Halfwit Goes 200mph Probz Thinks It's A Larf

[Jim Bell]

By that logic it's not safe for anyone to drive anywhere, ever.

Probably the stupidest thing I've ever read on the Internet. Has been suggested or implied by nobody but you, and is quite untrue.

 

Of course there is an element of risk in any action. If you have self awareness and intelligence, it's possible to moderate your actions to mitigate the risk.

 

You don't have to though.

[Skizzer]

So what he did nearly 200 mph in  whatever car it was he managed it in! Good on him, he paid for the car and the petrol to do it (I hope)

 

No really, the guy hasn't killed anyone where's the big problem? If you want to get on the massive moral high horse about this, best be sure your never going to get seen in a 30 zone going 31 or above! You might kill someone you know!! Maniacs.

 

This is a joke, right?

 

Tell me this is a joke.

 

I mean, nobody on here is such an utter cunt as to actually think like this, are they?

[Pete-M]

Ooh. Keep reading, there's lots of stupid stuff to read on the Internet.

[beko1987]

I've got up to 90 in the zx, and it didnt like that at all. By contrast, I cruised for many miles on the M1 at 2am in the XM at 110-120 and it was fine, didnt drink much more fuel than normal either.

 

At those speeds though I was bloody knackered by having to doubly read the road infront, make sure no one pulled across me, that plod hadn't appeared etc, got some miles covered then slowed back down to 80 and had a fag.

 

200mph is probably a bit silly on a public road though, there must be zero reaction time at those speeds for anything to happen.

 

But I'm one of those 70-75mph on certain NSL A roads people, mitigating my speed by slowing down for any sudden 30's (as 70 in a 60 doesnt seem to bad, but 70 in a 30 is a no no in my eyes).

[Christine]

Seems every time i put my foot down around here a bloody herd of  deer will jump out in front of me .. It's just too dangerous...

[chrisjvm]

200mph is probably a bit silly on a public road though, there must be zero reaction time at those speeds for anything to happen

Thank you ... That'll do.

Save all the incredulous ranting and raving for the Daily Mail letters page....

This is Autoshite!

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Speed doesn't kill, it's the sudden deceleration that does the damage....

[Sudsprint]

I sincerely hope no one viewing this thread has lost a loved one in a car crash, as some of the moronic crap I have read is unworthy of Autoshite.  

[purplebargeken]

I believe that nearby nuns and kittens wondered who the cunt was that hurtled past them at nearly 200mph.

 

They were having a late night/early AM nuns and kittens party.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

It's perfectly safe in plenty of Germany to do big speed yet it's "Think of the children" here.

 

Bollocks.

 

Usual overreaction from the safety brigade.

 

Bollocks.

 

German drivers practice fast motorway driving on a regular basis. They also know what lane Discipline is.  We do not.

 

Plus I've seen the result of a high speed Autobahn pile up and it's absolute carnage involving some poor bastard who was bumbling along at 75. We're talking multiple deaths.

 

In this country, on these roads, 100 is plenty. 70-80 is just right.

 

Have I done 150+ ? Yes, once in the UK 25 years ago and once in Germany 15 years ago. It's not really something to brag about because at those speeds, a tyre letting go or a transmission component or wheel bearing deciding it wants to die mean that you are going to be in a body bag along with whoever else you kill.

[Slartibartfast]

I remember when that chap was caught doing ~180 on the m25 in the early hours of the morning I mused aloud that if you were going to do that sort of speed, that's probably the place to do it and the chance of hurting anyone else is fairly slim. The person I was with pointed out that even if he bins it into a wall and only takes himself out the resulting cleanup would cost quite the moneys and divert emergency services away from places they could probably be better used. Fair point, I thought.

[fordperv]

I am not going to lie I have sped in the past and I have been a passenger in a highly modified sierra RS500 that did 12 mph less than that when I was in, but there is a time and place, yes it's bad, he may have been able to control the car but he's a lucky bloke that someone didn't pull out in front of him, the story could of been completely different and a family destroyed, the way I look at it the difference between our motorways and the autobahn's is people on the autobahn are expecting someone to be going almost 200mph so drive accordingly

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Posted vid of autobahn crash proves that guy was a bit of an idiot. You could tell he was paying no attention to the road, there was traffic you could clearly see in both lanes way before he reacted ... I think he may have bee getting serviced by his lady friend judging by the delayed scream of the passenger and his German quote of "shit" immediately after. Do you think he got teeth???

