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
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