By A Texas Reader
fri, apr 14, 2023 11:03 p.m.
201 in a 75: here are the 50 fastest speeding tickets in texas in 2022
https://www.thedrive.com/features/201-in-a-75-here-are-the-50-fastest-speeding-tickets-in-texas-in-2022
I remember driving 100 mph in a driving rain on us 75 in Richardson.
This was many years ago.
At the wheel: a young, German nanny driving a Mercedes [Daimler] E class owned by medical professor she worked for.
We were on our way to get beer in the small suburb of Buckingham.
Car rode effortlessly at that speed.
In the rain.
The German girl had no fear.
Unbelievable.
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jerry pdx
No speed limit in certain de restricted areas of the autobahns in Germany, I can only imagine how fast some of those drivers can get going. Accidents when they happen must be pretty spectacular.
201 mph in a '75?Buick?
Impossible.
Almost as unlikely as 201 mph in a 75 zone--and no one's killed.Mex?Well,Gonzales county--more than likely.
--GRA
Anyone can drive at 100 mph in the rain--or even snow and ice. The problem is when there is a sudden need to stop or change direction--that's when the car goes out of control unless the driver is quick and has well-trained reactions. Often an inexperienced driver has the tail of the car slide out and he tries to correct, but each time his correction is too much, too late, and the car swings the other way until it completely spins out. Who knows, maybe the German girl had raced or driven European rallies and was a master of skid control--or she was just lucky and had not had an incident so far. When I was 17, the first time the tail came out, I sawed away at the wheel desperately until I spun out. But after spinning out many times at a race track, I finally learned to catch a skid with one correction--not fishtailing until spinning out. By the way, when one has the tail slide out on a dry curve, you need to give it some gas to transfer weight onto the rear wheels. The first time I caught a bad skid on the track, the instructor said, "Good, you learned to get back on the gas." I remember a state driving exam which said you always need to back off the gas--wrong advice by someone who didn't know what he was talking about. Of course if the surface is slippery or the car is very powerful, one needs to be careful--spinning the wheels will make the problem worse. The same racing instructor also taught pursuit driving to police--but at lower speeds.
Anonymous said...
Anyone can drive at 100 mph in the rain--or even snow and ice. The problem is when there is a sudden need to stop or change direction.
GRA:Hilarious point.ANYONE can drive as fast they want,but STOPPING?A whole different animal.
-GRA
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