Caught doing 120mph on the motorway

Caught doing 120mph on the motorway

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youngsyr

14,710 posts

191 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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WinstonWolf said:
I would admit to doing it on the Autobahn, but not in the UK. wink
Righto, regardless of location, you admit to thinking you were driving at 70-80 mph, but were actually driving at 120 mph?! eek

I think we need a new thread where WinstonWolf posts up every time he gets behind the wheel of the car, giving his planned route, so we can all avoid it, just to be on the safe side. laugh

WinstonWolf

72,857 posts

238 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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youngsyr said:
WinstonWolf said:
I would admit to doing it on the Autobahn, but not in the UK. wink
Righto, regardless of location, you admit to thinking you were driving at 70-80 mph, but were actually driving at 120 mph?! eek

I think we need a new thread where WinstonWolf posts up every time he gets behind the wheel of the car, giving his planned route, so we can all avoid it, just to be on the safe side. laugh
The offer to show you how it's possible still stands. In the right car with the right conditions you can't accurately gauge speed without looking at the instruments.

JonV8V

7,175 posts

123 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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WinstonWolf said:
youngsyr said:
WinstonWolf said:
I would admit to doing it on the Autobahn, but not in the UK. wink
Righto, regardless of location, you admit to thinking you were driving at 70-80 mph, but were actually driving at 120 mph?! eek

I think we need a new thread where WinstonWolf posts up every time he gets behind the wheel of the car, giving his planned route, so we can all avoid it, just to be on the safe side. laugh
The offer to show you how it's possible still stands. In the right car with the right conditions you can't accurately gauge speed without looking at the instruments.
Define accurate. 1mph out or 50mph out? I'd accept the former, but not the latter unless you're flying a jet.

LoonR1

26,988 posts

176 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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WinstonWolf said:
You're late to the discussion. Luxo barges are designed to insulate you from speed, they simply don't feel fast when they're going quickly. Air suspension, double glazing and big lazy engines means any sensations in the car are reduced. 120 still *feels* like 70 on the inside.

If you're on a deserted unlit motorway at night you have to be *very* careful or you can end up going very fast without realising. Only the scenery and the speedo tell you how fast you're going, the vehicle itself feels no different to if you're travelling at the legal limit.

I'm sure my Griff and the M3/GTR feel very similar at speed, you absolutely know you're travelling. In the barge, you don't.
But the scenery is always there, it's always a reference point t amd so. By definition you should always know what your speed is give or take a small amount. You'll certainly know that you're well over the speed limit.

Pip1968

1,346 posts

203 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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WinstonWolf said:
The offer to show you how it's possible still stands. In the right car with the right conditions you can't accurately gauge speed without looking at the instruments.
Yes you can. Blue lights flashing behind = over 80mph and telegraph poles turn into a wooden fence = over 120mph. Oh and someone blocking the middle lane with an empty lane to the left = 70mph.

Zod, well done!

Pip biggrin


LocoCoco

1,428 posts

175 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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WinstonWolf said:
The offer to show you how it's possible still stands. In the right car with the right conditions you can't accurately gauge speed without looking at the instruments.
If you changed that you to an I, people might get what you're saying a bit better.
I wouldn't be surprised if R1Loon and Youngsyr can accurately judge their speed just by looking out of the window (ie, no other information to go on). They seem unable to believe that some people can't do that though.
What's the point of a speedo if everybody can judge their speed accurately just by looking at the scenery?

WinstonWolf

72,857 posts

238 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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LocoCoco said:
WinstonWolf said:
The offer to show you how it's possible still stands. In the right car with the right conditions you can't accurately gauge speed without looking at the instruments.
If you changed that you to an I, people might get what you're saying a bit better.
I wouldn't be surprised if R1Loon and Youngsyr can accurately judge their speed just by looking out of the window (ie, no other information to go on). They seem unable to believe that some people can't do that though.
What's the point of a speedo if everybody can judge their speed accurately just by looking at the scenery?
Nah, they'd just carry on with their "someone is wrong on the internet" approach.

Zod

35,295 posts

257 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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popeyewhite said:
And no, you don't need to drop a gear in an AMG MB to very quickly get from 70-120.

byebye
You think it accelerates that quickly in 7th or 8th?

mudflaps

317 posts

105 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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Such an interesting thread. Sorry, er, carry on.

