smack Down
Diamond Member
How will experience help when you are way overdriving your head lights at 80 mph by the time you see anything in the road ahead it will be to late even no mater how much experience you have.
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Is 80MPH to fast too drive on a freeway?
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How will experience help when you are way overdriving your head lights at 80 mph by the time you see anything in the road ahead it will be to late even no mater how much experience you have.
QurazyQuisp
Platinum Member
I drive about 80-85... depending on the pack of cars I get into... coming to or from school, it's about an hour and a half drive at 70 and I shave a few minutes off... There are always a pack of cars going 80 to 85 on I96, and I tend to keep up with them.
You say "out in the boonies" like it makes it less likely someone else is going to be there, but the truth is it means that unpredictable road debris and animals are MORE likely to be there.
While driving at 80MPH won't kill you by itself, the faster you go the less control you have and the less time you have to correct slight errors if something goes wrong.
The difference between 65 and 80 isn't that much, at either speed there are really the same likelyhood of problems, but in all honesty, why the need to go so much faster?
Keep in mind that speeding tickets suck ass and if we ever see you post a "So I got a speeding ticket"... "Help me fight it!" that you are going to be owned, and I will find out what municipality it was so I can mail them a copy of this post. 😉
While driving at 80MPH won't kill you by itself, the faster you go the less control you have and the less time you have to correct slight errors if something goes wrong.
The difference between 65 and 80 isn't that much, at either speed there are really the same likelyhood of problems, but in all honesty, why the need to go so much faster?
Keep in mind that speeding tickets suck ass and if we ever see you post a "So I got a speeding ticket"... "Help me fight it!" that you are going to be owned, and I will find out what municipality it was so I can mail them a copy of this post. 😉
newmachineoverlord
Senior member
Your poll needs an option for No, it's "too fast to drive", not "to fast too drive"
The way you phrased it the meaning translates to "Is 80 MPH [to refrain from eating] [also] drive on a freeway?"
As far as your likely intended meaning, the faster you drive above 60mph the worse your gas mileage, so unless you get paid more the sooner you get to your destination you are wasting money by traveling faster than 60mph. You are also more likely to hit a dog, cow, or deer the faster you travel. Hit a cow at 88mph and your probability of survival is low.
If you have had your license for less than three years you should never exceed the legal speed limit unless the flow of traffic is faster and you need to merge. You are likely to kill someone if you drive with excessive speed. The difference between 60 and 80 mph is 160 feet of stopping distance, or 300 feet on wet pavement. (Mandatory read for new drivers: http://www.driveandstayalive.com/info%20section/stopping-distances.htm)
The way you phrased it the meaning translates to "Is 80 MPH [to refrain from eating] [also] drive on a freeway?"
As far as your likely intended meaning, the faster you drive above 60mph the worse your gas mileage, so unless you get paid more the sooner you get to your destination you are wasting money by traveling faster than 60mph. You are also more likely to hit a dog, cow, or deer the faster you travel. Hit a cow at 88mph and your probability of survival is low.
If you have had your license for less than three years you should never exceed the legal speed limit unless the flow of traffic is faster and you need to merge. You are likely to kill someone if you drive with excessive speed. The difference between 60 and 80 mph is 160 feet of stopping distance, or 300 feet on wet pavement. (Mandatory read for new drivers: http://www.driveandstayalive.com/info%20section/stopping-distances.htm)
newParadigm
Diamond Member
Didn't do motorsports, but a freinds dad who used to (do motorsports), and who is also a certified driving instructor, took me out to do high speed stops on this really slick road (it was a private parking lot thats f'ing huge). We also did someother stuff like avoiding obstacles (i assume this would help with the deer problem)...I know i could use more experience, and to the dude about driving fast in the snow, the roads were clear, and ther was no fog, when its snowy, i drive 40-50mph MAX.
newParadigm
Diamond Member
But its also not much more survivable at 70-0mph...
Oh please get off your little soapbox..
Ive have seen way worse than you ever will in the Motorcycle community + 10 years of Military..
ive seen just as many fatal accidents happen at low speeds as high...
For facts on high speed drivign vs low speed look up saftey records for the Autobaun vs US highways.. speed DOES NOT KILL.. CRAPPY TRAINED DRIVERS DO...
Its not speed here that kills its drivers.. its drivers that shouldnt be driving a car period at any speed that are allowed to have licenses that is..
The records for the autobahn are way better than any of our highways over any amount of time.
but thier licensing program is 4x as hard as ours.
80mph to a properly trained driver is like doing 20mph to anyone else..
the problem with US drivers is.. instead of watching what they are doing and concentrating on the road they are...
Slapping the kids...
putting on makeup..
adjusting the Air.. DVD.. CD.. or MP3 player..
shaving...
reading a book or map...
etc etc etc..
Driving is not somthing that needs to be done while distracted.. thats why Ill take a motorcycle rider over a car driver any day... not only are they trained better but they tend to take in everything around them and have absolute concentration when riding...
usually bikers die becasue car drivers are inattentive or distracted.
you must be hot stuff at the local conoco :roll:
Fact is there is a direct correlation between the speed of a vehicle and the chance of a fatality. I understand you think that being a biker makes your knowledge more reliable than hundreds of statistical studies, but I think I will stick with those statistics and my experience thank you.
erikistired
Diamond Member
in that case no, if you've been driving 6 months you shouldn't be going 80.
now that said on most highways here it's the normal speed of traffic these days.
LOL... all you have to do is use google and search...
it was on history channel.. Discovery.. and TLC.. every time the do a bit on the Autobahn or Autostradas or other Euro superhighways where the speedlimits are higher or nonexistant we get comapred to them..
the truth is there is no relation in accdients to speed..
it all comes down to training...
and if you are old as you say you are.. you should remember that the national US speedm limit was not lowered for safety... but for GAS REASONS...
for many years some states with low pops including nevada and wyoming had highways with no offical speedlimits imposed.
and there were no stats that say it was more dangerous to anyone...
I dont think you are as old as you say you are or you would remeber those days...
the ONLY reason the US has lower limits than the rest of the wold is gas.. and oil prices and our heavy handed government trying to tell us whats good for us...
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