 

No. It's what happens when you cruise for hour after hour at 130 mph.

 

It's like those clever dicks who thought it was funny to make jokes about Islam in that French rag - just because you can do something doesn't mean you actually should. Someone is going to get hurt, or worse.

[fordperv]

I am not going to lie I have sped in the past and I have been a passenger in a highly modified sierra RS500 that did 12 mph less than that when I was in, but there is a time and place, yes it's bad, he may have been able to control the car but he's a lucky bloke that someone didn't pull out in front of him, the story could of been completely different and a family destroyed.

[HH-R]

He took a massive risk and got caught. I have no sympathy

[Lacquer Peel]

He took a massive risk and got caught. I have no sympathy

 

Yep, and got caught out because he wanted to show off to his mates via crappy camera phone footage.

 

No. It's what happens when you cruise for hour after hour at 130 mph.

 

It's like those clever dicks who thought it was funny to make jokes about Islam in that French rag - just because you can do something doesn't mean you actually should. Someone is going to get hurt, or worse.

 

That's a separate issue entirely, although free speech and free press are being eroded, both should be rights in a modern democracy no matter who it upsets. Speeding or driving dangerously isn't a right.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

 

 

That's a separate issue entirely, although free speech and free press are being eroded, both should be rights in a modern democracy no matter who it upsets. Speeding or driving dangerously isn't a right.

 

 

As I said - just because you can do something doesn't mean you should.

 

There are still some (but ever decreasing) sections of Autobahnen where you can do 150 mph. But just because you can doesn't mean you have to. It basically boils down to common sense, or lack thereof.

 

The staff of Charlie Hebdo know it. So does the twat in the video above. Hindsight etc!

[RoadworkUK]

Speed kills? Nope.

 

Closing velocity followed by impact kills.

 

Anything much more than a 30mph difference between the slowest and the fastest vehicle on a busy road and things start getting dangerous. That's why vehicles like special loads and mobile cranes which are known to be a bit glacial have flashing warning lights.

 

If a motorway is full of cars doing 90, everything's going to be OK. It's when one person decides they need to be going significantly quicker than everybody else that a shot of chaos is injected into the flow.

 

If you had a motorway where everybody was already doing a ton and some space cadet comes through at twice that, you might well be up for a ten-pin-bowling "STRIKE!" situation.

 

There are too many variables than just speed on its own. Some of the five year old motors that come through our place have been looked after so badly, shit tyres, shit brakes that the fact the driver probably did 90 on the A12 that very morning is frankly terrifying.

 

I've been extremely bad (but not 200mph bad) in a Nissan GT-R, on an empty, straight, unlit dual carriageway. I can say, hand on heart, that if there were any other vehicles my side of the horizon I wouldn't have even considered it. If 200mph man can say the same thing then I'd be a huge hypocrite to condemn him.

[John F]

Lacquer Peel, on 07 Nov 2015 - 3:24 PM, said:

 

That's a separate issue entirely, although free speech and free press are being eroded, both should be rights in a modern democracy no matter who it upsets. Speeding or driving dangerously isn't a right.

 

^ This.

 

Driving at a velocity where it is no longer possible to react to manoeuvres performed by other road users is in no way comparable to a satirist magazine doing what it says on the tin.

[Stanky]

Just to go off on a slight tangent, what sort of tyres do you need in order to do those sports of speeds without the rubber shredding beneath you? I know my last set were rated to 149mph which is significantly above

 

1. The top speed the car is capable of

2. The fastest I have ever been on road, track or airfield i any car I have ever owned.

 

I vaguely recall an article about Bugatti Veyrons which said that they could make them faster but that tyres needed to catch up with what engines and drivetrains could deliver - now thats at 250mph, 25% faster than this man drove at, but can you actually roll into kwik-fit and buy 'normal' tyres capable of holding together (never mind gripping a road) at almost 200mph?

