If you drive > 100 mph, you should get a ticket...

If you drive drunk, you should goto jail...

It's only right... Getting tickets for doing 45 in say a 40 zone would sux but if you are tracked in the future doing 110 over 5 miles... Then seriously you deserve a ticket

Just try to justify a need to drive 110...

 

Well, the act of driving around 100mph on an interstate highway isn't dangerous as long as the car is in order and you have good judgement...the issue arrives when everyone else around you is driving the speed limit. I mean, when you study a highway like the German Autobahns (in most areas, no speed limit but heavy enforcement of driving 'etiquette') then the whole issue of driving fast is less scary.

However, back here in the good ol' USA, I would agree that if you are driving over 100mph then you should get a ticket...it just isn't safe for the other drivers around you (even if you can handle it).

 

This isn't really justification... This is stating a situation where it would be safe to do so, (or sorta safe) But just because it is less dangerous don't mean there is ever a need to go 100 mph...

I am however glad you're agreeing with me... It seriously makes no sense to drive 110 mph... I did it when I was 18, I have grown a LOT since then and hope everyone around that age group do too...

 

i agree with cypher, the need to travel over 100 MPH is not necessary for me here where i live and can be dangerous . Maybe its not necessary to you neither, KAuss. But, if you have the right car, the right tires, the right situation , street and/or highway it really isnt dangerous nor that big of a deal. (Porshe @ Autobahn in Germany w/ light-no traffic)...It may not be justifiable to you, maybe you went 100+ MPH on a car not fit for that and crapped your pants.

 

yes, here in the US you shouldnt drive over 100mph on a freeway BUT there are areas that you can safely...like going out to new mexico. half way there and you are all alone on the highway. But you are taking your life in your own hands. You just cant drive like that in any car though. i'm sure everyone knows that.

 

You should have the attitude that your life is always on the line when driving...whether it is a quick hop the grocery store at 35 mph or going 95 mph down a quiet stretch of desert highway ...I am sure you know that but for some reason I had to point this out when I read that sentence.

 

yes the accident rate in europe is far less than the US of A, but the autobahn is currently only two miles long.....they have continually shortened it. and most people in europe drive small economical cars.....i doubt many people are traveling very fast. i think the driving age should be restricted to 20.....hahahaha

 

i think that if the government didn't want us to speed 100mph or more...they would put a regulator to halt the vehicle from traveling beyond 100mph or even less. It's all a conspiracy...

if you don't speed...the government can't ticket you...and thus less revenue generated for the local,state, and even federal government.

cars were invented to take you from point A to point B quicker than riding a damn horse. my point is... speeding is not wrong just as long it is done in a safe stretch of highway, but just look out for the 5-0. hehe.

nothing is illegal unless u're caught doing it or proven u did it.

 

i don't think the German Autobahn is 2 miles long...it's actually a network of highways...like the freeway extending over 6000 miles all over Germany. FYI

also...u'll be surprised that small economical cars are common...but there are plenty of porsches, mercedes,and bmw running down the highway ... German taxis are mercedes for godsakes...

 

yea, I just read up on the autobahn. It has alot of great ideas, and much of the autobahn still has unlimited speed limits, but some portions include advisory speed limits and electronic signs with speed limits for bad conditions such as rain or construction. It was a good read: http://home.att.net/~texhwyman/autobahn.htm#regs

 

wow. the talk of a navigation system turned into a talk of driving.

as for driving over 100mph.. i do think that people should get a ticket

 

Everything said here equals to a (Less dangerous) and NEVER would it be a good idea to travel 100 mph... They can raise the speed lmit here, but driving 100 mph would mean a LOT more fatal accidents... Going 100 - 0 is pretty hard to keep anything alive...

