cars that go 3 times the national speed limit

ed243421

we can buy a car that goes 175 mph but the speed limit is 65
this has always confused me
who is benefiting by this and why?

chadwick

yeah i hear ya.
it always confused me too.
highway speed limits usually range from 50-65 mph.
all of a sudden some badass car can do 175 mph.
odd.

it's the same kinda thing as buying bongs and steam rollers from a head shop.
they're legal all day long until used.

Jason P

. . . because some people live life a quarter mile at a time.

ed243421

i do have an idea as to why
i'd just like to hear some views first

Hugh Freaking Dillon

I was actually just thinking about this yesterday, as I was driving my wife's Hyundai Accent that has a speed capacity of 200 km/h. I don't know either. This has always ranked up there for me as just another example of the ego/stupidity of the human being. All vehicles (except emergency and police) should be built to go no faster than 100 KM/H. Can you imagine how fewer fatal accidents there would be?

nuffingman

ed243421 wrote:

we can buy a car that goes 175 mph but the speed limit is 65
this has always confused me
who is benefiting by this and why?

and the people that buy these monsters will also tut tut at the BP situation.

I think they are also bought by men with very small penises. Am I allowed to say penises on here?

ed243421

do you think car makers just like building fast cars?
or does it have something to do with gas and oil?
or does it have something to do with insurance companies?
or does it have something to do with medical bills?
why do we just continue to let big business and money dictate what will be?
at the cost of our safety and our childerns' safety.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

yep. the faster you go, the more gas/oil you burn, the quicker your car dies, the sooner you need a new one.

ed243421 wrote:

do you think car makers just like building fast cars?
or does it have something to do with gas and oil?
or does it have something to do with insurance companies?
or does it have something to do with medical bills?
why do we just continue to let big business and money dictate what will be?
at the cost of our safety and our childerns' safety.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

nuffingman wrote:

I think they are also bought by men with very small penises. Am I allowed to say penises on here?

I agree! This is why I own a VERY small car!

ed243421

nuffingman wrote:

ed243421 wrote:

we can buy a car that goes 175 mph but the speed limit is 65
this has always confused me
who is benefiting by this and why?

and the people that buy these monsters will also tut tut at the BP situation.

I think they are also bought by men with very small penises. Am I allowed to say penises on here?

every car made does at least twice the limit
this is about all of us
just because i am responsible behind the wheel and do not go faster that 75mph
that doesn't mean that the 18 year old in the next lane is
but it's not the 18 year old i'm mad at, kids make bad decisions all day long, then they learn
it's the car maker and the law maker
this kid is given a "weapon" that will go 150mph in ten seconds and then told don't drive fast
what do you think is gonna happen

Jason P

Some people are gear-heads and take their cars to tracks and race or do hot-laps. Others need it for their ego even though they probably will not ever go past 120. To the elite engineers, it is all about getting an extra edge in performance to out-do their competitors. A majority of the cars out there have speed limiters that kick in around 100 – 120 mph but still have 160 on the speedometer (I guess in case you were flying down a hill?).

Myself, I’m more interested in acceleration, handling and torque. My last car, a BMW 3 series, had a speed limiter that would kick in at 155. I didn’t buy it for top speed but I once got up to 149 :crazy: . My adrenaline was kicking in so bad I let off the gas before topping out. But now I act a little more sensibly and drive a pick-up truck that I wouldn’t dare go over 85 mph in.

nuffingman

Billy Pumpkin wrote:

nuffingman wrote:

I think they are also bought by men with very small penises. Am I allowed to say penises on here?

I agree! This is why I own a VERY small car!

I bet my car is smaller than yours.

ed243421

Jason P wrote:

Some people are gear-heads and take their cars to tracks and race or do hot-laps. Others need it for their ego even though they probably will not ever go past 120. To the elite engineers, it is all about getting an extra edge in performance to out-do their competitors. A majority of the cars out there have speed limiters that kick in around 100 – 120 mph but still have 160 on the speedometer (I guess in case you were flying down a hill?).

Myself, I’m more interested in acceleration, handling and torque. My last car, a BMW 3 series, had a speed limiter that would kick in at 155. I didn’t buy it for top speed but I once got up to 149 :crazy: . My adrenaline was kicking in so bad I let off the gas before topping out. But now I act a little more sensibly and drive a pick-up truck that I wouldn’t dare go over 85 mph in.

this is what kids do
push the envelpoe
but how many people get ripped to shreds, decapitated, parts thrown all over the road for hundreds of feet because some kid (or adult) wants to go fast?
my children are on these roads every day
why have a speed limit?

blackredyellow

ed243421 wrote:

do you think car makers just like building fast cars?
or does it have something to do with gas and oil?
or does it have something to do with insurance companies?
or does it have something to do with medical bills?
why do we just continue to let big business and money dictate what will be?
at the cost of our safety and our childerns' safety.

no... we let ourselves dictated what will be... do you want the government limiting the speed a car can go? what happened to the consumer/user having some sort of control.

