Posted on 07/10/2007 12:38:07 PM PDT by hardback
Bingo! There are so many things that happen to even a well maintained car...not to mention on the highway itself..that would cause a bad situation at 70MPH and an incredible tragedy at 100MPH.
In fact...I remember reading a piece in the Wall Street Journal some time ago about the Autobahn in Germany.They talked about the accidents that (frequently) happen on it and quoted a policeman who responds to them saying that the accidents are often so bad that you can’t recognize the victim as being human because they’re so badly mangled.
My own question is: If he was going over a hundred, as accused, where’s the felony reckless driving charge that would normally be considered automatic for those speeds?
Oh, right, we can’t do that... He’s got a famous father!
Considering how bad the aerodynamics were for the charger I imagine a boat on water feeling.
It’s like my truck is more than capable of hitting 120+mph, but my tires are only rated to 90mph so I’ll stick to 70-80 ;-).
At a 135, I would have been part of the car, along with the apple of my eye, her girlfriend and my best friend!
There were 4 of us in the car! Hell maybe if I'd have been alone, I would have whipped him! After all I was carrying around 600lbs of ballast, LOL.
He was alone!
The girls weren't exactly pleased we were going so fast! It all turned out for the better, I think that's the night me and Toots conceived my son, Robert!
Now that is true there. They all seem to be driven by either the tweed set or earth mothers.
One question I would ask is if the arresting officer wasn’t exaggerating the speed or adding some extra speed on the ticket to made it more dramatic.
I got a speeding ticket from a Kentucky state policeman. He added 10 mph onto the speed. He wouldn’t let me see the speed on his radar gun. With that extra 10 mph, my speeding ticket then turned into reckless driving. It cost about $700 and increased insurance.
The small podunk town was just into screwing tourists on the interstate. The tickets were just a way to generate revenue.
My BMW Motorcycle is now 11 years old and running great. Switch to two wheels.
I did 110-115 in a Nissan up in Montana, the car started shaking!
They do it on the Autobahn all the time. More, too.
Besides that, I had a co-worker in my old auto-store job who drove our boss’ car instead of the latter’s daughter (she also works there and is big into the cars) 1 night when she was too drunk. This was a gorgeous Lincoln Mk III, already 20 years old, at 130 MPH so he claimed. Down an Interstate here in MD (it’s not MT). It obviously didn’t bother him!
“The Prius is for people making a statement, it’s an over engineered car that caters to a low end market segment with near mid class prices and hopes to achieve sales through: Branding, perceived savings because of mileage, and saving the environment. Some cities and communities are buying this car because of those reasons. Economically, it makes no sense. It’s the intelligent car for the ignorant person.”
In our free newspaper last week, there was a poll that showed more Republicans owned Priuses (how the hell do you say that?) than Democrats - although a narrow margin.
The other thing is that for all that enviroMENTAL garbage, noone asks what’s going to happen when all the batteries die out? What are they going to do with that HazMat?
You all should watch the Penn & Teller on the Prius this year. Or maybe not, because they used dating lesbians to test-drive a Prius while they all made fun of it.
I know.See post #62.
“My daily driver is an 03 crown vic ‘sport package’ if you can believe such a thing exists.. but it does”
Hah! They used to be called the “Police Interceptor” (PI) based on Lincoln engines. It’s not shocking at all to this Lincoln-lover!
Yes, but the people are also specifically TRAINED to drive at least on the Autobahn (not sure if it’s required for every driving). The people are treated more like pilots in the military than the willy-nilly stuff we do here for getting a license.
Plus, the roads are specifically designed to accommodate high speeds. If they were twisty-turny all around mountains, it would be very bad.
It’s true it’ll be nasty if something happens, but with all these factors, supposedly, it’s not very frequent (meaning, %, not absolute #s).
Yep, that’s pretty much what it is.. All the police intercepter goodies, but bucket seats and shifter on the floor.. It’s like driving a BIG Mustang...
The Prius makes sense in a big city - the electrical system is superior in environments that require numerous stops and accelerations.
If you live in nevada it’s a joke of a car. Certainly because you pay loads of money for a technical system that is not used.
But for those who live in a big city and have to use a car there’s this one:
http://www.teslamotors.com/index.php
A bit expensive - but fancy.
I am doing 220 km/h every morning on the autobahn to work - a simple ford mondeo diesel does that without shaking, vibrating or getting to noisy.
The Prius makes no sense from an economic standpoint, which is unarguable. The Prius most likely does not make sense from an environmental and safety standpoint. It’s the perfect car for the sort of people who buy it; liberal chicks, or middle aged gay men. What are you telling us?
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