rodduz
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Whether they change it or not ill still be cruising at around that figure. There's nothing wrong with it and it keeps me awake. Seventy is dangerous for me as I get bored and fall asleep. Nearer ninety and I'm alert.
UK - New 80MPH speed limit
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UK - New 80MPH speed limit
So it wasn't just me?
Full marks for "honesty", but perhaps you should paint a big notice on the bonnet of your car, backwards so it can be read in the mirror of the car you are coming up behind:
"Please move out of the way if you are only doing 70 because I may be asleep"
Rodduz stop being a bell.
Speeding isn't cool, especially in a 1.2.
I cringe when I see small engine'd cars go past me, screaming their little pistons out.
Speeding isn't cool, especially in a 1.2.
I cringe when I see small engine'd cars go past me, screaming their little pistons out.
I cringe when I see small engine'd cars go past me, screaming their little pistons out.[/QUOTE]
Actually this is a valid point. It's a bit frightening to say the least when I see this. The amount of young males who first join the forum & the first thing they ask........yup, how can I make my wee 1.1 or 1.2 faster.
Actually this is a valid point. It's a bit frightening to say the least when I see this. The amount of young males who first join the forum & the first thing they ask........yup, how can I make my wee 1.1 or 1.2 faster.
Actually this is a valid point. It's a bit frightening to say the least when I see this. The amount of young males who first join the forum & the first thing they ask........yup, how can I make my wee 1.1 or 1.2 faster.
[/QUOTE]See my other thread.
easy to make it faster
drive downhill
open your boot when its windy
drive downhill
open your boot when its windy
small engine cars are lighter so easier to stop
My car is over a tonne. Heavy braking is...entertaining.
rodduz
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How is that bull****? I never said speed is cool. Just motorway driving is full and its far better driving in the 80s than the 70s. Only problem with people speeding on motorways is the dickheads that don't know how to drive and stay in the middle lane or outside lane. They're overtaking lanes and that's it. Not a slow lane, slightly faster lane and slightly faster again lane. That's the only danger on motorways. Speed doesn't kill, bad driving does.
Some behind the wheel of a lighter car don't have the ability or common sense to stop though.
Yeah you're right, speeding is 100% safe. I'm sorry, but if you need to speed to stay awake then you should be banned from driving on public roads. Simple as that.
rodduz
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Like I say speed DOES NOT kill. Go ask Sebastien Loeb or Lewis Hamilton. Proof that speed does not kill, its crap drivers that do. They staying awake bit was a bit over dramatic, what I was trying to get at is 80mph is safer as you have to be more alert. Cars ain't what they used to be. When was the 70mph limit brought it! How much have cars moved on since then. It's the same when you've got some dickhead doing 40 on a sixty road! Hazard! Too many **** drivers out there, forget speed limits, get all the crap drivers off the road.
Oh sorry I didn't realise that you were rodduz. When I registered for internetz they did say that your word should be blindly accepted as fact
All the crap drivers off the road now please! There that's all the problems with the road sorted
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How did Ayrton Senna die? ...
Granny in a Micra pulled out doing 40 into the fast lane on a motorway whilst he was doing 80mph to stay awake?
rodduz
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Well obviously there's exceptions to it but in general speed doesn't kill. A car can happily cruise along a ton even, no sweat. If everyone was going that speed, absolutely no problems. It's the dickheads to nervous to get up to the speed limits that will cause the accidents.
rodduz
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and even in the cases of Ayrton Senna, again it wasn't the speed. He's done that speed plenty of times, has he died each time? No! Why coz it ain't the speed that killed, its the driver error. Take all variables in to account... area of the road stays the same, speed stays the same, car the same etc etc... what changes? Driver input. It's obvious. And anyone denying it is either doing so for the sake of it or really is thick. Watch police chase shows and they mention a lot of the time its not the speed just the skills of the driver. Go on an advanced driving course and they will tell you that too.
OK question. If Senna was doing 50mph on the track would he have died? No. Therefore speed was a factor in his death.
You statement is like me saying that I've been to South Africa and never been shot so gun violence in South Africa isn't a problem.