I'm not a huge anti-government guy, but you gotta stop somewhere with imposed safety rules, or we'd all be using safety scissors and Nerf baseball bats.

Jason P

ed243421 wrote:

this is what kids do
push the envelpoe
but how many people get ripped to shreds, decapitated, parts thrown all over the road for hundreds of feet because some kid (or adult) wants to go fast?
my children are on these roads every day
why have a speed limit?

The speed limit is for safety and tax revenue. For years I think safety was the primary factor but with the recent budget cuts to local municipalities, I think tax revenue is the motivating factor.

But yeah, someones irresponsibility with a fast car can hurt or injure innocent bystanders. Parents also need to do research on good safe cars for teenagers. But until motorcycles are outlawed, I don't see the government mandating speed limiters on cars.

Side note: My friend was issued a seat-belt citation a few weeks ago by a motorcycle cop. Oh, the irony!

ed243421

blackredyellow wrote:

ed243421 wrote:

do you think car makers just like building fast cars?
or does it have something to do with gas and oil?
or does it have something to do with insurance companies?
or does it have something to do with medical bills?
why do we just continue to let big business and money dictate what will be?
at the cost of our safety and our childerns' safety.

no... we let ourselves dictated what will be... do you want the government limiting the speed a car can go? what happened to the consumer/user having some sort of control.

I'm not a huge anti-government guy, but you gotta stop somewhere with imposed safety rules, or we'd all be using safety scissors and Nerf baseball bats.

"do you want the government limiting the speed a car can go? what happened to the consumer/user having some sort of control."

yes, i do

well, the government has given the consumer control buy allowing a car to be made that goes 3x the speed limit and saying "you are in control" of staying at or below this limit.

and look what we've done with that control
thousands of deaths each year

Jason P

33,963 people were killed in the U.S. last year according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. That is the lowest amount of auto-related fatalities since 1954 (although I still think it’s a shitload). Auto related crashes are also the leading cause of death for teens.

The six most common causes of crashes (for all ages) are:

1) Distracted Drivers
2) Driver Fatigue
3) Drunk Driving
4) Speeding
5) Aggressive Driving
6) Weather

Shawshank

Yeah, I'd say speed should be one of the least things we are concerned about. It's people texting, changing their radio, reading books (yes I've seen this done), and just not paying attention while driving. Until you take the human factor out of the equation, it really won't matter how fast or slow cars go, there will still be stupid drivers.

On a side note, like someone else mentioned, a lot of people now days do their racing on the track with their cars. Tracks, mostly dragstrips, have gone out of their way in many instances to give teens and adults a safe and secure place to race their hot rods within a controlled environment.

As far as cars that go fast, my street car goes about 90, but my wife's will do about 165. I don't think either of them have been over 75 ever. My wife wanted hers for comfort, and I am really not concerned with what I drive. I liked the gas milage and safety features.

Now, the car I actually race on a dragstrip will do 0-220MPH in about 6.2 seconds. I also have a "slower" one that will do 0-180 in 7.5 seconds. So when it comes to actual speed, I probably have most on this board covered, and I can tell you that it is like a drug. But as long as you are experienced, have respect for what you are doing, and manic about safety equipment, it's not as risky as it may seem.

riddled with metaphors

I was kinda curious to some answers to this question...so I googled it.

http://www.helium.com/items/881631-why- ... peed-limit

I found that to be the reason that I was thinking. Also, If your vehicle's engine was running as hard as it could all the time at top speed, your engine would break down and you would need to replace it very often, including oil changes like every 100 miles or something. How fast your car can go is proportionate to how much the car weighs and sometimes cars are built that can go incredibly fast. Cars like that cost a lot of money and hopefully the dumbshits that buy them have enough self control to not kill themselves while speeding.

It's also a freedom thing I guess. Some people drive the highway at 70 others drive it at 90. Some people have two beers and others have 20.

Blockhead

ed243421 wrote:

yes, i do

well, the government has given the consumer control buy allowing a car to be made that goes 3x the speed limit and saying "you are in control" of staying at or below this limit.

and look what we've done with that control
thousands of deaths each year

You do know that those thousands of deaths each year go down each year, and you can't lump them all into the speeding category... I guess you want the gov to monitor you whiping your ass to, for your safety right???
and since when is 65mph set in stone as an acceptable speed. I can drive perfectly fine at 90.
What is your reasoning for 55 - 65 mph being the "right" speed limit,

unsung

Germany does pretty well in the safety department. I can understand a speed limit near interchanges and when the highway runs along a city, but if you've ever driven through Utah you'd beg for no speed limit.

My fastest behind the wheel is 176 mph in a Viper.