 

I can understand track-only tyres can be made to handle a lot of power, acceleration, deceleration and cornering but not last - presumably road tyres have a requirement to last for a minimum expected time - and that be longer than one journey, even at those sort of speeds.

 

anyway, please continue the discussion/argument

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Jesus Christ............. 

 

 

 

"As I said - just because you can do something doesn't mean you should".

[PhillipM]

You can buy 'normal' tyres rated for those speeds, yes. The problem with the Veyron is the heat build up at sustained 250mph speeds - tends to melt the rubber...

[Eddie Honda]

Faster you're going. The harder it is to stop. Nice long, quiet Autobahn.

Until.

 

Look what this idiot did.....IN GERMANY!

 

http://youtu.be/AZHA4TfN2yU

You are Alan Partridge AICMFP.

 

[CHRIS1980]

I'm surprised by some of the replies on here that defend speeding. People are right though speed is only a factor. But in the case of that fella on zee autobahn,imagine him doing 70-80 instead of 130. He notices the hazard and stops in time,or his Mrs spits his cock out on the floor mat. That's why we have a limit,to factor in the idiots that do pull out in front. If we all stick to the rules whether we agree or not,our conscience is clear when the shit hits the fan,trust me I've been there. In Germany it's different,people are used to it more there but things still happen. I'm surprised that it's still unrestricted in places. I think also driving at high speed is stressful as you have to be on the watch so much more and the car needs so much more input to keep it on the road.

[Pete-M]

I don't get the ides that because one person doesn't like going fast that nobody should be allowed to.

 

I think the UK needs to get medieval on lane discipline and tailgating. Prosecute a lot more people who don't know how to use motorways. Introduce a motorway licence group where those who either don't wish to drive on motorways or are caught misbehaving on them - lane hogs, tailgaters and ditherers - can't use motorways.

 

Then raise the dry motorway limit to 100 mph.

[Eddie Honda]

Nearly 200 mph on a public highway is a completely twattish thing to do, end of.

 

I agree in this case, but it's not "end of".

 

Nearly 200mph on a public highway is fine if the roads are closed for the weekend.

 

BRING BACK THE BRUMMIE SUPERPRIX!!

 

Look at these twats go!

 

[Jim Bell]

I love how they run the original steering wheels/gearknobs etc.

 

Class!

[Mr Lobster]

I don't have a problem with people speeding to a certain extent. In many circumstances the limit is too low - 5am on a motorway on a summers morning and 70 feels like you are going backwards. In the right circumstances then a sensible bit over the limit isn't a problem. Its a lot easier to go lots faster abroad though - the roads are better and lane discipline etc is better.

 

However...

 

This fella is a muppet. You can't ever begin to justify 200mph on a public road. Far too many variables which could cause a massive and very fatal accident. Stupid, irresponsible, thoughtless, selfish knob. Same would apply to anyone who thinks that almost 200mph on a UK road is ok. Just because he lived to tell the tale doesn't make it ok.

 

If you are going to drive in excess of a posted limit then you have to accept the consequences of being caught - if I get done for 80 on the motorway then its my own fault and I'd take it on the chin and accept the penalty. If you are going to do that sort of speed then you've got to accept that the law will come down on you very hard.

[MarvinsMom]

the man is a complete bell end and a cunt of the highest order.

 

i mean, what a complete and total wanker.

 

i hope he has some big black sod as a pad mate that likes playing mummies and daddies, or that he has a really great time in the showers...

 

frankly anything over a ton should be and is an instant ban.

 

and that prick for driving at 194mph on a public road should be banned from driving permanently.

[RoadworkUK]

Then raise the dry motorway limit to 100 mph.

 

No. I don't want to do 100. I want to sit at 80 and keep at least a few quid in my pocket. My cars drink heavily beyond that; most of the cars I like will.

 

The last thing I want is every fuel-card toting photocopier salesman in an A4 diesel company hack bearing down on me at a ton. They will. Because they can.