fellamansteve said:To address the comment that it's funny how it's always wrong when it's someone else getting caught: I haven't been caught doing it because I haven't done it.
96SVTpilot, you make good arguments, but they're not helping the case for these guys any. This isn't the Germany and they weren't driving in ideal conditions...it was 1 in the morning, it's dark outside...you can only see as far ahead as your headlights shine, and that's not enough distance to react at 118 mph.
96SVTpilot said:Here in the US we have been conditioned by the propaganda machine to accept the premise that "speed is bad" from a young age. This is narrow point of view. Under the right conditions, traveling at a high rate of speed can be quite safe. Sadly, we have none of those conditions here in our country. For example.......
1) Our road construction and maintenance are not up the task. Road maintenance on the interstates vary from good to p*ss poor. Our highways are not constructed for triple digit speeds. Many turn radiuses are too tight to support going faster than our ho-hum speed limits.
2) Our drivers licensing standards are laughable. It is too easy to get a license here. If we properly trained our drivers we would have less accidents, lower insurance, and drivers would have the skills to go faster safely if they needed to.
3) Our standards of what make a car safe are a joke. Car makers can make cars that will safely maintain high speeds, but they don't have to. Our (yawn) 55-70 mph speed limits make that unnecessary. I would feel much safer doing 100 in a BMW then doing 70 in a Kia Rio. In addition, some states have no required vehicle safety checks whatsoever. We have all seen the rustbuckets on the highways leaking oil, tires wobbling, blowing smoke, with a muffler looking like it could fall off at any second, and asking ourself "Why is this vehicle allowed on the streets?"
I would invite all those think speed is inherently unsafe to visit a counry like Germany, where driving is a privilege. There, drivers are properly trained, the cars actually have to be roadworthy, the highways and cars are built for
speed, and drivers actually respect one another (most of the time). I felt much safer commuting to work there at 110 mph than I do here at 70 mph on I-5. The difference is night and day.
TheRedBlur said:indeed, there are many people on the road who shouldn't be driving
Jon said:It is so funny how it's always wrong when someone else gets caught doing it.
LordMustangGT said:lol I know what you mean, When I'm done with my twin turbo project i be able to smoke those crotchrockets!
:SNSign: :Teh-Win:breakemlose said:Your going to havce a crotchrocket smoking vehicle soon?? Sweet, when? What are the details?
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