Police clock driver at 150mph
Discussion
AA numpty said:
"Not only is it near impossible to control a car at such a ridiculous speed it is beggars belief that they were on a mobile phone at the time."
Police Bod said:
"This beggars belief given that at such a high speed, any slight distraction could be fatal both for the driver and any innocent motorists who are safely travelling within the speed limits."
Apart from the fact that it clearly is possible to control a car at 150mph (what's the AA doing employing him anyway?), what the hell is "beggars belief"??
(I agree that if you're going to drive at 150, you really should be giving the task your full concentration
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If he was on the phone then that was a bad move. But somehow I doubt whether it is actually possible to conclusively prove as to whether he/she was on the phone. I bet the seatbelt probably got confused with a phone. Anyway before goin out on a run like that you shud take of your no plates or damage them or perhaps even replace them with fake foreign ones. If not you need 2 jammers at front and back. Then go out and floor it at a suitable location. I know I'm being incredibly naive and stupid but I actually would like to break the current record of 157mph in perfect conditions etc. and want the car (Carrera GT) to be flashed by a scamera van with foreign plates, blacked out windows and a balaclava of course and then rest in peace knowing that I cant be caught when I see the pic making the headlines. I know this is stupid, but then no need to worry its not as if I can afford a Carrera GT.
Xm5eR said:
Hmm! Most sensible things have been said now.
But, as an aside, I have now seen several stupid anti-motorist enjoyment statements by spokesnumpties from the AA. The RAC now have my business and will continue to do so until the AA remember why they exist at all.
Don't the RAC support "Brake" ?
She talks crap...........having driven a couple of cars at 200 mph (Porsche 959 and Bugatti EB110) I can vouch that 150 mph is very controllable...........usual things apply....road conditions, weather, capabilities of both car and driver.
As we all know, speed isnt dangerous in the right conditions.
As we all know, speed isnt dangerous in the right conditions.
Gazboy said:
200 people caught speeding in one weekend, many well over the ton, assuming this is the case for all weekends= 10,400 speeders. So if speed is the main cause of death and 'garenteed', why is the fatality figure only 18 for 2003? So a 1 in 611 chance of dying as a direct result of speed, if assumed that all 18 died (in 17 accidents) as a result of speed and nothing more. Weedle out the reasons of those accidents, and the figures are 'better:
Official gov figs/brake 60% due to speed= 1 in 920
Suspected common sense 7% due to speed = 1 in 10419
Next you'll be saying that speed doesn't kill !!
When in Germany, I took my M5 over on the ferry and had a brisk drive on one of their autobahns.
My car (1990 E34 M5) was briefly maxed out at 165 MPH(not sure if this was supposed to be limited to 155 or not) - Anyway I only did it the once and thought that the car was a little unstable.
These days any moments of madness are limited to about 120. I know the limits of the car and of my own ability.
150 is fine in the right conditions in a suitable car with a driver with adequate skill. Take one of these away and it could easily turn very nasty.
My car (1990 E34 M5) was briefly maxed out at 165 MPH(not sure if this was supposed to be limited to 155 or not) - Anyway I only did it the once and thought that the car was a little unstable.
These days any moments of madness are limited to about 120. I know the limits of the car and of my own ability.
150 is fine in the right conditions in a suitable car with a driver with adequate skill. Take one of these away and it could easily turn very nasty.
article -- AA man said:
"Not only is it near impossible to control a car at such a ridiculous speed..."
Funny, I was doing over the double ton (miles) yesterday and I didn't kill anyone, and I'm still here to talk about it...and I travelled over 850km yesterday.......
What a load of BOLLOX!! these eejits talk...
It's interesting that the AA was originally set up as the motorist's friend - and the AA badge was there so that the AA man standing at the side of the road coud salute if the road was "clear". If he didn't salute, then you knew to look out for men in dark uniforms with hankies and stopwatches...
Anyway, I'm a tiny bit concerned that we're falling into the trap here of saying "150mph is perfectly safe" and fuelling the "sports car drivers are all nutters" viewpoint. You can't judge if 150 mph was safe or not. On a dry empty road, yes it might well be reasonably safe. We don't know what road conditions were like at the time. I do know that road, and it's rarely that empty during hours of daylight (when it's more likely that a speed check would be held).
