How dangerous is it to go like 120mph on a freeway?

[MillionaireNextDoor]

not to mention that you'd be paying the equivalent of $3 per gallon because of your reduced mpg at those inefficient speeds.
(source: fueleconomy.gov)

 

[HumblePie]

Ohh.. one thing I will point out. Roads, or well major highways at least are rated for speeds in FAR of excess of the legal speed limit. How do I know this? Emergency vehicles, which can, do, and routinely travel 100+ mph. If the roads weren't safe enough to drive at those speeds in a cop car or ambulance well... many more people would die before getting to the hospital and many more criminals would get away during highspeed car chases because cops were limited to driving at the speed limit.


Inherent dangers at 120 is stopping distance, turning, maintenance of the road, maintenance of your car, and other traffic.

If there is a straight stretch of well maintained road, your car is in good shape, and there is no other traffic around, 120 mph isn't really that much more dangerous then 50. Remember, it's not DRIVING that is dangerous at those speeds, it's the sudden stops. Same thing will flying/falling. Jump out of a 10 story building and you aren't going to die on the way down... it's until you hit that sudden stop that will kill you.

 

[Horus]

Just to let you know:

the 407 Express Toll Route (ETR) is a toll highway in Ontario. The average speed of vehicles on that road is 120 KILOMETERS per hour, or higher. Plenty of people do 140. You'll get pulled over for doing over 160. That highway is EMPTY, therefore it's mostly safe to speed.

 

[heedoyiu]

yah if you were even going to attempt you better have good everything, there is no way i would try. although 80-90 on the highway is not bad yet 90-100 after awhile gets to be a bit of a burden rather excitement

 

[Andres3605]

very dangerous for you and FOR OTHERS!

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: Horus

Originally posted by: newParadime
Sometimes its fun, if you have a car that'll do it good enough.

I dunno what the dangers are though.

~new

Wow. That's even dumber than me.

You risk:

Losing control, possibly killing yourself or someone else
Getting pulled over, and getting fined up the ass.

I'll do 140-150kp/h on the 407ETR, but that highway is empty, and everyone does that speed usually.

407 is boring

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004

Originally posted by: newParadime
Sometimes its fun, if you have a car that'll do it good enough.

I dunno what the dangers are though.

~new

You dumb F. Freeways are not designed for those speeds. Reading about the German AUdibon will make the short comings obvious.

And that's also why they make race tracks you dip sh!t.

lol at "AUdibon"

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004

Originally posted by: newParadime
Sometimes its fun, if you have a car that'll do it good enough.

I dunno what the dangers are though.

~new

You dumb F. Freeways are not designed for those speeds. Reading about the German AUdibon will make the short comings obvious.

And that's also why they make race tracks you dip sh!t.

When's the last time you drove on the German "audibon" to make a qualified statement?

I saw a special on it's construction and maintenence on Modern Marvels. So go educate yourself. US highways are not intended for hi speed use. Six quick examples of Audibon:
1) curves are more gentle.
2) road surface much more level and less bumpy.
3) They don't do patch jobs, they replace large strips
4) peaks and valleys transition more slowly than in the US.
5) illegal to be in the left lane when not passing
6) illegal to pass in the right lane.

I think they even mentioned that hte maximum incline or decline is 7 degrees.

it's AUTOBAHN you idiot

 

[alocurto]

Shens. This has to be a joke.

 

[JonathanYoung]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: Rock Hydra

Well, if there are countries that let you drive at your own pace, that's different than driving almost twice the speed as everyone else. You'll be having to weave in between trafic and all this other crap, whereas if everyone is driving fast, then the flow of traffic is nearly the same.

When I was there, there were plenty of people that were driving slowly, pulling campers, etc. The main differences that I saw were that drivers were aware and courteous. They drove on the right and passed on the left. When they were done passing they returned to the right. The same laws exist here, but nobody follows them. You're not allowed to hog the passing lane in the US or Germany, but over there they actively enforce it. There were no lane hogs that sat in the fast lane going 50 when people behind them wanted to pass.

The main problem here is bad drivers. They shouldn't be on the road at all. They make mistakes and blame someone else. But that seems to be the growing US attitude in general.