At 147 mph, highway safety is just a blur

The Patriot-News ^ | September 17, 2010 | Liam Migdail-Smith

[FlyVet]

It’s just as well I never owned one of those monsters, or I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t be answering your post. Way too much fun.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

LOL,,,Was that You??,,,;0)

I had a new 68 SS/396/375hp waiting for me at the airport

when I came home from the war,,,

It would blow a 435hp Vette off the road on top end...;0)

[altair]

in the 40s when I was going with my wife I regularly hit 150 in my Olds powered 40 coupe between Los Angeles and UCSB between Thousand Oaks and Santa Barbara.

Heh. That would be US 101 and it's a tempting area to speed in. More is the pity, because it's really beautiful country.

They've long since corrected it. That stretch of road is now always patrolled and one of the biggest speed traps in the US. My final day as a speeder when I was young, was to try to make San Luis Obispo to Anaheim in 2 hours. Got nailed in Thousand Oaks.

Fortunately for me, the cop wrote me up for 1 mph less than where the most serious penalties kicked in. Fortunately for everyone else, I learned my lesson and haven't willfully broken the speed limit since. Win-win, I suppose.

[dalereed]

I still drive 75-80 everyday on the freeways, sometimes 85-90 depending on traffic.

[Daffynition]

Piker. Autobahn cruising speed - Carrera 911S....

[wardaddy]

not always...see post 51

[Sarajevo]

Crashproof Bike Safety System

[Yorlik803]

I perfer the term “Crash Test Dummy”

[Daffynition]

[Cvengr]

Would that make organ donors “udder nitwits”.

[Sarajevo]

On Autobahn A6 between Ansbach and Nurnburg was a nice downhill stretch. I coaxed the Chevy Cavalier up to 130mph. Not bad for a 2 liter engine in a station wagon.

It took forever to pry the wife out of the passenger seat when we arrived at Mom's house.

[Iscool]

Back in the day (60’s) we never knew how fast we were going...All we knew was when the speedometer went out of site, we were movin’, and that happened a lot with many of the ‘stock’ autos on the road...

[Daffynition]

Very cool, except that you have passengers when you break the sound barrier.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

On the long straight highway 9 between El Paso and Demming, someone might have got a 350Z going 154 according to the speedo. That same someone might also have been passed like he was standing still by a Ferrari going lord knows how fast.

I'm sorry, but that is too funny. lol Saw a Porsche Cabriolet take off at a light and leave a fella who was gonna race him looking like he was absolutely standing still.

[libstripper]

I spent a couple of miserable nights in Blythe with a horrible cold while driving back to Knoxville, TN from Davis a couple of years ago. It’s such a desolate place that I decided the locals, during the 1950s, must hve decided to improve it by leasing it to the Federal government for atmospheric nuclear tests. Unfortunatelhy, even the nukes didn’t do much good.

[libstripper]

Then again, they probably realized they too, would be trying to get out of Blythe as fast as possible.

[behzinlea]

“[147 mph] is probably the highest speed I’ve ever seen, and I’ve been at PennDOT nine years now,” PennDOT spokeswoman Fritzi Schreffler said.

Oh, kiss my Fahrvergnügen.

[RandallFlagg]

However, the receipt of a driver’s license in many of those countries requires a lot more time and money to acquire than getting one in America

[usconservative]

thinking back now it scares me how youth can make your balls so big and your brain so small..

True, makes me wonder just how in God's good grace that I survived all the stupid things I did in my cars ........

[usconservative]

Back in the day (60’s) we never knew how fast we were going...All we knew was when the speedometer went out of site, we were movin’, and that happened a lot with many of the ‘stock’ autos on the road...

Indiana State Trooper: "Son, do you know how fast you were going?"

Me: "No Sir."

Indiana State Trooper: "Do you have a speedometer in this car, Son?"

Me: "Yes Sir."

Indiana State Trooper: "Did you look at it?"

Me: "No sir, I was keeping my eyes on the road where they belong."

My then blushing bride swore I was going to jail, much to her surprise I got back in the car with a ticket for 75mph in a 55mph and a $90 fine. I was doing 126mph when I finally noticed the Indiana State Trooper's lights in my rear view mirror still waaaaaaay behind me.

Probably a good thing I did pull over or I'm sure I'd have gone to jail. I'm damn' sure glad I don't drive like that anymore, I'm lucky I survived all the stupid crap I did.