Why do people speed?

[Match]

I'm curious. If there's a speed limit posted, why exceed it? I seem to be one of very few people on the roads that actually drives the speed limit.

 

[StattlichPassat]

Because the speed limit, on the freeways and interstates anyway, is downright ludicrous. It needs to be more like 80mph, not 70mph.

Greatest country in the world, and we still don't have an Autobahn. :|

 

[LostHiWay]

So your the guy that always goes 65 when everyone else is going 80!! I hate you!!





Just kidding

 

[Daniel]

Ahh, you were that guy in front of me holding up the line on the way to work huh, next time we won't be so nice.


edit... you other people seem to have it easy, its 55 on my whole way to work, with 5 mile/hr ezpass lanes, ugh.

 

[ohtwell]

I tend to go 5 miles over the speed limit.



: ) Amanda

 

[iamme]

Because they're stupid.

<-----reformed stupid driver

 

[yobarman]

Originally posted by: LostHiWay
So your the guy that always goes 65 when everyone else is going 80!! I hate you!!





Just kidding

I'm not. Everyone who keeps the speed limit should be in the right lane!! Leave the left lane for law-breakers such as myself.

 

[reitz]

Originally posted by: Match
I'm curious. If there's a speed limit posted, why exceed it? I seem to be one of very few people on the roads that actually drives the speed limit.

So I can easily pass slowpokes like you...

Why do I speed? Because it gets me to my destination faster, and because it's more fun to drive when I'm going fast.

 

[notfred]

Because you get there faster. What kind of a stupid question is this?

 

[Match]

NightFlyerGTI: You certainly have the right to your opinion that the speed limit is ludicrous, but what gives you the right to the right to break it?

 

[iamme]

actually, the real answer is because people think they're invincible. They think that high speed, fatal car crashes only happens to other people.

 

[Talon02]

I speed because i want to be at my destination, not in between.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

When I get pissed, my foot suddenly becomes heavier and I have trouble holding it up.
If I have somewhere to be and, like a FREAKING IDIOT, didn't plan my time accordingly and am late, my foot suddenly becomes heavier and I have trouble holding it up.
If I'm on an open back road with no one around, my foot suddenly becomes heavier and I have trouble holding it up.

nik

 

[woodie1]

Originally posted by: Match
I'm curious. If there's a speed limit posted, why exceed it? I seem to be one of very few people on the roads that actually drives the speed limit.

Not only that but why is it everyone seems to think the speed limit is the minimun speed allowed?

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: woodie1

Originally posted by: Match
I'm curious. If there's a speed limit posted, why exceed it? I seem to be one of very few people on the roads that actually drives the speed limit.

Not only that but why is it everyone seems to think the speed limit is the minimun speed allowed?

Indeed. I drive according to conditions.

nik

 

[Kelvrick]

I speed because it gets me there faster and driving is more fun when you're going fast. When I go slow, I head on over to the right and I expect others to do the same. A minivan/old pos car in the left lane will only serve to piss me off when I'm cruising along in cruise control with my favorite song on. I don't care what speed you drive, but if someone is coming up on your ass, move your ass on over to the right.

After driving up and down the I-5 in california many times, I've come to appreciate truckers (except when they pass another trucker and slow down both lanes) and how they'll move over if they see you coming.

<== monkey dance

 

[n0cmonkey]

Speed limits are recommendations. Much like when you over clock your processor and do something wrong it burns out, when I do something wrong I get a ticket. Just because I drive faster than others, does not mean I drive wrecklessly.

 

[Ladies Man]

why die a painful slow death that 55mph causes when i'm pinned in the car still conscious just slowly bleeding to death... I'd rather go instantly as I hit something; then my car explodes in a great ball of fire ensuring my quick death.

 

[Match]

n0cmonkey: As far as I know, it's not against the law to overclock a cpu.

 

[StattlichPassat]

Originally posted by: Match
NightFlyerGTI: You certainly have the right to your opinion that the speed limit is ludicrous, but what gives you the right to the right to break it?

Being a taxpayer who PAID for that asphalt? I too believe that you can drive safely at higher speeds without being unsafe. I don't blow by cars at 30mph+ or anything... I actually slow down to pass, even if I have my own lane. And I always drive with my brights on in the day. I drive according to the conditions, and usually this is 80mph on average on the Interstate highways. Touches 90mph once or twice, rarely below 75mph (my minimum). On urban freeways, 90mph is the norm on wide-open 5-lane-wide areas, but anything over that starts bordering on 'unsafe'.

<fans the flames>

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Match
n0cmonkey: As far as I know, it's not against the law to overclock a cpu.

Ok, and if I get caught I pay the consequences. No tricking AMD/Intel into sending me a new processor, I suck it up and pay my fine. I protest a law I find moronic in a non-violent way. Whats wrong with that?

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Speed limits are recommendations. Much like when you over clock your processor and do something wrong it burns out, when I do something wrong I get a ticket. Just because I drive faster than others, does not mean I drive wrecklessly.

my new sig

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: NightFlyerGTI

Originally posted by: Match
NightFlyerGTI: You certainly have the right to your opinion that the speed limit is ludicrous, but what gives you the right to the right to break it?

Getting to my destination to accomplish more in my day, and my radar detector? It should be my taxpayer right.

<fans the flames>

radar detectors are illegal in VA.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: icecool83

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Speed limits are recommendations. Much like when you over clock your processor and do something wrong it burns out, when I do something wrong I get a ticket. Just because I drive faster than others, does not mean I drive wrecklessly.

my new sig

 

[Match]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: Match
n0cmonkey: As far as I know, it's not against the law to overclock a cpu.

Ok, and if I get caught I pay the consequences. No tricking AMD/Intel into sending me a new processor, I suck it up and pay my fine. I protest a law I find moronic in a non-violent way. Whats wrong with that?

What's wrong with that is it increases the probability of death in an accident the faster you go.