to stop, about you have decided to brake.
Unless you are driving an Austin A45 from the 1950s, you do not need that distance and quite rightly, no one leaves that distance.
If we did, the traffic jams would be monunental!
People do it because they can. Most people, a very high percentage I'd say, will have no idea what the stopping distances are, they forgot them years ago!"
"Only a fool breaks the 2 second rule". |
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"Bragging aside I personally think the motorway speed limits should be revised and the braking distances written in the highway code should be updated.
Why? Nobody pays any attention to it anyway until something goes wrong and the police and courts use it as a stick to hit you with. Revising it will do little.
Although I do agree with the motorway speed limits in principle. Fact is though, it'll likely never happen as as soon as someone makes the decission, if accidents rates go up, it's going to be their head.
When the slow lane is doing about 70 the fast lane should be able to do about 90 without gettong bollocked and without any rules being changed. Just like as a benefit of the doubt grey area i think"
There are no defined slow and fast lanes on the motorway.
Common misconception among people who don't know how to drive.
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"Bragging aside I personally think the motorway speed limits should be revised and the braking distances written in the highway code should be updated.
Why? Nobody pays any attention to it anyway until something goes wrong and the police and courts use it as a stick to hit you with. Revising it will do little.
Although I do agree with the motorway speed limits in principle. Fact is though, it'll likely never happen as as soon as someone makes the decission, if accidents rates go up, it's going to be their head.
When the slow lane is doing about 70 the fast lane should be able to do about 90 without gettong bollocked and without any rules being changed. Just like as a benefit of the doubt grey area i think
There are no defined slow and fast lanes on the motorway.
Common misconception among people who don't know how to drive.
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You have the driving lane and all others are the over-taking lanes. |
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By *acLe0dMan
over a year ago
Preston |
"Bragging aside I personally think the motorway speed limits should be revised and the braking distances written in the highway code should be updated.
Why? Nobody pays any attention to it anyway until something goes wrong and the police and courts use it as a stick to hit you with. Revising it will do little.
Although I do agree with the motorway speed limits in principle. Fact is though, it'll likely never happen as as soon as someone makes the decission, if accidents rates go up, it's going to be their head.
When the slow lane is doing about 70 the fast lane should be able to do about 90 without gettong bollocked and without any rules being changed. Just like as a benefit of the doubt grey area i think
There are no defined slow and fast lanes on the motorway.
Common misconception among people who don't know how to drive.
You have the driving lane and all others are the over-taking lanes."
Unfortunantly many drivers believe the middle lane to be the driving lane on a motorway. |
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By *GHertsCouple
over a year ago
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"I have been 140 on a bike.. only 100 in my car on my own then got scared so slowed down haha.. "
Same here, it's scarily easy to creep up to 100mph or more in good conditions and a reasonable car. I'm most scared of getting a ban though ...
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"Bragging aside I personally think the motorway speed limits should be revised and the braking distances written in the highway code should be updated.
Agreed. Those were fine for cars in the 60s when they were written but cars are so different now. Safer than ever and only getting better."
Cars may be safer but accidents still happen. Some things are beyond control such as tyre blowouts . 70 is already fast enough and if we were to raise the limit people would still exceed it . |
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Did 163 on a friends bike years ago. Scared the shit out of myself and never ridden a bike since.
I always find a nice private stretch of road and max out any new car purchase I make. So far that limit has been 148mph. |
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"As for country lanes part of the reasons for accidents is people driving too slowly causing other drivers to engage in reckless overtake manouvers to try and get past. But every road is different I've driven some country roads were the posted limit was 60mph but you ewould be lucky to be able to go more than 20-30mph due them being very tight and twisty and other country roads which are easily 60mph it's not a one size fits all."
The reason for most accidents on country lanes is because a small (but increasing) number of people drive on them like wankers with no consideration for agricultural traffic, bikes, horses and pedestrians. |
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By *acLe0dMan
over a year ago
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"As for country lanes part of the reasons for accidents is people driving too slowly causing other drivers to engage in reckless overtake manouvers to try and get past. But every road is different I've driven some country roads were the posted limit was 60mph but you ewould be lucky to be able to go more than 20-30mph due them being very tight and twisty and other country roads which are easily 60mph it's not a one size fits all.
