Safe Speeding - Is There Such A Thing?

[Nismo 3.2ish]

People just need to focus on the task of not running into anything, everything else (keeping eyes attached to the speedo included) can wait.

The trouble is, in most cars today you need to watch the speedo, I should say, be aware of it at all times, the slightest pressure on the throttle and you can be 10klm + over the limit on the freeway. I use my GPS to keep me on the ball without watching the speedo, but the beeping will drive you nuts

Some cars are worse than others for this.

[MagicMikeZ32]

People just need to focus on the task of not running into anything, everything else (keeping eyes attached to the speedo included) can wait.

The trouble is, in most cars today you need to watch the speedo, I should say, be aware of it at all times, the slightest pressure on the throttle and you can be 10klm + over the limit on the freeway. I use my GPS to keep me on the ball without watching the speedo, but the beeping will drive you nuts

Some cars are worse than others for this.

And that is exactly the bit I have an issue with. If you are paying attension to your surroundings, flowing with traffic etc etc, going a bit over the posted limit should not be an issue.

Going 700km/hr through a school zone or built up area, sure, throw the fricking book at em.

[niZmO_Man]

Except most these days don't go faster than 10km/h slower than posted speed limit.

[The Bogan]

MLR, 50

Safe speeding, yes and no.

There are to many variables to say yes or no as a definitive answer, druggies,drunks, kids, animals, trucks, weather, idiots, pushbikes, motorbikes, road conditions including surface type (on camber/off camber/crossfall) and/or contaminates (diesel/water/loose surface/pot holes/oil).

Not to mention the idiots who enter a corner to hot and cannot stay in their lane, this can be a issue if you to are pushing your car through a corner with minimal fudge factor, keep a eye out at the local twisties for car and bike parts on the side of the road.

Me, I like to give it a squirt now and then, rarely floor it though, and I try and stick to the speed limit and constantly scan the road surroundings and surface, I've still been rear ended when stopped at lights and have had a few close calls due to evading wayward idiots who think they are awesome or just not paying attention.

In the end if you want to go fast there is only 1 place to do it and its at the track, at least that way if you do, f**k up or have a mechanical failure that puts you in a wall or on your roof its hopefully just you that will wear the hurt.

Track days can be the most fun you can have with your pants on but can get expensive, drag days are cheap, and at a drag day you can find out how slow you really are.....

From my experience most people who speed around the streets get rather upset when they find out how slow they really are at a track or how slow their "high performance" car really is.

OR, their to POV to afford a few dollars (they can of course spend money on useless modifications and stickers).

Disclaimer: needing to speed is a personal choice not something you need to do, if you have to speed to get somewhere on time then your personal administration is flawed, hopefully you only end up with a ticket and not some toe tags.

On a final note: If I'm overtaking you on your left, your in the wrong lane.

[Wordsmith]

I'm 22. I dip over the limit from time to time to get clear of traffic. Nobody wants to be stuck behind a frequently stopping bus or a slow moving truck, and sometimes to get around them you have to speed for a little bit. Once I've got a bit of space in my lane I'm pretty content to cruise at the limit.

On the motorways it's a little different. You could be doing 120 in the right lane and people will still go around you to undertake. It seems like almost everybody speeds, and it's probably worth considering upping the limit on motorways.

Edited February 26, 2016 by Wordsmith

[niZmO_Man]

Experienced this yesterday, driver varying between 75-85 in 100 zone, as soon as the overtaking lane appears, speeds up to 110.

Good thing my Liberty is turbocharged. Got past the car quickly before he reached 100.

[PranK]

Crossing Roseville Bridge. Go down the hill, bunch of cars riding each others asses doing 60kph in the right hand lane. As soon as we start going up the other side, all the cars start doing 90!

If you can't maintain speed, you shouldn't drive.

[Nismo 3.2ish]

Crossing Roseville Bridge. Go down the hill, bunch of cars riding each others asses doing 60kph in the right hand lane. As soon as we start going up the other side, all the cars start doing 90!

