Porsche Driver gets a 160 mph ticket, Not a 914 |
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Porsche Driver gets a 160 mph ticket, Not a 914 |
Coondog |
Apr 5 2021, 08:08 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,089 Joined: 24-September 15 From: Apple Valley Calif Member No.: 19,195 Region Association: Southern California |
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914forme |
Apr 6 2021, 06:22 AM
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Times a wastin', get wrenchin'! Group: Members Posts: 3,896 Joined: 24-July 04 From: Dayton, Ohio Member No.: 2,388 Region Association: None |
I get it, and yes it is against the law.
Stupid - no license Stupid - if it is real reckless operation, but that gets slapped onto all sorts of items and is very subjective. Here is my gripe. Enforce the correct laws and things get a lot better. Yes even Germany has their share of accidents, and they do have speed limits, but they also have stretches with no speed limits. And this is what I found over there, keep right except to pass, and everyone is respectful. Why they enforce the keep right law, it helps so much. You can have a Merc van towing a car under a cover, looks an awful lot like a Porsche. going a whole 65 MPH in the far right lane, and getting passed by a Merc in the middle lane doing 150 MPH, while being passed by a McLaren, a GT2RS and a Panamera Turbo going somewhere north of 175 MPH. Was hoping to see a Ranger Rover with a Camera or two. But sadly no. Everyone was happy, everyone was safe, everyone understood the rules of the road. It was driving Nirvana on a public highway, Run I made on a Holiday weekend from Stuttgart to Munich. I was the guy in the S class Merc. Would have preferred to be in the McLaren, but love the one your with. Latter saw the Truck and Porsche on the road just on the other side of my bench while enjoying a (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif) and some local food. 911 GTish thing with a bunch of sensors and camera camo, to keep the pictures in the press. Enforce the correct laws and this will allow everyone to enjoy the drive. Drive responsibly and respectfully. BTW, this morning on the way into work, I was passed on the left by a Mercury Barge doing 80 on a two lane, through the intersection with oncoming traffic. That incident put at least 10 people lives at risk, I did not do a head count just the car count involved. That was truly breaking several laws. Passing in a non passing zone! Reckless operation or at least incredulous operation, not a law, but good enough for me. Speeding 80 in a 45 None signal usage I am sure I could find a few more if I was not assessing the situation and the options I had tactically. When I read the title I thought it was a factory test driver. I was hoping for a late career change opportunity. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
wonkipop |
Apr 6 2021, 06:11 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,255 Joined: 6-May 20 From: north antarctica Member No.: 24,231 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
Enforce the correct laws and things get a lot better. Yes even Germany has their share of accidents, and they do have speed limits, but they also have stretches with no speed limits. And this is what I found over there, keep right except to pass, and everyone is respectful. Why they enforce the keep right law, it helps so much. thats a big one in aus (or perhaps it is just the state i live in) now. it once was a law to keep in the left lane unless overtaking. same as your keep in right lane. at the same time the state govt.decided to raise revenue by introducing zero tolerance measure for speeding, they quietly withdrew the hard and fast law on staying left. its turned our freeways and interstates into arteries with clots. cars seem to bunch up in groups of 5-10 travelling too tightly together at 110kph all on cruise control across all lanes (or two on the interstates). it gets hairy when a double B road train is part of the mix. i noticed on my last trip two weeks ago the cops were cruising up and down the interstate breaking up the clots. a highway patrol bmw right up the backside of right hand lane loiterers seems to produce a reaction involving moving left that no other car can. as arno notes it was once an enjoyable experience on an aussie interstate just covering miles, now its..........like everywhere else? |
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