I need help....fate will catch up with me

[Goosemaster]

1. I've NEVER gotten a speeding ticket

2. I daily go @ about 65-70 in 35-45mph zones on my way to class.

EDIT: If I take Route 66, I can top 100

3. Drivers suck around here, and I usually speed JUST to get in front of them and out of the danger they create.

4. The only tickets I've ever gotten are parking tickets.


Basically, I need help. I drive WAY too fast, and although I can make myself believe it is sanctioned, I know inevitability will rear its ugly head if I don't do anything about this.

What can i do to calm down? (Tips?) Regardless of music etc I do this everyday.


Keep in mind, I don't drive entirely WRECKLESSLY as this might suggest. I just speed to get out of the pockets of traffic created by idiots who shouldn't be behind the wheel.

People SUCK at driving.....now help me deal with it.

 

[Rallispec]

buy a gun.


seriously though... just relax. going a little bit faster makes so little of a difference in the long run. you're still going to get wherever your going just as fast if you take it easeir.

 

[Pepsi90919]

i got one speeding ticket when i first got my G2 licence but that didn't really count because it was by accident and blah blah blah.

but since then i was going like 140 km in 80 km zones and stupid stuff like that. then i started getting into accidents because i took stuff for granted.

then i started slowing down again.

 

[PatboyX]

thats pretty fast for "defensive driving"

 

[clicknext]

Well, if it was me I'd just use self control and stop myself whenever I start doing it.

 

[Stojakapimp]

i'm confused, do you regularly go over the speed limit, or just when you are passing somebody? If you are just passing someone then I think that is fine, but even so, going 30 miles over the posted speed limit is just stupid.

Not sure what you can do to fix your problem. Maybe if you slow down a little bit, you'll realize that you still go faster than everyone.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Rallispec
buy a gun.

[vent] heh. Seriously, people around here are IDIOTS when it come to driving. They get in the right lane and block faster traffic. Sometimes two cars are next to each other on a 2 lane st. and they keep this up forever. God forbid you flash your lights. ALso, those fools that dart in your lane and then drive slow as molasses. [/vent]


Road Rage is one thing. I am usually very calm, and even if someone gets me heated, I shrug it off.

People are really oblivous to others on the street sometimes and it is annoying as hell.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Stojakapimp
i'm confused, do you regularly go over the speed limit, or just when you are passing somebody? If you are just passing someone then I think that is fine, but even so, going 30 miles over the posted speed limit is just stupid.

Not sure what you can do to fix your problem. Maybe if you slow down a little bit, you'll realize that you still go faster than everyone.

I do my best but I guess I just have to try harder. Some days I am like a hippie in a VW bus...some days I'm like Dale Earnhart...before fate caught up to him.

 

[Goosemaster]

I really want to resolve this before a speeding ticket or worse, hurting myself or my property or hurty someone else or their property.

 

[godspeedx]

Maybe try envisioning a police-man watching you. Always drive at a speed where you wouldn't get pulled over. I dunno hehe. Or maybe you should just use some self determination.

 

[Stojakapimp]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: Rallispec
buy a gun.

[vent] heh. Seriously, people around here are IDIOTS when it come to driving. They get in the right lane and block faster traffic. Sometimes two cars are next to each other on a 2 lane st. and they keep this up forever. God forbid you flash your lights. ALso, those fools that dart in your lane and then drive slow as molasses. [/vent]


Road Rage is one thing. I am usually very calm, and even if someone gets me heated, I shrug it off.

People are really oblivous to others on the street sometimes and it is annoying as hell.

If I'm not mistaken, faster traffic is supposed to be in the left lane.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Get a ticket from a cop. Bet that'll slow you down.

 

[Ns1]

cruise control

or just hurry up and get a ticket

 

[KK]

What kind of car? Maybe you should get a car that isn't as zippy.

KK

 

[bunker]

Seriously, like Rallispec said, going faster is saving you a couple of minutes tops. Is it worth possibly wrecking your car, injuring yourself/others, just because you feel that everyone else can't drive.

I'd be willing to bet everyone you pass says "look at that asshole".

You just have to convince yourself there is absolutely no good reason for speeding like that.

 

[isekii]

jsut drive with your window open. if you go above like 55ish the wind gets so bad you'll slow down automatically

 

[HamSupLo]

trade your car for a Ford Pinto

 

[Banana]

Try doing something while you're driving. Things that slow me down:
1) Talking on cell phone
2) Eating
3) Reading newspaper
4) Using a laptop
5) Dozing off

Sometimes, other drivers get annoyed at me, but SCREW THEM!

 

[PCMarine]

2 Words...

Cruise Control.


I had a problem speeding awhile ago. I was used to going ~50 in a 40 MPH zone (If you go up to 10 over you are safe a cop told me once for that particular road). Awhile ago I must have had ADHD, ADD, or Im just retarded, I wasn't paying attention and would find myself going over 50 and 55. Then one day I got a warning for going 52... which then caused me to pay attention to my speed. One way which helped me was using cruise control. I would set the cruise for 48 or 49 (if I was in a hurry, usually 45 on normal days), and I just wouldn't worry about my speed, and I haven't been stopped since. Cruise also saves on gas by keeping the engine at low RPMs.

Sorry about the poor english, I'm kinda tired =(

 

[isekii]

Once you hit like 100+ if you go back to 50 it seems like you're driving at around 25

 

[simms]

Originally posted by: isekii
Once you hit like 100+ if you go back to 50 it seems like you're driving at around 25

bingo. even when i'm not driving and my friends are going the limit i wonder why they don't speed up.

 

[Goosemaster]

Thanks.

I acutally meant left lane bacl there...


I guess I'll start reading the Times on my way to class while on Cruise control.

 

[Maverick]

buy a minivan

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Thanks.

I acutally meant left lane bacl there...


I guess I'll start reading the Times on my way to class while on Cruise control.

you'll kill yourself faster that way than speeding

 

[Ernieb]

Originally posted by: PCMarine
2 Words...

Cruise Control.


I had a problem speeding awhile ago. I was used to going ~50 in a 40 MPH zone (If you go up to 10 over you are safe a cop told me once for that particular road). Awhile ago I must have had ADHD, ADD, or Im just retarded, I wasn't paying attention and would find myself going over 50 and 55. Then one day I got a warning for going 52... which then caused me to pay attention to my speed. One way which helped me was using cruise control. I would set the cruise for 48 or 49 (if I was in a hurry, usually 45 on normal days), and I just wouldn't worry about my speed, and I haven't been stopped since. Cruise also saves on gas by keeping the engine at low RPMs.

Sorry about the poor english, I'm kinda tired =(

This is just me now..im trying to use cruise control as a habbit now..
it's good..it's controls the speed for you..you don't have to worry about speeding or anything............ i hate paying tickets.....