Top speed

David

You're right to be angry, road accidents aren't at all funny.

I trust nobody would be encouraged to drive dangerously by reading this thread.

Steve B

Speeds never killed anyone, the missuse of it - yes. We "allow" hundreds of people a week to die through smoking. In relation to some of the comments so far, its a joke we allow fags if we're talking cost to the tax payer.
Martin

(apologies, I forgot who was logged in on this pc, hence the oops msg above)

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Originally posted by David Slater:
I know let's ask

1. How much friends / relatives have been injured /killed by speeding motorists ?
2. How long they were in hospital for ?
3. Cost to the country of the lost contribution of those people?

That'll be a laugh won't it!

DS

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1) none.
2) sorry, can't help there
3) nope. not there either.

Sorry DS but rather than just sticking your head in where it's not particularly wanted and chanting government propaganda maybe you should do some research first. Then you might find out that officially speed is the cause of around 7.5% of accidents and even some of those are dubiously accounted for.
So how about rephrasing (1) as
1) how many killed by drunks/people on mobiles or otherwise distracted/people falling asleep and (the real #1) people just not looking at the road ahead (just watch any of those motorway video type tv shows to see how many people manage to drive into parked cars in clear conditions)
which can all be further summed up by
1) how many people have been killed because we'd rather have a few thousand deaths each year and keep the economy chugging away nicely with all those motorists on the roads than properly training them and maybe having to kick half of them off the road because they're just not competent? And before you reply, think of this. Would you get on a plane if you knew that the pilot had been trained and tested in the same way that we train and test motorists?

A heli-pilot, Mr Dixon?

Best for me is a massive, supersonic, amazing.....

92kts in a R22 (with a tailwind so it probably equated to something like 125mph over land).

Regards,

JonR

1)..140mph. Hit the cruise controll but the gutless lump couldnt hold it.
2)..A1 nr. Peterbourgh
3)..Audi A6 Avant TDi
4)..No thank god as it was my boss's car

Paul.

JonR

For the benefit of the rest of us, what is an R22?

Steve B

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Originally posted by Steve B:
JonR

For the benefit of the rest of us, what is an R22?

Steve B

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Steve,

I was referring to the Robinson R22 helicopter - a small US-manufactured 2-seater which is very popular with flying schools in this country. I happened to mention it in response to Patrick Dixon's tales of derring-do in the probably more well-known Gazelle and perhaps less well-known Hughes.

Regards,

Jon

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Speeds never killed anyone, the missuse of it, yes

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Therefore, Martin, I guess you are blessed with a god-sent sixth sense that allows you to press the gas pedal as much as you like without ever causing any danger ??

I have had two accidents in my time and both were more than seven years ago.

The first one someone ran into me from behind. I was stationary at the time so my speed was 0 mph.

The other was my fault. I worked a triple shift (I have never worked more than 12 hours without then having 12 hours rest since.) I dozed off at the wheel for a few seconds and ran into the back of a lorry in traffic. My speed was about 5mph.


Accidents involving excessive speed that don't involve other factors like drink or drugs are extremely rare.



Regards,

Steve.

I did kill a baby deer in Austria last week (howls of "Bastard" from the opposition back benches). Was I going too fast ?

Yeah, probably.

Sorry,

Brian (meat is murder)

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Originally posted by Brian OReilly:
I did kill a baby deer

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Who killed Bambi?

I hope you ate it. Waste not, want no...

When I lived in Munich I remember confusing one of my visitors. They noticed a speed limit saying 130 and that my car was reading the same speed. They worked out what that was in real money (mph) and commented that it had seemed faster.

They hadn't made the connection that the speed limit was in kmph but my car was a right hand drive UK model with a mph speedo...

The local deer population is 2 down due to their heroic totalling of two of my neighbours rental cars recently, fortunately the drivers were unharmed.

The deer ran off

Deer are quite a road hazard in the Hampshire country side

Derek

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No, I didn't eat him/her/"Bambi". I love eating deer when it's on the menu, but I have a little "rule" about eating anything cute that makes eye contact with me, half a second before it's killed.......

Yeah, I know, hypocritical, moi ?