If you can't maintain speed, you shouldn't drive.

yeah, should have been doing 90 down the hill as well

[PranK]

yeah, should have been doing 90 down the hill as well

At least. [emoji1]

[XGTRX]

Come on with all these super responsive setups, you should be able to pass in a heartbeat. Oh that's right you refuse to gear down... he he he

[Nismo 3.2ish]

Come on with all these super responsive setups, you should be able to pass in a heartbeat. Oh that's right you refuse to gear down... he he he

When I have a car, I do not mind dropping down a gear, but 3 gears seems a bit much to overtake at 60. lol

[XGTRX]

When I have a car, I do not mind dropping down a gear, but 3 gears seems a bit much to overtake at 60. lol

Ha ha hook line and sinker

You're funny Pete

[Nismo 3.2ish]

Ha ha hook line and sinker

You're funny Pete

Ditto ; Fishing is fun, some fish do not like it, I do

If you had ever driven mine when I bought it, you would have stuffed a V8 in it, you had to speed if you wanted to get anywhere, or drive around in 2nd or 3rd in 50/60 zones unless it was dead flat roads , lol

[Nismo 3.2ish]

Experienced this yesterday, driver varying between 75-85 in 100 zone, as soon as the overtaking lane appears, speeds up to 110.

Good thing my Liberty is turbocharged. Got past the car quickly before he reached 100.

My pet hate and up here it is not only on rare occasions, it is 8 times out of 10 , it drives me nuts and sometimes to be a little stupid, just have to get past before they go back to 80

[PranK]

Let this be a warning to anybody that thinks speeding isn't dangerous.

[admS15]

Let this be a warning to anybody that thinks speeding isn't dangerous.

I have been convinced. I will never ever speed again[emoji6]

[PranK]

I have been convinced. I will never ever speed again[emoji6]

Neither will that little fella. [emoji22]

[Birds]

Speeding isn't safe, but neither is driving. It's all risks and reducing them or increasing them, as has been mentioned. I drive like what society would call an idiot, and often...but much less when other cars are around me or in adverse conditions and that's my risk reduction.

Speed limits are set at a certain level to cater for the lowest common denominator and poor conditions(and to raise revenue!). This is your unintelligent, slow reflexed person in a shitty car. You're not going to instantly kill someone the moment you step above the speed limit; it only increases risk and, yes, there is safer speeding and it comes from a more capable driver doing it in a more capable car. This is someone who has very good reflexes, experience as a road user / can predict situations, can multi task, can pull their way out of a shitty situation, has good depth perception, fast reaction times, good eye sight, pays attention and takes in everything around them, not just 3 metres directly in front of them (which seems to be 90% of the driving population as far as I know). But you can't have different speed limits for different people in different cars, so we're stuck with what 80 year old Deloris can safely do in her 1980 Mercedes 280E...assuming she even does the speed limit.

So yes I've sped plenty, but I've done it knowing that even though I can get booked for it, as long as I'm doing the above I'm still a safer driver in a lot of ways than that idiot woman in the SUV who tried to merge me off the road without indicating when changing lanes.

The worst thing people do is step out of their houses and into a car thinking of it as just an a-b daily routine/task and not a 1.5t +/- piece of metal that can kill if you turn a steering wheel 45 degrees the wrong way or fall asleep at it.

[GTR-N1]

There used to be a more discernible difference between "Idiot" and "Maniac" (on our roads) - but less so, I think, these days.

Me? I'm neither.

I prefer the word "Manic"

[Nismo 3.2ish]

How does "crafty Manic" sound Terry. I fall under that, I think ?

I just do not do stupid shit with other people or cars around, scared a few rabbits, foxes and Roos, well the Roos scared me

The blokes showing off for their mates are going to cop it all the time and the hoon laws do not F around!

You really have to push these GTRs to spin and that is how I like it, well I do miss it