And I'm afraid I have to disagree with those who say "I'm perfectly safe at 150 mph.". Yes I'm sure you are, and if everybody on the road put as much interest and effort into their driving as we do, then that would be fine.
But they don't. Every day we read threads about new levels of numptyism. Lets face it, the majority of drivers we see aren't as "with it" as they should be. They have difficulty in checking their mirror before they indicate and turn the wheel at the same time, to overtake somebody going 0.001 mph slower than they want to.
How do you expect them to cope with somebody catching them up at twice the speed limit (and maybe 3 times the speed they are actualy doing)? It's simple - some people just can't compute that speed differential.
You might be lucky loads of times, but you only have to encounter that dozy numpty, just once, and your luck runs out. At 150mph, so do your options, pretty damn fast.
It doesn't matter then who was driving with most concentration. It doesn't matter who was right and who was wrong. All it takes is one tiny error by somebody else, with possibly major consequences, for you.
I'm not a prissy stick-to-the-speed-limit-at-all-times driver, but I do have an instinct for self-preservation, and I wouldn't see me reaching 150mph on a public road in this country, especially if there was another car, side road, junction or slip road in sight. Maybe I'm just a wuss... but it works for me.
Point is, we can't judge the situation if we weren't there, and don't know the road or the conditions at the time.
I don't agree that it's the same as discharging a shotgun in a crowded street. That's just silly. It's more like playing russian roulette in a crowded street, with other people standing in the line of fire as well.
Sorry to come over all "grannymode" but I think we need to be careful what we try to justify, when we don't know the circumstances.
Anyway, I'm a tiny bit concerned that we're falling into the trap here of saying "150mph is perfectly safe" and fuelling the "sports car drivers are all nutters" viewpoint. You can't judge if 150 mph was safe or not. On a dry empty road, yes it might well be reasonably safe. We don't know what road conditions were like at the time. I do know that road, and it's rarely that empty during hours of daylight (when it's more likely that a speed check would be held).
And I'm afraid I have to disagree with those who say "I'm perfectly safe at 150 mph.". Yes I'm sure you are, and if everybody on the road put as much interest and effort into their driving as we do, then that would be fine.
But they don't. Every day we read threads about new levels of numptyism. Lets face it, the majority of drivers we see aren't as "with it" as they should be. They have difficulty in checking their mirror before they indicate and turn the wheel at the same time, to overtake somebody going 0.001 mph slower than they want to.
How do you expect them to cope with somebody catching them up at twice the speed limit (and maybe 3 times the speed they are actualy doing)? It's simple - some people just can't compute that speed differential.
You might be lucky loads of times, but you only have to encounter that dozy numpty, just once, and your luck runs out. At 150mph, so do your options, pretty damn fast.
It doesn't matter then who was driving with most concentration. It doesn't matter who was right and who was wrong. All it takes is one tiny error by somebody else, with possibly major consequences, for you.
I'm not a prissy stick-to-the-speed-limit-at-all-times driver, but I do have an instinct for self-preservation, and I wouldn't see me reaching 150mph on a public road in this country, especially if there was another car, side road, junction or slip road in sight. Maybe I'm just a wuss... but it works for me.
Point is, we can't judge the situation if we weren't there, and don't know the road or the conditions at the time.
I don't agree that it's the same as discharging a shotgun in a crowded street. That's just silly. It's more like playing russian roulette in a crowded street, with other people standing in the line of fire as well.
Sorry to come over all "grannymode" but I think we need to be careful what we try to justify, when we don't know the circumstances.
Incidentally, it's strange that so many people have now concluded that Isobel Brydie is therefore mad. You don't don't know her, neither do I, but I do know of her, as she lives locally. She started SCID (and notice it says "irresponsible drivers" not "speeding drivers" or "fast drivers" but acknowledges that drivers can be irresponsible, whatever the speed) 20 years or so ago, long before any current bandwagon. I'm not going to go into the circumstances, but she's far from "mad".
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