Brian(hardenned killer)

With me at the wheel
1. 135mph
2. A1
3. Audi TT 225 Coupe
4. No

In the passenger seat
1. 145mph
2. M3
3. Ferrari 355
4. No

John

1) 1h29m

2) Lichfield Swinfen Hall to Heathrow Terminal 1&2 car park and parking bay, pick up at 2.30 am, arrival at 3.59.

3) Peugeot 806 1.9 diesel (or was it the Citroen equivalent? I can't remember.)

4) No.

My American family cargo were most impressed (it was a private non-taxi job) and gave me a £40 tip. They were also all asleep for the entire journey. (I had been ferrying them around in this vehicle too and from London mainly for a week and took the week of my normal taxi duties to do so.



Regards,

Steve.

My best high-speed long distance run in a car, done several times in the days when I had an apartments in Brussels and a house in Munich.

1. just over 500 miles in under 5 hours door to door (including a fuel stop)
2. Woluwe, Brussels to Haar, Munich
3. Vauxhall Vectra 1.8LS
4. No and for most of the route it wasn't even illegal.

I wish I'd had my CBR in those days as I reckon I might have managed 4 hours door to door, however I'd have needed to refuel 5 times!

40ish knots in the front of a triple outboarded motor boat (3x200hp Merlins I think they were).

Felt like 150mph would on the road!

Water's much more fun than tarmac

Also been on the back of a bike at 125mph, that was scary (Fireblade). Personally have only driven up to 130mph (Honda S2000) as I don't wanna lose my license...

John
John

135-145 mph
France motorway
GSXR 750 on the way to the Bol D'or race on the south coast
It may not be a particularly high speed for a bike, but it was sustained for for most of the way. Other bikes were overtaking and the tolls were opened for the vast amount of bikes to just pass through, and the cops kept the cars out of our way for us. magic. We got off the ferry at about 10.00am and arrived on the south coast by about 5.30pm. (It was about 1986-7).

Hey Naheed, what job takes you onto the banking at Lommel ?

In a past life I did a lot of performance testing at MIRA and Millbrook. One trip to Millbrook saw me assessing a turbocharged Rover620 on the banking at @ 150mph, then the power steering pump failed.............

A story circulating at the time tells of someone driving to a boring set program on the banking, setting the cruise control then falling asleep
Cue scratching of heads in track control - how to wake him up ? Do we sandwich his car between two others ? Send up another driver to blow the horn ? Wait till he runs out of fuel ?

Sadly, they were able to wake him by playing feedback over the radio.

Brian OReilly

Completely legal;

1. 121mph (on my calibrated Terratrip)
2. A Gravel track in the Scottish borders
3. Citroen ZX Rallycar
4. N/A

That's as fast as I have ever gone legally, it was taking around half a turn of steering lock (from side to side) to keep the car on the road at this speed - quite tricky.

Illegally;
1. 135mph
2. The long hill into Inverness on the A9
3. Citroen GSA (1300!)
4. No

Back around 1985, the long downhill stretch into "Schneckie" was a favoutite for attaining unbelievable speeds in unlikely cars. The GSA's superb aerodynamics and high-revving engine helped here (7500rpm in 5th gear).

Recently and only for 30 seconds or so:
1. 151mph, according to my passenger reading the the GPS. I don't know what the speedo was reading - I was watching the road as required by the Highway Code. Obviously, this is not recommended behaviour.
2. [Witheld]
3. BMW
4. No

Sometime ago:
1. 123mph *average* speed for a 45 minute section of Autoroute
2. Route du Sud, France
3. Fiat Coute 20v Turbo
4. No (but I did get fined on my return a couple of weeks later 5 miles short of the channel tunnel)

I could I think have kept going but got a little paranoid about someone timing me at the next toll, so I stopped for a coffee.


Timo

Tim

Just say it was more than six months ago then you won't have to withold the location.



Regards,

Steve.

Four years ago I drove from the start of the M1 in London to the end of A93 in Aberdeen in 6hrs and 30 mins with one stop for 20 mins.

Car: BMW

Average speed: Not saying

Average mpg: 18

Distance: 523 miles

I just hope some of the idiots boasting of excessive speeds don't lose a loved one because of some fools speeding.

You should be bloody ashamed of yourselves for doing it and even more ashamed of yourselves for boasting about it.

You are at best immature and at worst a bunch of selfish sods.

Mick