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Originally Posted by Bibio (Post 3115725)

yes i know its the UK and the speed limit is 70mph but in Germany on the autobahn its the norm. lets take the UK speed limit and law out the equation for a moment and then ask whats the harm.

if the speed limit was 100mph in the UK a large majority would all drive at 100mph up the speed limit to 200mph and if your car could do it then people would. its the law that makes it bad.

I'd normally take that view, but this looked out of control to me - , one hand twitchyness, distracted messing about with his camera phone camera - it wasn't a clear road either and the other cars looked uncomfortably close at that speed.

And also just the stupidity of knowing how illegal and questionable it is and uploading it to the net

Re: mmm prison food

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Originally Posted by SV650rules (Post 3115759)

Yup, if Germany is serious about its climate change low CO2 etc they would reduce speed limits and stop making cars that can do over 200.... Then again Germany has been building coal fired power stations up to recently -

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...w-uniper-plant

Every vehicle made (near enough) can break any/every speed limit there is . . . . just because your vehicle can do it, it doesn't mean you have to.
Look at the Motorcycle industry with the gentlemans agreement on the 186MPH limit, most superbikes can break it from factory - only the dash will still show 186....
Most superbikes can also do nigh on 100MPH in 1st gear . . . . what's the point of the other 5?

Volvo is now going to start restricting its vehicles to 112MPH from factory. Still above all speed limits on the continent. What's the point?

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Originally Posted by DJ123 (Post 3115765)

Every vehicle made (near enough) can break any/every speed limit there is . . . .

Tell that to my van :)

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Identifying the vehicle involved would be relatively easy if you have a time frame, but where are you going to get the information around when it was filmed? Pretty much the only way the police will manage that in the absence of a digital footprint is if they can read one of the registration numbers on one of the vehicle that gets overtaken, and I don't think the quality of the footage, even if it was enhanced, is good enough for that.

Speaking as someone who drove on UK motorways at over 150mph on pretty much a daily basis you do need to look beyond just the figures involved. They are certainly in a car capable of handling the speed, the weather, traffic and location are probably as suitable as you could ever reasonably get, and apart from mucking about with his camera he's ticking most of the boxes so although I'm not in any way suggesting what he did was appropriate or safe it's not quite the headline it's being made out to be. I've seen a whole lot more dangerous driving at half that speed.

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Originally Posted by keith_d (Post 3115757)

At 150mph our motorways aren't close to flat, they are a mass of lumps and bumps that try to throw you off line. And, even the shallowest bends need full concentration because you're getting 4x the centripetal force that you get at 70mph.

I've driven an SLK on the autobahn at 150mph.

After going round a gentle bend, I struggled to keep it in the lane with the traction lights flashing like a Christmas tree. Slowed down a bit after that.

Sent from an S20 using Tapatalk with that kin cr4p blocked

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Originally Posted by DJ123 (Post 3115765)

Regarding Volvo this was dreamt up by the female head of safety centre Malin Ekholm. I can't help but think this will cost Volvo sales. Yes her intentions are good, but as most females aren't bothered about top speeds, ultimately male drivers spending that amount of money on a luxury vehicle will be more prone to the willy waving bragging rights down the pub, and will be less inclined to spend £40k an a car that on paper is slower than a basic fiesta, and go and buy a BMW instead. I drive a Volvo, it's only a diesel and is knocking on a bit now, but has a top speed of over 130 but I've never done it. Nor tried to either. So there isn't really any point to the 112mph speed cap.

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Originally Posted by Red Herring (Post 3115802)

This is a fair and balanced post. It also depends a lot on the individuals brain, and how it computes speed. I was listening to the radio in my car one morning, quite a while ago, and the discussion on the radio was about how we perceive speed. It was said that once we are travelling at 100mph we can no longer deal with the velocity at which we are travelling compared to driving at 70mph.
The speedo on my pointy stopped working for a while. At the time I was commuting on it every day, and with no speedo rode it at what I believed to be a safe and sensible pace. It wasn't until the speedo decided it would start working again, and I looked down to see what speed I was travelling at, that it was clear I was riding at a speed that wasn't quite as sensible as I had perceived it to be.

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The long arm of the law reaches out ?? https://news.sky.com/story/two-men-a...ussex-12005522

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Anyone on here still going to use the valet parking service again....... :)

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I never knew an RS6 could do 200 mph.