What is the fastest you have ever driven? Where?, page 8

reply to post by Magnivea

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123 kms an hour on the freeway until I got a speeding ticket. Speedlimit was 110km.

One day I am going to try and go a bit faster than 123 km p h, maybe try 125 km p h.

I have a Nissan 350Z and I know I should drive faster than the speed limit cos the car can certainly go faster than that but I don't like to break the law.

I have all my points on my drivers licence

oh and I don't want to be scraped off the road after an MVA... worst one I heard, the poor Ambo had to pick up someones Jaw from the road. Think about the people who have to clean your mangled body up if you have a car accident.

reply to post by jaduguru

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look ugy, the road was perfectly straight. There was no one else on the road and I didnt go 200 miles an hour.(off track?)

Relax.

EDIT:

Those are safer conditions than anything people have or will post here. You guys are driving on open roads with other traffic, so you are not alone.

I am a VERY responsible driver and this was one of the few times I allowed myself to go over the speed limit. I am a near perfect driver. I have been in several accidents while not at the wheel and almost died several times. I would not have done this if it was not perfect conditions and the vehicle was in perfect condition as well. Sooo

ease off.

Originally posted by zedVSzardoz
reply to post by jaduguru

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Those are safer conditions than anything people have or will post here. You guys are driving on open roads with other traffic, so you are not alone.

Quite a few of us only use tracks and/or closed courses. I personally use private roads and tracks. And of course dirt/gravel/mud/ice courses. I speed, yes. If I'm driving somewhere I'm in a hurry, almost no exceptions. I'm in upstate NY though, so if you keep it under 15mph over the limit you generally don't get bothered. I usually do about 5 over.

Only one of my top speed runs was on a highway and that was a closed section of interstate outside of Albany, NY. I'm fairly certain that it was OK considering there was no one else on the road and I had a State Trooper at the 3/4 mark shooting radar just before I needed to back off and slow down for the exit.

Also, I don't mean to come off as cocky but I've raced/run some of the most famous tracks and drag strips in the world and have never had an accident (well one but that was just dumb on another driver's part). I have NEVER had another person in the car unless they wanted to be or needed to be.

What I'm getting at is that while many people here confess to doing this on the highway, I'm sure just as many visit tracks or closed courses (hell, I have 24/7 access to one I partially financed). It's not hard to rent one or visit on an open run day either. This isn't just directed at you, zedVSzardoz (just to clear that up). This is to everyone posting comments about racing/driving fast.

tl;dr: Not all of us willfully risk others lives whether they think they are or not. Some of us are actually pro or semi pro. Don't lump us all together because of some unsafe people.

reply to post by Magnivea

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I hear you.

I am from NY as well. You really cant speed where I am from since even the smaller highways are thoroughly patrolled. What some people did when I was in HS was block off traffic for 20 minutes at like 4 AM when maybe 1 car would pass every hour. They did it on what was an old private track, the Sprain brook Pkwy. They raced up until a certain point where they knew no exits let other traffic on. The cops got wind and ended up clamping down.

It was dumb either way, but you are right about not speeding with people who are not willing participants, but you have to understand, this was miles upon miles of straight lines, in a new car, on perfect roads, in perfect conditions. I wouldnt have gone that fast if it was not safe. I have been in some accidents as a passenger and I am actually pretty anal about people speeding. I have gotten out of cars and walked because people were driving recklessly. I have almost died too many times in my youth by dumb ass drivers.

I understand where you are coming from.

reply to post by zedVSzardoz

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I do. And I must admit that driving through the roads on the way through/around death valley are very easy to be tempted by. I took an R8 5.2 through there.... A few times I looked down to see 100+. To be fair though there are no landmarks to gauge your speed on and it's an amazing thing to look around at when you're from this part of the country.

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