Driver films himself doing 200mph in an RS6 on UK m/way

[DoubleD]

RSbandit said:

jakesmith said:

Well glad we agree - it would stop the ravers in their jazzed up corsas ruining it for everyone else killing children & such like and so forth

I was being sarcastic

I think both of you are being sarcastic. He's not seriously suggesting a month in prison for each 1mph caught over the limit, that would be daft.

[S1KRR]

Schmed said:

Speeding? Is a minor infraction at best. Throwing “dangerous driving” at what is effectively minor speeding, the likes of which is seen regularly and perfectly safely on any autobahn every day of the week, is yet another example of the hysterical anti car agenda continually perpetuated by the kind of health and safety lefties who really belong on mums-net.

Still, ready the gallows for a “crime” where no one was actually hurt and there is no lasting damage, financial or otherwise.

Utterly ridiculously massive overreaction. 35 in a 30? Hang ‘em high! 12 months? Should be 12 years!

Now I'm not going to say I've never sped on the roads of this great country. And I've driven several times on derestricted Autobahns. Though generally not much above 200km/h for extended periods.

But 200mph in a 70 when other road users simply wont be expecting it is pretty stupid. On the autobahns, not only are they very well surfaced, (mostly) they are slightly wider and other road users are expecting faster traffic.

So lets try a little experiment.

Put your kids in a car and have them do 70mph down a motorway. At some point in the next 2 years. And we're not going to warn you or your partner driving when this will be. A dhead with an incredibly powerful car, about 2 mins experience of said car is going to come barrelling down the road towards them, at 130mph MORE than them. 1 handed whilst he films it on his phone.

Hope your driver doesn't want to overtake a car at that exact moment.

I mean it's fine aint it? All of a bit of fuss about nothing right?

[anonymous-user]

Schmed said:

Speeding? Is a minor infraction at best. Throwing “dangerous driving” at what is effectively minor speeding, the likes of which is seen regularly and perfectly safely on any autobahn every day of the week, is yet another example of the hysterical anti car agenda continually perpetuated by the kind of health and safety lefties who really belong on mums-net.

Still, ready the gallows for a “crime” where no one was actually hurt and there is no lasting damage, financial or otherwise.

Utterly ridiculously massive overreaction. 35 in a 30? Hang ‘em high! 12 months? Should be 12 years!

I would class 'minor' speeding as doing 80mph on a motorway - on the basis that some Police wouldn't even bother pulling you for that.

You class 'minor' at 201mph. Which leads me to think you a bit thick. Which then leads me to think you shouldn't be in charge of a car, let alone drive one.

Can we stop with the whole Autobahn excuse? It's fine if the other drivers around you know that you're doing that sort of speed and the road layout was actually designed for it, but they don't and it's not.

[RSbandit]

Is 200mph acceptable on any public road tho even the autobahn? Sure German drivers may be more aware of higher closing speeds but I've still experienced people pulling out in front of me over there when I was prob doing 120-130mph, I had to brake hard enough but not excessively.. I wouldn't be confident trying to vmax unless the autobahn was completely empty tbh

[RSbandit]

DoubleD said:

I think both of you are being sarcastic. He's not seriously suggesting a month in prison for each 1mph caught over the limit, that would be daft.

I've seen some of Jake's contributions on other threads so wouldn't be certain! Of course I'll let the man himself clarify

[jakesmith]

DoubleD said:

RSbandit said:

jakesmith said:

Well glad we agree - it would stop the ravers in their jazzed up corsas ruining it for everyone else killing children & such like and so forth

I was being sarcastic

I think both of you are being sarcastic. He's not seriously suggesting a month in prison for each 1mph caught over the limit, that would be daft.

He's not the brightest unfortunately... here's a clue: "ravers in their jazzed up corsas"

Edited by jakesmith on Saturday 13th June 23:19

[RSbandit]

jakesmith said:

He's not the brightest unfortunately... here's a clue: "ravers in their jazzed up corsas"

Edited by jakesmith on Saturday 13th June 23:19

Jazzed up corsas are easily good for 130...anyway best u hangout here rather than get frothy at the mouth like on some other threads...

[jakesmith]

RSbandit said:

jakesmith said:

He's not the brightest unfortunately... here's a clue: "ravers in their jazzed up corsas"

Edited by jakesmith on Saturday 13th June 23:19

Jazzed up corsas are easily good for 130...anyway best u hangout here rather than get frothy at the mouth like on some other threads...

Ha... made a down payment on a 570S this week as it goes, not sure if I'll keep the R8 or not yet

[RSbandit]

jakesmith said:

Ha... made a down payment on a 570S this week as it goes, not sure if I'll keep the R8 or not yet

that is it quite funny given what you said on the R8 vs 570s thread during the week...anyway let's keep this topic on course what did u think on my autobahn comments

[jakesmith]

RSbandit said:

jakesmith said:

Ha... made a down payment on a 570S this week as it goes, not sure if I'll keep the R8 or not yet

that is it quite funny given what you said on the R8 vs 570s thread during the week...anyway let's keep this topic on course what did u think on my autobahn comments

I agree with them and don't actually rate the Autobahns as having sighting and driving standards commensurate with 200MPH.
They do have a higher standard of instruction and the surfaces are good but the closing speeds at that pace doesn't leave much of a margin for error.
Having had to brake from 150MPH a couple of times when something unexpected happened, in fairly capable cars, not an experience I would seek to repeat.

Downpayment on a 570S for £7 here:
https://dreamcargiveaways.co.uk/current-competitio...

