EmilysDad
Senior Member
..... He's lucky he didn't kill himself or someone else. ......
How? Because 'speed kills'?
..... He's lucky he didn't kill himself or someone else. ......
That's good then love a good clicheEveryone understands that increasing your speed increases your risk, to yourself and others. No one imagines that driving at 127 mph is safe on British roads. Speed Kills, Clunk Click on every trip, Don't drink & drive and all the other cliches exist in the public imagination long after the road safety campaigns, because they all bear simple truths.
Motorists take calculated risks every day and road users die on our roads all too frequently. If this discussion does nothing else, it might encourage someone to think about the consequences, not in terms of points, fines and bans but in human cost. I'm less concerned with speed limits and more concerned with responsibility.
A long history as a high mileage motorist without a blemish on his licence has to count for something. His charitable work is admirable and he needs his driving license to continue with that. This encounter with the law will have worried him, he's unlikely to repeat the offence. If he does, he'll surely incur a lengthy ban.
He is a lucky man. He owns a wonderful extravagant car and he has the time and resources to use it for good works. He's lucky he didn't kill himself or someone else. He's lucky he didn't lose his license. We're lucky we can sit on the sidelines and pass judgement without having the uncomfortable feeling that charity and goodwill have been stopped on our say so.
*57*
He's probably a very nice chap etc etc, I don't doubt it...but why does that count?
If you are used to driving a lorry then jump into the fastest production accelerating car in the world and you go to overtake a long vehicle his actions in my opinion are not surprising, I bet it shocked him how fast it accelerated in such little time. I know coming from a 2.2 diesel into a V8 twin turbo petrol it shocked me when I blipped the throttle in a local country lane, I was concentrating so hard on the road I did not see the speed so I think some of the comments about locking him up etc are a bit harsh..
Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk
Agreed. And it isn't like you can't feel the acceleration in a fast car or hear it.I think that's nonsense, and if anywhere near the truth he should not be on the road. When I jump from my wife's Rav4, to the company Sprinter Luton body to my 911 to my CL I do not drive the faster cars faster because I forget how fast they can be...a poor defence. On a motorway/dcw why do you need to accelerate to pass other vehicles?
Agreed. And it isn't like you can't feel the acceleration in a fast car or hear it.
I tend to find I drive slower in the more powerful cars we have than the less powerful ones.
Agreed. And it isn't like you can't feel the acceleration in a fast car or hear it.
I tend to find I drive slower in the more powerful cars we have than the less powerful ones.
Even within the MBs I drive the powerful ones slower.Thats cos you're older and wiser than once you were, + the Merc calming effect of the wafting along. Ever since I've had a Mercedes, 14 years now, my cars no longer fly like the company cars, have no grit rash along the front, have tyres that last etc.
So in your 911 you sit behind all the other vehicles in the slow lane?I think that's nonsense, and if anywhere near the truth he should not be on the road. When I jump from my wife's Rav4, to the company Sprinter Luton body to my 911 to my CL I do not drive the faster cars faster because I forget how fast they can be...a poor defence. On a motorway/dcw why do you need to accelerate to pass other vehicles?
So in your 911 you sit behind all the other vehicles in the slow lane?
Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk
The Mrs has noticed to the effect that I drive the big Mercs more slowly and sensibly than I did the Golfs/ A3s that immediately preceded them.Thats cos you're older and wiser than once you were, + the Merc calming effect of the wafting along. Ever since I've had a Mercedes, 14 years now, my cars no longer fly like the company cars, have no grit rash along the front, have tyres that last etc.