02-13-2004, 03:16 AM | #31 |
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I'd have to say around 120 kmph...in the winter, in a blizzard, while drinking coffee, and reading the paper. my dad does this all the time. lets just say we albertans are very confindent drivers. if'n you were to try and hitchhike the 3-lane highway that connects Edmonton and Calgary you'd better not get too close to the road, the wind from cars will suck you off your feet.
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02-13-2004, 04:14 PM | #33 |
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Well, at mentioned here in germany we have
no limit on many parts of our highways. Its absolutly normal to drive 200 to 220kmh in a fast car. And many german cars are fast. Many of the bigger bmw or mercedes can drive 200 - 250kmh. Thats not the limit of the car but of the engine computer chip - the car is limited to that speed. But you can remove it. Thats not legal because you has manipulated the car but its legal in the speed. No speed limit means no speed limit. I know a sport car driver which had reached 300+kmh and a friend of mine is driving a BMW which has a limit of 273kmh. Of course he not drives that fast very often. You will use 30-40l of fuel every 100kmh when you drive with a 2.5 tons heavy limousine in that way. And fuel costs here in germany about 2$ per l. Read it: 2$ per liter. In our car, we normally drive 160kmh which is a good limit. 120kmh is normally lowest limit you can drive - or to many people will stuck behind you. Of course there are parts of the highway which are limited. Most times to 100khm or 120khm. Most times because there are many incoming or outgoing or the highway is in bad condition. Funny: I live in Bremen/Germany and there is a city called Bremerhaven, about 90kmh north of us. The highway to that city is limited to 120kmh parts. Thats because some bad highway parts. Ensurance issues had invoked the speed limit. But the local police mentioned in our main daily paper that they will NOT control the speed limit! I am real, its true. We always drive 200 and more that highway and all other do it too. But i must mentioned that the first time we drove there we had used the 120kmh limit and wondered "why in hell is EVERYONE driving here like hell?". Then i asked a friend and he explained it to me and some weeks later we read about it in the daily paper. And i am not sure england has about 2.5 less accidents as germany. Perhaps counted at all but not counted per cars. Remember that germany is bigger as england AND we have a gigantic number of trucks moving from east to west europe and back - germany is used as main route when you want drive from one point in europe to another. Guess why... right - no speed limit and even as truck driver you can tweak to drive a bit faster as elsewhere. In fact thats the real problem - don't expect most times to be able to drive 250 or whatever. The highways are full and you have to be careful. |
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S. Carolina just passed a law fining anyone driving too slow in the left lane.
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Was driving down the 210 today going about 90mph...and there were STILL people rocketing by me...crazy nuts...did get the satisfaction of the CHP busting a few though
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Who said corvettes [img]tongue.gif[/img] you were talking bout the BMW Z8 roadster tks
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