[RSbandit]

Haha good luck with the raffle! Yes it's not a pleasant feeling when you have to drop anchor north of 130-140 mph I've found 120mph max is a nice cruising speed on a quiet autobahn anything over 150mph for an extended period requires too much concentration and is ultimately v tiring

[Kawasicki]

RSbandit said:

Haha good luck with the raffle! Yes it's not a pleasant feeling when you have to drop anchor north of 130-140 mph I've found 120mph max is a nice cruising speed on a quiet autobahn anything over 150mph for an extended period requires too much concentration and is ultimately v tiring

Clearly, everyone is different. Driving at 125 mph on a quite autobahn seems too slow to me.

What’s not pleasant about braking from over 140 mph?

[DoubleD]

Kawasicki said:

RSbandit said:

Haha good luck with the raffle! Yes it's not a pleasant feeling when you have to drop anchor north of 130-140 mph I've found 120mph max is a nice cruising speed on a quiet autobahn anything over 150mph for an extended period requires too much concentration and is ultimately v tiring

Clearly, everyone is different. Driving at 125 mph on a quite autobahn seems too slow to me.

What’s not pleasant about braking from over 140 mph?

What does he dislike about heavy braking from over 140mph? Does that really need asking?!

[RSbandit]

I was referring to having people pull out on me when they prob shouldnt have and having to brake quite hard at that speed on the autobahn

[Kawasicki]

RSbandit said:

I was referring to having people pull out on me when they prob shouldnt have and having to brake quite hard at that speed on the autobahn

Why are people pulling out in front of you? Are they just changing lanes for no reason at all?

[So]

Kawasicki said:

RSbandit said:

I was referring to having people pull out on me when they prob shouldnt have and having to brake quite hard at that speed on the autobahn

Why are people pulling out in front of you? Are they just changing lanes for no reason at all?

Sometimes they do, yes.

Sometimes there is a reason, but it's not necessary to change lanes really.

Sometimes it is necessary but people signal, manoeuvre, mirror.

Sometimes people mirror, signal, manoeuvre but struggle to spot that something is approaching fast from behind.

200mph on an empty road or one where other drivers know that there may be other drivers moving quickly is different from a populated road where other drivers aren't expecting 130mph closing speeds.

Driving at speed doesn't worry me at all. Doing it on British roads with British drivers on them does.

[RSbandit]

So said:

Sometimes they do, yes.

Sometimes there is a reason, but it's not necessary to change lanes really.

Sometimes it is necessary but people signal, manoeuvre, mirror.

Sometimes people mirror, signal, manoeuvre but struggle to spot that something is approaching fast from behind.

200mph on an empty road or one where other drivers know that there may be other drivers moving quickly is different from a populated road where other drivers aren't expecting 130mph closing speeds.

Driving at speed doesn't worry me at all. Doing it on British roads with British drivers on them does.


This...even in Germany it can still be hard for people to guage closing speed sometimes

[anonymous-user]

Paul Dishman said:

DuraAce said:

So speeding should only be punished if you crash and injure a 3rd party?

200 on uk roads isn't acceptable as other drivers aren't expecting to to be closing on them that quickly when they change lanes etc.

I'd expect them to be punished, I was referring the frothing reaction on social media - a lynch mob demanding five year jail terms, ten year driving bans and the car to be crushed in front of them

I assume you don't mean the Tweet thread you replied to. Doesn't seem much of a lynch mob if so.

Solocle said:

Schmed said:

Speeding? Is a minor infraction at best. Throwing “dangerous driving” at what is effectively minor speeding, the likes of which is seen regularly and perfectly safely on any autobahn every day of the week, is yet another example of the hysterical anti car agenda continually perpetuated by the kind of health and safety lefties who really belong on mums-net.

Still, ready the gallows for a “crime” where no one was actually hurt and there is no lasting damage, financial or otherwise.

Utterly ridiculously massive overreaction. 35 in a 30? Hang ‘em high! 12 months? Should be 12 years!

You never disappoint. 200 mph on a public road is obviously exactly the same as 35/30...

Simplistic 'left' political generalisation was an NP&E bonus on the generic autobahn rant.

[jakesmith]

Kawasicki said:

RSbandit said:

I was referring to having people pull out on me when they prob shouldnt have and having to brake quite hard at that speed on the autobahn

Why are people pulling out in front of you? Are they just changing lanes for no reason at all?

Honestly, we get it you think you are an unbelievably talented and almost telepathic driver / rider, and I'm sure you concentrate and try hard and may well be very experienced and safer and better than many other drivers / riders on the road and have a very capable vehicle, I can assure you you have made it perfectly clear by now.

I honestly hope it isn't a case of pride coming before a fall literally and figuratively as there is a greatly reduced margin for error at those speeds that you can not entirely mitigate through percieved or actual skill. You may well be watching a car that you think may pull out and anticipating it as you approach ready to evade, brake, etc, but at some point you have to commit to passing them whether they have seen you or not and that is the point where, if anything that you haven't considered including their behavior, the road surface, their / your vehicle behaves in an unexpected way, that your posting on PH may abruptly end. Honestly, no one ever thinks they are going to have an RTA, a blowout etc. At 200 MPH on a bike your survival chances are not great. No disrespect to you & your driving ability but you are saying black is white and white is black if you think 200MPH for extended periods presents 0% increased risk to yourself or others it takes very little to go wrong at that speed for a vehicle to unsettle. Not sure there is much value continuing this but if you feel the need to bump the thread with another explanation of your level of driver skill then be my guest, I hope it's the only bump you experience though. You flaming mentalist.

[anonymous-user]

Sustained driving at high speeds is mentally and physically tiring when done with the appropriate observations and conscious thinking.

Ask anyone who has done an advanced driving course or anyone who has taught it.

The reality is most people don't have the required mental skills, and even if they do, they don't have ability to focus for sustained periods to deploy them.

I expect the driver in question wasn't thinking about traffic being nudged from L1 to L2 due to traffic joining from an on-ramp etc and planning accordingly.