To tell you the truth... Going 100 isn't insanely fast... Just that I know better than to do it even when there are no cars on the freeway... Back in 89, the Bay Bridge took a hard hit from the quake and a section of the bridge broke off the top deck and slanted into the bottom deck... Cars can not see it clearly and one person not paying full attention to the road fell in and died... This situation would almost seem impossible to dodge if you're driving at 100 mph (the limit on the bridge was 55 and he didn't stop in time) Seriously, if anyone continues to justify that just because it is LESS DANGEROUS to drive 100 mph, and continue to do so... I hope you get caught 3 times in a row and get your drive "privlidge" taken away... We don't need drivers like that on the road... (I'm not talking about the ones that do it subconsiously like from long trips, I'm talking about the ones that do it as a hobby... You all know who you are too..)

I guess your parents have no say about your safety? They probably can care less if you died because you gotten into an "accident" doing 100 mph (note accident was highlighted because you can't PREDICT it happening) I'm not saying you can't get into accidents driving slower... Still it is just common sense that the risk of anything serious increases with speed... I seriously can't stand how the MTV culture makes people think lives are so insignificant... You're not living just for yourself... You owe your life to those that helped you to where you are today... You should take care of it with them in mind... tC4me, I'm not attacking you personally and I know you probably mean to word it better... Just that for anyone out there that thinks this way, please take a moment and rethink the whole thing...

Has it occured to anyone that the United States owns more cars than any other country and have the most teenage drivers of any country? Did you also look up the fatal accident rate in Europe? Take the number of fatal accidents and divide that by the total number of accidents... I'm sure the ratio is rather high... They also have a different dicipline over at the Autobahn... They don't drive like jackasses and have to have special licensing (I'm not sure) to have the "priviledge" to drive responsibly under VERY VERY VERY highly maintained roads which the US currently have NOTHING of this standard... Open freeways are NOT oval Nascar tracks...

 

Someone please explain that to all my redkneck neighbors.

 

TheBigGuyRy, LOL that was funny :D

 

Is it ever necessary to drive 100 mph? Of course not. But is it in any way necessary for me to get in my car, drive around twisties at three in the morning, never stop anyplace at all, and then come home again? No, but I do it anyway. There's a lot of things people do that aren't strictly necessary. Not that I drive at 100 mph... my car starts to really rattle and hum around 85. Oh well.

Point about the nav system has already been mentioned. Nav system, OnStar, etc., people, if they want to, can track where you're going and keep a record of it. I haven't heard of anyone getting a speeding ticket because of it, but I have heard of it being used in court. Most recent example was a guy who, in his divorce proceedings, had his wife submit copies of logs of his navigation system showing that he had been going to a girlfriend's house several times a week and cheating on her. You want stuff like that coming up in court?

And I DO know people who have gotten speeding tickets in the mail from EZPass (if they don't have that in your neck of the woods, it's a little electronic thing you keep in your winshield, so that when you drive through tolls, it automatically hits up your credit card instead of you having to give them cash at the toll booth). They set up a couple sensors a half mile apart, and if it takes you less time to pass between them than you could driving legally... ticket in the mail. They can't put it on your license, because they can't prove it was you driving, but you still have to pay it.

 

LOL, if that guy is such a bastard, then I guess it serves him right to have stuff like that brought up in court right? Like if Kobe didn't rape the girl it makes it ok for him to cheat his wife with a 4 million dollar ring :D Serves that guy right for trying to pull a fast one :D

As for twisties 3 in the morning... There is nothing wrong to take your car anywhere under legal speed limits anytime of the day... There IS however a difference driving down a strip of road going 100 MPH...

Seriously, how would you feel if you hit someone going 100 MPH... Why not just goto a race track? Why must it be done on the freeway? It's not like the government don't provide you with a legal way to do it...

I personally drive for hours after work with my WRX without stopping... I once did a 200 mile trip 11 pm to 3 am after work and did it all while driving 65 on the most open freeway you can find (hell it was open everywhere)... All I remember was using the whole tank of gas LOL...

I even drive local for hours on end... I cruise around in 3rd which is about 30 - 35 with my WRX from SF to San Jose which is about 40 miles freeway... It took me a good 2 hours to get there 4am and all local...

Why did I even type all that LOL? All I have to say is 100 mph is not right....