How stable is the E89 at high speed?
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Busterboo said:
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mcbutler said:
VERY rare to find the one nice policeman in the country cos the rest are all c***s.
I had to do the speed awareness course once after getting snapped by a camera doing [drumroll.......] 78mph
. It was mostly nonsense, but the one thing that has stuck with me was when the guy running it said "Better to be late in this life than early to the next one". And that still rings in my ears whenever I'm feeling like I'm in a rush. The other thing was an old lady who was furious she'd been sent to the course and then proceeded to boast about how she'd never had lessons or had to take a test to drive, and then told us a story about the time she decided to stop on the hard shoulder on a motorway for a nap because she was tired and how ridiculous it was that she was ticketed for that too. Genuinely terrifies me that there are people like her on the road operating lethal machinery.
BeardyJon said:
You need to appreciate that there was a time, not that long ago, when you could drive along on UK roads especially the motor ways. and not see a soul for miles. :wink:
Some of the stuff I used to get up to, does not bare printing and I was a saint compared to my farther.
Older folk need to adjust though and not every one changes their ways in time to stay safe, so she was wrong to mock the course in that respect.
BeardyJon said:mcbutler said:
VERY rare to find the one nice policeman in the country cos the rest are all c***s.
I had to do the speed awareness course once after getting snapped by a camera doing [drumroll.......] 78mph
The other thing was an old lady who was furious she'd been sent to the course and then proceeded to boast about how she'd never had lessons or had to take a test to drive, and then told us a story about the time she decided to stop on the hard shoulder on a motorway for a nap because she was tired and how ridiculous it was that she was ticketed for that too. Genuinely terrifies me that there are people like her on the road operating lethal machinery.
I think every speed awareness course has an older well-spoken lady who is furious about being there.
With mine being in London a few years ago, it also had a cabbie who thought it unfair to be done for doing 21 in a 20. I had a bit more sympathy for him...
tiglon said:BeardyJon said:mcbutler said:
VERY rare to find the one nice policeman in the country cos the rest are all c***s.
I had to do the speed awareness course once after getting snapped by a camera doing [drumroll.......] 78mph
The other thing was an old lady who was furious she'd been sent to the course and then proceeded to boast about how she'd never had lessons or had to take a test to drive, and then told us a story about the time she decided to stop on the hard shoulder on a motorway for a nap because she was tired and how ridiculous it was that she was ticketed for that too. Genuinely terrifies me that there are people like her on the road operating lethal machinery.
I think every speed awareness course has an older well-spoken lady who is furious about being there.
With mine being in London a few years ago, it also had a cabbie who thought it unfair to be done for doing 21 in a 20. I had a bit more sympathy for him...
More likely 31 in a 20, sounds like he was a bit of a topper
I just came back from vacation & had a bit of fun with another BMW on the German highway (with wifes permission). I took it to about 235Km/h (146Mph) and then chickened out, the car would still go, but it felt slightly 'wobbly' (could also have been me, I'm not a real racer)
So ... that's when the M4 blasted past me at at least 250Km/h. Although the Dutch highways are even better than most German ones, the speed limit is 100Km/h... the last 150 or so kilometres felt like I was crawling home...
So ... that's when the M4 blasted past me at at least 250Km/h. Although the Dutch highways are even better than most German ones, the speed limit is 100Km/h... the last 150 or so kilometres felt like I was crawling home...
