Why do you speed?

**max_boost** · 10-22-2002, 11:21 PM

Addicted to speed?

I'm usually cruising with the flow of traffic but rarely go 15km/h over, also depends time of the day and traffic on the roads.......

At least I know I'm not doing anything stupid to contribute to accidents or getting myself tickets!

**ninjak84** · 10-22-2002, 11:26 PM

i do the limit in traffic
on dry, clear nights though, i usually speed like crazy. only when im the only person at risk, do i speed.

why?

its really fun.... REALLY REALLY fun to have the windows down on a summer night, with your fav song playing, and a gran turismo rally demo playing on my little LCD screen, driving on deerfoot with no other soul in sight.

**RiceCake** · 10-22-2002, 11:31 PM

Hmm... I dun think its so much the speed as it is the fun of acceleration... or lack there of in my case..

**Hakkola** · 10-22-2002, 11:35 PM

Cuz I'm KARAAAAAZZIIIEEE.

I try not to, and find myself not doing it very often any more, i usually just accelerate really quick up to the speed limit, but on certain stretches I punch it for a bit.

**Stratus_Power** · 10-22-2002, 11:35 PM

i never ever go 10 above speedlimit, except in deerfoot

**5gluder** · 10-22-2002, 11:36 PM

I ussually drive 10km over. Honestly i rarely speed, there is always that moment when there is an empty straight road ahead of me, i can't resist i must hear my baby screem

**redline_13000** · 10-22-2002, 11:38 PM

i speed if its 3 am and no one on the road

**2000impreza** · 10-22-2002, 11:52 PM

i don't speed much at all. sometimes 10 over. lol. i could care less if suv, mini van, trucks,.....etc pass me. i can't afford to speed so i don't. i had one close call a few weeks ago where i more than doubled the speed limit racing a friend. it was stupid...... haha. don't think i'll ever do it again. my car is slow so no point in speeding anyways.

**finboy** · 10-22-2002, 11:58 PM

i only go at most 10 over the limit.

this does not hold true on deerfoot at like 2-4 am, or the highway

i don't like getting pulled over, so i try to avoid doing legal things.

**Davetronz** · 10-23-2002, 12:24 AM

I dont look at my speedo anymore, I just go with the flow of traffic...

**Hakkola** · 10-23-2002, 12:26 AM

i don't like getting pulled over, so i try to avoid doing legal things.

Hahaha, recipe for disaster...

**GTS Jeff** · 10-23-2002, 12:56 AM

i usually speed if i dont pay attention to the speedo...which doesnt happen too often..but otherwise

1. im in a rush (this seems to always be the case, but speeding when in a rush is ok, cuz it means im paying full attention to the road while speeding so its safer and i can also spot cops better since im actually on the lookout for them)

2. i just want the thrill of speeding (yea it sounds gay but its true...again im intentionally speeding so im paying full attention...and can see cops from far away)

both times i got tickets...it was when i was speeding unintentionally, and just not paying much attention. thats why i always try to pay attention when driving, so that i can speed and not get tickets

**szw** · 10-23-2002, 01:02 AM

I speed a lot, not on purpose, but I just don't think about my speed and end up going faster and faster. It doesn't help that usually flow of traffic is speeding up with me.

I am usually about 10-15km/h over the limit, except for common photoradar locations.

**aboveandbeyond** · 10-23-2002, 01:06 AM

i just speed for the sake of speeding....i havent got aticket for anything yet(knock on wood)but as soon as i get one i will slow down

**T-rus** · 10-23-2002, 01:12 AM

I too normally do 10-15km over the speed limit depending on the location and time of day.

But sometimes you gotta give your adrenaline movin so you kick it up a couple of notchs and go (well go as much as the taurus will go :P)

**GTS Jeff** · 10-23-2002, 01:14 AM

yea actually it just feels like something is wrong if your rpms arent rising...

**girlRACER** · 10-23-2002, 01:21 AM

Since I got my ticket, I feel like I've been driving like a granny but people seem to think otherwise so I guess I'm still a crazy girlRACER.

But really, I only like short bursts of speed. I'll let go of the pedal once I reach speed limit. It's been pissing me off though because whenever I do it, whatever domestic car is beside me thinks that I am trying to race them and then at the next light they screech their tires and floor it! Like today for instance, a Ford F150 did that to me. Yesterday, another 2 cars did that to me.

But the number one deterrent of speeding for me is cops! They're everywhere and I really don't want to get caught and have more demerits.

**CLiVE** · 10-23-2002, 01:30 AM

why do I speed? It's not me....its the car...the car is just asking me to....

**BigShow** · 10-23-2002, 01:35 AM

i speed all the time, except for rush hour when it's hard to...

straight roads, curved roads, in between cars, hills, whatever... i love the feeling of going fast...maybe it's just me...

the tickets that I've gotten I've fought off the points with "points" so... i'll continue to drive fast when it's safe to do so...

lammer · 10-23-2002, 01:57 AM

i speed because for those 10 seconds i'm free.

haha i rarley speed. and if i do its max of 10 km/h over the limit.

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