Driver caught doin 150mph
 

Story here ; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3683441.stm

Whilst that is rather dangerously over the limit, a woman road safety officer claims ;

How the hell can she compare driving a car at that speed to letting a shotgun off in a crowded street? :rolleyes:

It's also mentioned that a car's apparantly uncontrollable at that speed, what? It's a sport's car... I have mate's who regulary drive their home car's on circuits reaching these kind of speeds, and dont have any problem controlling them. Granted this is under controlled conditions, and im not in any way condoning what this driver did.. but these people's reactions are ludacris.


Who's to bet the road was deserted at the time :rolleyes:

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lets not upset any of our female members, who might be Road Safety Officers, there Steve H ;)

I know of at least one who has an informed opinion ;)

- however I do take your point, the car will be more than capable of it's function, even my modest 1.4 now has discs all round & abs, for example :)

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Also it was on a motorway. This isnt really that bad and he will be punished. I would have said "sorry bout the speed but your wife is waiting for me at home" that should please him

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...the car, yes...but what about the driver?

And the story also says he was talking on a mobile at the same time as doing 150mph....

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Where's Chim when you need her??

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Hmm 200 caught speeding, 20 of them doing over 100mph, 1 doing 150mph and on the phone (idiot), yet no accidents....

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150 mph...at night? in a performance car....no problem.
Talking on a mobile at 150 mph.....complete t*sser. :rolleyes:
.....obviously on the phone saying....'I'm doing 150mph, aren't I great' :dozey:

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Wasn't intentional... honest ;)

Wasn't really thinking about the driver's capability's.. moreso questioning the claim's that the actual car was un-manageable at that speed...

Would it make it better if the driver was Schumacher or somebody to his degree? :pp

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Lucky to be honest I think that speed it-self isnt the problem, its bad drivers. THis guy was on a motor-way and didn't hit anyone it wasn't right but if he has doing it outside a school then it would be different. Also slow drivers ARE THE WORST. I dont drive yet but I go on my bike and the worst thing other than car drivers are SLOW drivers. You cannot predict them and they take there time which is uncomfortable for me. When you try to cross the road and there are no cars apart from one stupid driver who is going slow enough to allow other traffic to catch up and fast enough so that it will be unsafe to cross.

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have to agree there Tez, doing 150mph & talking on a mobile is not on, apologies for not reading the whole link, in concept modern cars are 'safe' at way above current motorway speeds - anyone who travels on motorways will have had the experience of 'cruising' at 80 & found that is 'too slow' - but you do have to concentrate to go faster;)

- and an empty road in the middle of the night is deceptive, I have shocked myself, before now, doing over 100, when it only felt like 70 :shrug:

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I've had to re-train my ears.
Like most drivers, unless I need to specifically know what speed I'm doing, I can judge it by the engine sound, ie I know that when the engine makes the sound it does at X rpm in 5th I know what speed I'm doing.
Now in my laguna, 3000rpm was 90mph, so I knew if the sound gets near that, I'm speeding.
In my new car, first thing I noticed was at 3000rpm the car's doing 110mph!
Time to ease off and just let the engine idle :D
70 is about 2000rpm.

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good point - crank the cd up & you don't even get that cue :erm:

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If it wasn't intentional why did you italise the word woman?

Incog gives SteveH a very long teachers look.


:pp

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My sarcasm wasn't intentional either :pp ;)

//me backs outta this thread quietly :pp

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I listen to radio 4, which is really quiet anyway :)

You can't beat the Archers

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/ whistles the Archers & get's the pedal to the metal - well figuratively, anyway :)

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Next time you're driving at 7:15, turn the archers on and try singing the national anthem to the theme tune :D

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:erm: :erm: :Sprint:

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Poofta eh? :D

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I'd thump you one for that, but I don't want to break a nail ;)

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I suppose in context of the thread it would matter if you were baritone or soprano, but hey we are easy going here :D

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Drama Queen :D

I found myself doing 110 mph down the M60 in my friends Vauxhall Cavalier turbo and didn't realise but funnily enough wasn't listening to The Archers at the time :rolleyes:

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There is nothing wrong with the Archers! It's just like emmerdale but without images.
Besides, Radio 4 has the now show and dead ringers :)

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Driving at 150, on the phone..

Wasnt by chance also smoking & listening to the Archers at the same time?

Jeez, that would be one capable driver, especially since he would have been having an argument with the passenger & eating a sandwich at the same time....lol

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Has your Laguna not got Cruise Control. Usefull for doing 40 on dual carriageways around Stevenage and other new towns where you really could easily drive faster and also for ensuring you don't go over 85 (or whatever you choose) on a motorway.