Speeding is good? No I don't agree...

["Patrick Bureau" <pbureau@home.com>]

Dear Adam I do have to reply and do try to understand thatthis commentary is
a conversation and not a bashing of any sorts.
if you should feel I am doing a personal attack, I would like you to tell me
and I will make proper apologies.

1) The "doing about 65mph in a 55 zone and this little old granny pulled her
land yacht right out in front of me.." if you where doing 55 in a 55 zone..
you would have plenty of time to slow down and WOULD of seen her ahead of
time.

2) "I drive at high speeds all the time and I have NEVER crashed a vehicle
or caused an accident of any kind." personally I had a good long time friend
of mine like you, who used to drive professional racing stock cars, and
drove his car on the road in teh same way , "I am a professional driver, get
out of my way attitute" he died after slamming his car into a truck that
decided he had the right of way with his 18 ton truck... the engine on his
Maverick 74 backed up into the car 3 and 1/2 feet into the cockpit, he was
crushed by the steering wheel into his seat and died on impact at the young
age of 22.

Sorry, and Cannot say that I respect speed limit all the time, in town I do
stick to speed limits, and on the highway on a clear day I do run 80-90MPH
on some short "empty" 3 lane highways just for kicks. if we did not enjoy
"speed" we would all be driving Fort T model 1's.

Though I agree there should be new laws agaisnt young driver (under the age
of 21) to be allowed to drive over certain areas (like in france for
example, a new driver has a 90KMPH MAX speed, and is not allowed on
Highways, nor after dark on roads, and their permit only carries a 3 point
demerit (normally 17 on a fully licensed driver) for 90 months, these
drivers are visibly identified on their cars with a big rough black and
white sticker marked 90. it is not a perfect system (knowing full well from
personal experience with driving in france many times over) but I am sorry I
cannot warrant SPEEDING in "in-town streets" and "being a professional" you
would understand this even more, and you would keep your "speeding" on the
track and not on the road.

I am not bashing your opinion nor the way you drive, but there are a many
"young drivers" online that think redlining a 16v 2300 pds vehicule at every
gear in streets make them invincible, I have seen (lost 4 friends now to
speeding in cars and motorcycles, 3 were professional race drives, one was
my brother (at the age of 25, on his birthday, doing 80MPH in a 45MPH zone
passing in a curve, going uphill, his car plowed into a "caterpillar" , they
found his body in the back seat on the car...he was passing a group of
people on bicycles...)

I will state that though any speed above stated speed limit is technically
considered speeding, 5MPH above speed limit is not mechanically speaking
speeding, 10MPH over speed limit is. any mechanic can explain and prove that
the tachometers in any car is as accurate as the specs of the cars and tire
manufacturer designed the car with, change the wheels and you change this..
why most cops do not give out ticket for only 5MPH over limit permissible.

Sincerly hoping this willnot start a "flame war" as it is NOT intended as
so.

Patrick


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
[mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of adam lefevre
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 8:04 PM
To: Scirocco List
Subject: RE: waking up a cop late at night at a light.... WAS: Whatdoyou
g et when you pass the State trooper at 85?


I have to respond to this one...

I too was professionally trained in Germany (I lived there from the age of 9
to 23). There are a lot of people driving who got their licenses out of a
box of Cracker Jacks or in a box of cereal and they have no business being
on the road. Everyday I see people  not doing things that are allowed by law
or taught in the rediculous driver's ed, and they are causing traffic jams,
accidents or even killing themselves or others. A lot of "children" are
driving high-powered cars that mommy & daddy bought for them and they have
no clue what to do in the event that something should go wrong.  For
example, a few months ago I watched as some kid in a new Camaro ripped out
of a parking lot, spun it around 180 degrees, jumped a curb and hit my
friend's parked Durango head-on. Luckily, no one was hurt but the Camaro was
trashed in the front and underneath.

It's not just young people, it's elderly people too. Just today I was going
home from work, doing about 65mph in a 55 zone and this little old granny
pulled her land yacht right out in front of me...no one was behind me at
all. I guess she was late for bingo or something and couldn't wait 10
seconds for me to go by.

I drive at high speeds all the time and I have NEVER crashed a vehicle or
caused an accident of any kind. Take my scirocco, who killed it? My
girlfriend, who didn't know what do to when she started sliding and then
BAM...scirocco, meet the wall...wall, meet the scirocco.

The faster you go on the street, more attention is needed for what is going
on around you, behind you and way, WAY out in front of you - not just the
vehicle directly in front of you. You HAVE to know what's around you at all
times. You must compensate for the idiots who don't pay attention, who can't
see you, who are blabbing on their cell phone or whatever. You must be
ready - at all times, at any speed - for anything that is thrown at you.

ok. I could go on and on but I'll stop now. I just had to get that off my
chest.

adam
86 8v


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