NicheMonkey

458 posts

127 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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I was in court a few months back got stopped at 110mph, got myself a brief and mitigation was I needed my license for work. I received 6 points and a fine. If your mitigation is good you will keep your license, I dressed smart and apologised directly to the magistrate through a letter of apology. The worst part is waiting for the court case try not to worry.

Billyray911

1,072 posts

203 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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(Not me!)but in court today for 115 mph in an nsl-56 day ban and £350 fine.Self representation and poor mitigation,when asked.

Wills2

22,666 posts

174 months

Saturday 4th July 2015
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I was traveling north on the m40 around oxford last week and saw plenty of people cruising at 100mph.

Once you've set your base at 100mph it's pretty easy to creep up to 120mph in the right sort of car, but of course you know you're doing it.


Heaveho

5,279 posts

173 months

Sunday 5th July 2015
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Well, this thread took an unexpected turn towards stupidity.

Did someone really not only use their car, but then borrowed their mates car, to do something illegal to prove to someone he's never met, in an argument that doesn't matter, and which has no bearing on the reason for the thread, that he's wrong?

Why?

Because internet!



Alucidnation

16,810 posts

169 months

Monday 6th July 2015
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LoonR1 said:
Alucidnation said:
Get a room FFS.
Good answer, we're having a debate and you're too think to join in with anything of substance, so to throw your use of capital letters back at you, FO
A debate? rofl

I have no interest in taking part in these "one upmanship" arguments, and it does get a trifle irritating when we all have to filter through all the complete bks to get to rest of the thread.

And, if you are better at reading than spelling, you will notice that i already have made an, albeit small, but very relevant contribution to the thread.







Edited by Alucidnation on Monday 6th July 14:05

Alucidnation

16,810 posts

169 months

Monday 6th July 2015
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Heaveho said:
Well, this thread took an unexpected turn towards stupidity.

Did someone really not only use their car, but then borrowed their mates car, to do something illegal to prove to someone he's never met, in an argument that doesn't matter, and which has no bearing on the reason for the thread, that he's wrong?

Why?

Because internet!
hehe

Wills2

22,666 posts

174 months

Monday 6th July 2015
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Alucidnation said:
LoonR1 said:
Alucidnation said:
Get a room FFS.
Good answer, we're having a debate and you're too think to join in with anything of substance, so to throw your use of capital letters back at you, FO
A debate? rofl

I have no interest in taking part in these "one upmanship" arguments, and it does get a trifle irritating when we all have to filter through all the complete bks to get to rest of the thread.

And, if you are better at reading than spelling, you will notice that i already have made an, albeit small, but very relevant contribution to the thread.







Edited by Alucidnation on Monday 6th July 14:05
Unfortunately what loon thinks is a debate, most people think is a futile pissing contest.



AW111

9,455 posts

132 months

Tuesday 7th July 2015
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Wills2 said:
Unfortunately what loon thinks is a debate, most people think is a futile pissing contest.

There's also a lot of "my German barge has so much POWERRRR that it will break the sound barrier in 1/2 second" pissing going on.

extvr

1,136 posts

213 months

Tuesday 7th July 2015
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136 mph on a duel carriageway, on my motorbike, 28 day ban £600 fine. That was quite a few years ago though.

LoonR1

26,988 posts

176 months

Tuesday 7th July 2015
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Wills2 said:
Unfortunately what loon thinks is a debate, most people think is a futile pissing contest.

Quick, quick there's a bandwagon to be jumped on.

Pardon me for disproving a load of the crap that gets posted on here about how amazingly fast some cars are. Apologies to those who are offended by me doing that, maybe you could all accuse me of having no mechanical sympathy as that seems to be the latest bullst bingo phrase on here.

TheAllSeeingPie

865 posts

134 months

Tuesday 7th July 2015
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LoonR1 said:
Quick, quick there's a bandwagon to be jumped on.

Pardon me for disproving a load of the crap that gets posted on here about how amazingly fast some cars are. Apologies to those who are offended by me doing that, maybe you could all accuse me of having no mechanical sympathy as that seems to be the latest bullst bingo phrase on here.
Soon it'll be "Electronic empathy" due to all the new fangled systems we have in newer cars. smile