The reason for most accidents on country lanes is because a small (but increasing) number of people drive on them like wankers with no consideration for agricultural traffic, bikes, horses and pedestrians."
It's basically speed that is the cuse of accidents just as driving too fast is dangerous, driving too slow is dangerous. |
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"As for country lanes part of the reasons for accidents is people driving too slowly causing other drivers to engage in reckless overtake manouvers to try and get past. But every road is different I've driven some country roads were the posted limit was 60mph but you ewould be lucky to be able to go more than 20-30mph due them being very tight and twisty and other country roads which are easily 60mph it's not a one size fits all.
The reason for most accidents on country lanes is because a small (but increasing) number of people drive on them like wankers with no consideration for agricultural traffic, bikes, horses and pedestrians.
It's basically speed that is the cuse of accidents just as driving too fast is dangerous, driving too slow is dangerous. "
It's only dangerous if some prick decides to overtake dangerously because they consider other people to be in THEIR way. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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You got a fast car,
I want a ticket to anywhere,
Maybe we make a deal,
Maybe together we can get somewhere.
Any place is better!
Starting from zero got nothing to lose.
Maybe we'll make something,
Me myself I got nothing to prove! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"It's basically speed that is the cuse of accidents just as driving too fast is dangerous, driving too slow is dangerous.
That's quite true, if everyone stops right where they are and doesn't move at all, there won't be any more crashes "
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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago
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Max speed means very little, keeping it up & your adrenaline cooking is where its at. Being a biker you can forget cars they just don't give the bang per buck..
I had a New 99 Hayabusa and went to a bike rally at RAF Kemble just outside Cirencester, left on my own Sunday morning at 9am & was indoors at 10:40 165 miles away. Maxed it on a bit of motorway & saw the needle come back from the wrong side of 200mph. Also did Geneva to home on the same bike in 8hrs..
But I've slowed a bit since those days but my old BeemerBike will still crack 150 when I want it too
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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago
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"My car does 130mph but i get scared going at 100 how fast have/would you go?
Had a Toyota Supra twin turbo a few years back , race tuned and over 600bhp . Took it to 160 mph one early morning for a few joyous seconds on a quiet straight stretch of a dual carriageway ( 2.30 am and no other cars about ) .
Slowed down a bit as the car wobbled a bit , and as I was having a fag and enjoying a blow job from the wife at the time , I thought it was a bit dangerous to continue at that speed
I had a Mercedes E350 completely upgraded by brabus 500bhp it was very fast and loud. Scared me overtaking on motorways "
We used to have a Lorinser DeRestricted 750i BMW, we bottled at about 170 as the suspension was a little tired, only had it a short while as the 13mpg was a killer & getting it down to single figure mpg was far too easy!! |
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9 years ago I had a 350Z and remember driving to McArthur Glen on the m4 on a Sunday not long after I'd had the car (motorway was practically empty) Glanced at the digital speed thing in the centre and was doing 132mph, didn't even feel like I was going that fast but could literally see my petrol gauge declining rapidly! |
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"As for country lanes part of the reasons for accidents is people driving too slowly causing other drivers to engage in reckless overtake manouvers to try and get past. But every road is different I've driven some country roads were the posted limit was 60mph but you ewould be lucky to be able to go more than 20-30mph due them being very tight and twisty and other country roads which are easily 60mph it's not a one size fits all.
The reason for most accidents on country lanes is because a small (but increasing) number of people drive on them like wankers with no consideration for agricultural traffic, bikes, horses and pedestrians.
It's basically speed that is the cuse of accidents just as driving too fast is dangerous, driving too slow is dangerous. "
Speed isn't the cause of accidents. 
Inappropriate use of speed, coupled with poor observation, poor car control and poor forward planning causes accidents.
Speed is a contributing factor, not the contributing factor.
Excessive speed merely makes any accident worse..... |
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