Hehehe, I guess I should stop driving that 19 year old toyta at 120mph on the way to and from CA ;) On Mon, 2 May 2005, stu wrote: > On Saturday 30 April 2005 19:19, Joseph Sinclair wrote: > > Art wrote: > > >BTW, Is 150 mph too fast for a straight-a-away? :-> > > >(How can you have a fatality at 20 mph? - but you do!) > Joe replied: > > Generally, yes, 150mph is too fast, unless the environment is a raceway > > or other road designed for that velocity, since that kind of speed is > > pretty destructive to the road surface, and thus endangers the other > > users of the road. > > Although I don't sense a strong motorcycle interest here, I can point out > from personal experience that nothing teaches you to slow down like an Old > Fashioned "Tank-Slapper" at 120+ which can happen even on a straight, level, > freshly paved road. > Unless you are extremely careful about vehicle maintenance, the average > vehicle on the road today is unsafe at anything approaching 100mph. > > Stu > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss