There's a difference between doing it and bragging about it.
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Its a man thing. Speeding is the new Mammoth hunt. When I was a little younger moped riders used to "brag" as to how fast they were able to get to in their pedal equipped FS1Es - nothing new.
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The ones that do it, particularly those doing 85 past a police car on th motorway, usually appear on Pepipoo.com 14 days later. Regards Peter
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I can't understand anyone overtaking a police car at 75 - let alone 85!
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Yes, I've noticed it and frankly I think there is a certain amount of 'schoolyard bragging' going on. In fact the inconsistencies and technical inaccuracies make you think that there is an element on fantasy in some of the posts....I think I have a pretty good 'BS detector' and there's one or two posters that do set it off! LOL!
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I think my ears are burning.....
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frankly I think there is a certain amount of 'schoolyard bragging' going on.
You mean that it's not a 'man thing', it's a 'boy thing'?
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You mean that it's not a 'man thing' it's a 'boy thing'?
Yes, I think so. I don't think mature individuals would need to brag about how fast they've driven.
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I'd be willing to bet that everyone on this forum breaks the speed limit every time they drive even if only by a few mph.
Yes, but is there anything wrong with that? It is very unlikely to get points on your licence, and there's not really anything wrong. Intentionally breaking the speed limit and bragging about it is a very different story, which will also encourage others to speed. What's it going to teach the young, who have very high 'accident' rates?
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I have exceeded all speed limits systematically most of the 48 years I have been driving, without going really fast more than two or three times. I have been done for speeding once, very politely, after being clocked at 88 on a motorway, fixed penalty and three points. I didn't mind or feel hard done by. When young I was sometimes an alarming driver, but got away with it generally, and have mellowed with age.
Surely this cannot be called macho posturing. It just seems like ordinary no-nonsense driving about to me.
What I can't understand is the way people brag about their submissive, politically-correct attitudes to speed limits, traffic humps and parking tickets.
Perhaps we could invent a new psychological term for this attitude, 'false maturity' or something of the sort.
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What I can't understand is the way people brag about their submissive politically-correct attitudes to speed limits traffic humps and parking tickets.
I do my best to stick to speed limits, I slow down for speed humps and if I got a parking ticket I would pay it.
I don't shoplift, chuck litter down in the street, spit or swear in public. I was once given too much change in a cake shop and I handed the excess back. I know my behaviour is considered quaint and old fashioned now - I supposed some would call me submissive and politically correct, but I prefer to think of it as upholding the rule of law and behaving in a civilised way. I know it contrasts with the modern 'take what you can, get away with it if you can' attitude, but I find it difficult to change.
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Oh do stop it Aprilia. I didn't mean you but I wish I had now.
We aren't talking about anti-social behaviour. We are talking about exceeding speed limits.
You know perfectly well that a lot of people who exceed speed limits are every bit as civilised in their normal behaviour as you say you are.
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I'm with you on this one Lud. Why wouldn't anyone admit to speeding? We all do it every day, even by a couple of mph. Some of us have no trouble admitting that we've slipped up and been caught, or suspect that we have been. Anyone who knows the stretch of the A1M where I suspect I was caught will realise that the Police manage to "hide" so they can't be seen till it's too late.
One thing I don't mind bragging about is that (for the moment at least) I have a clean driving licence, despite being convinced on a few occasions that I'd been nabbed. The attitude of people like me is much less objectionable than the sanctimonious "30.1mph is still speeding" lot, for whom I have very little time.
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Never said there is anything wrong with it.
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Before you all start falling out over minor indiscretions, I was talking about those who claim to habitually/customarily drive at an indicated speed of up to 90 mph on motorways. Why do they think we want to know about it?
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Why do they think we want to know about it?
It's not some sort of sin against humanity! If you don't want to know about it, don't read their posts.
I drove up a stretch of motorway today, and the conditions were suited to a modest indicated 65mph. The vast majority of drivers were travelling well under 70, and like most on here they might have been going indicated 80-90 had the weather been better, and the traffic been lighter.
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Those who brag about speeding suffer from deep Freudian neuroses caused by underdevelopment of that part of the anatomy unique to males.
The phenomenon is called "compensation":-))
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The phenomenon is called "compensation":-))
Just shows what depths a thread will sink to when no rational argument is presented. Everyone speeds. Some people speak openly about it, others don't. Some people even take pleasure in boasting that they've flouted the law, others don't. Surely the developmental status of one's "unique anatomy" is unrelated to any of the points raised so far in this thread?!
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Totally agreed Greg. I avoid speeding in built up areas but I've caught myself doing it for various reason, doesn't make it right and there is no excuse for it. I have my own speeding parameters on the open road, nothing excessive and if I'm caught I will cough up and carry the points. Bringing Freud into it is a distraction.
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Reading this week's Autocar has one driver giving an update on the Corsa Club he's had for 9,000 miles. He mentions doing 80mph on the motorway all the time. Now bragging on a forum is one thing but putting your name to an article in print is another.... and he's not the only motoring journalist who does this.
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I drove like a maniac last Sunday. 200 miles all in all, mostly motorway and country roads but quite a bit of city too. Exceeded every limit by some considerable margin, lots and lots of excessive wheelspin, ABS working overtime, not particularly proud of it but thoroughly enjoyed myself. Wouldn't normally post about it, but since the subject came up...
I'm normally very sedate, prefer wafting along with a cd on, don't really know what came over me. The last time I drove like that it was late 90s when I managed to spin the XJS around on Tottenham Court Road while trying to impress a client. It worked too, made a lot of money out of her and slept with her too so appropriate recklessness does have its advantages.
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indicated speed of up to 90 mph on motorways. Why do they think we want to know about it?
Well, this is a motoring forum in which the subjects of speed limits, penalties for exceeding them and so on are often raised and discussed.
Perhaps people are just joining in a discussion and being frank and open. Perhaps they don't see any reason to conceal what are after all small technical transgressions of an irksome rigid rule. It may be that to most of them driving at the very safe motorway speed of an indicated 90mph doesn't seem such a big deal.
The people who seem to think this commonplace activity has a whiff of evil glamour about it are the ones who tut and shake their heads like the double-take brothers. One would think they had never been on a motorway and been peacefully overtaken by a line of 110mph outside-lane eager beavers, the way most people are every time they go on a motorway unless they are themselves in the eager beaver line.
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I have to admit I get annoyed by the sanctimonious attitude of some members - if someone chooses to speed, that's their decision and they don't need reminding that they're doing it. Of course, these people claim never to speed, but they could easily be the same people that do 40mph continuously though NSL roads and the same in towns!
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I admit to speeding because I get off on driving fast and in as much safety as the average chump can manage at legal speeds. Sue me if you don't like it.
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I speed because I'm an irresponsible idiot with an inflated opinion of my own abilities who so far has avoided maiming or killing anyone more by luck than judgment. I am wholly unhampered by any imagination and can see no further than the end of the bonnet. Your opinions matter not a jot to me.
I assume you accidentally tripped the swear filter - So I filled in the gap....PU
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Forgot to add: If ever I'm caught I am prepared to weasel my way out of any allegation by claiming not to be able to remember who was driving my car; that I never received the NIP; and that it's all a conspiracy anyway.
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Why do some people actually speed up when they see a limit sign??
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this is the most sad thread of posts i have ever seem
dont you all remember that despite all the propoganda speed is not the major issue on our roads
crap driving is the killer
driving too close to the car in front
pulling out into the path of other road users
drunk pedestrians
there are a million and one things worthy of discussion before speed gets up the prioritisation
oh and the polish (and other nationals) who simply dont understand the basics of driving being allowed to drive here on their licence, we really need a review of which nations licences we accept
etc etc
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dont you all remember that despite all the propoganda speed is not the major issue on our roads
Independent thought! Around here that sort of behaviour can get you locked away! Speed is of course the most important issue, not least because prosecutions require almost no human input, no Police presence, and no expense beyond buying/maintaining a Gatso. The actual danger posed to other roadusers is absolutely irrelevant.
crap driving is the killer
Surely not - you mean that the mimsers that dawdle along at 55 on the motorway, making all the HGVs overtake them, and have no idea there's anyone else around, might be more dangerous than me driving along fully aware and awake at 80mph? Rubbish! ;-)
there are a million and one things worthy of discussion before speed gets up the prioritisation
Yes, but gatso's don't see all those other things. Speed is just a number, so can be measured and recorded by a robot that won't demand a £30k salary. To actually catch someone tailgating or dangerously weaving between lanes requires some form of increased human Police presence - not likely in the current climate of public sector cost-cutting.
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>> crap driving is the killer Surely not - you mean that the mimsers that dawdle along at 55 on the motorway making all the HGVs overtake them and have no idea there's anyone else around might be more dangerous than me driving along fully aware and awake at 80mph? Rubbish! ;-)
HGV's would have a job passing someone doing 55, as they themselves are limited to 56.
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HGV's would have a job passing someone doing 55 as they themselves are limited to 56.
Yes they do have quite a job passing. It takes them around 3 minutes, bringing a 3-lane motorway down to 1 lane. Or completely blocking a 2-lane motorway. Something I see several times on a long motorway drive. I also wonder just how many HGVs have "defective" speed limiters, because some do seem to be travelling over 56. ;-)
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I speed because I'm an irresponsible idiot with an inflated opinion of my own abilities
Well I surely hope the comments of this poster are as tongue in cheek on this thread as mine were. I'm guessing though they probably aren't. Some people are so limited in their ability to actually think.
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yes well - let's imagine for a moment that the remarks were tongue in cheek and not start bickering about it.
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I quite often speed, but wouldn't brag on here about it - who would be interested?
On an MR2 forum I might post about which cars have fared well/ or not so well against my turbo.
but here? no point. I assumed everyone here was too sensible for that nonsense.
Oh by the way, new Golf GTI? slow.
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Agree with all your points Ian, I think the problem here is there are a body of posters who mistake reportage for bragging. Probably some sort of issue for them rather than the rest of us well adjusted contributors.
Agreed the Golf GTi is slow, even remapped to 260bhp it's a bit sluggish. Nice round town run-around though.
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