Quote from: SwampRat on October 17, 2014, 09:00:42 PM
The above thread was locked by SHODDED in response to FoMoCoSHo's post ....
MY question is Why was the thread locked ?
I'm sorry guys there is very little difference in " kill of the day " in terms of danger or public safety ? ! ? !
The results of ANY accident even at say 80 or 100 is not going to be good ... PERIOD .... especially on public roads
No need for people to be testing top end speeds on public roadways. Already have this thread where the
occasional competition can lead to high speed driving. We naturally assume that drivers are exercising good judgement which is a must and a given in high speed situations.
Many roadways though you will find normal traffic speed well in excess of posted speed limits, be they city roads or highways. Add curves, slickness, visibility, any number of other factors, and speed is quickly proven to be relative. Try driving in 60 mph traffic through pea soup fog in the Midwest. I will tell you in my area, many Prius owners drive like they are in the Indy 500. Drivers of actual high performance cars OTOH are generally sedate in traffic, heck, even when there's no traffic. They know better than to test the twitchiness of the beast.
And the ultimate question: why did you buy a performance vehicle, and join a performance-oriented forum, if you are not going to put the pedal to the metal on occasion? Why do manufacturers make performance vehicles at all? And why isn't the law shutting them down? Germany continues to boast some of the fastest production vehicles in the world, yet they have the strictest innercity laws, AND they are slowly killing the freewheeling Autobahn. Do they think that if people buy a fast car, they just want to pay taxes and then drive like they have an underpowered Yugo? Human nature? They have drugs for that!