Think Driving Fast is Fun? WARNING! GRAPHIC!

[TJCTalon]

Hahaha you sir just prooved my point. The thread topic says what? Speeding kills. The statistic that you say is"duh" clearly says at speeds under 45 mph. Which is not exactly speeding. Sure it takes longer to react at higher speeds but statistics show most car accidents are under 45mph which kinda shows a flaw in your theory that accidents are caused by speed. Just sayin

 

[SpawnedX]

Hahaha you sir just prooved my point. The thread topic says what? Speeding kills. The statistic that you say is"duh" clearly says at speeds under 45 mph. Which is not exactly speeding. Sure it takes longer to react at higher speeds but statistics show most car accidents are under 45mph which kinda shows a flaw in your theory that accidents are caused by speed. Just sayin

Really? Can you show me where the topic title says speeding kills?

The statistics quoted say the majority of accidents happen with-in 25 miles from our homes and under 45 MPH?

Most roads in neighborhoods are 25 to 35, so 36 to 45 is speeding. Plus, that is statistic manipulation as I was explaining to Becka. It could be 49% of those accidents happen with-in 25 miles from our home and 2% under 45 MPH, making the combined total 51%, doesn't mean squat.

The government only recognizes the NHTSA, so does the insurance companies. I wonder why?

Better yet, go change the statistics for the 16 to 25 age group only and watch as they change. Typically adults are mature enough to not speed.

 

[tenn-gsx]

I give up. There are some people on here that make it very clear that no matter what you say to them they refuse to understand the dangers of excessive speed. Excessive could be anywhere from MPH on up. Completely Dependant upon where your at. It boils down to the fact that even though the video has allot of staged scenes its still making the point of people in general need to drive at or at least NEAR the posted speed limit or flow of traffic. As well as keep their selves focused on the task of driving instead of the cell phone or piece of ass they just drove past. Everyone speeds including myself. Even if its only 5-10 mph over the limit its still speeding it still reduces your ability to react to something in time. I personally only go 5 mph over 10 on the interstate. In a school zone or residential or anywhere I see children out and about I do the speed limit or less. I really don't think anyone WANTS to cause an accident. Many of you will cause an accident because of your attitude and habits. I hope that its a minor one when it does happen. You may not agree now but after you have an accident that you cause or could have avoided had you been driving more conservatively. You will probably feel like an ass and HOPEFULLY you will change your attitude.

 

[nothingfiction]

in Canada

30–50 km/h (19–31 mph) within school and playground zones
40–50 km/h (25–31 mph) on residential streets within cities and towns
50–80 km/h (31–50 mph) on major arterial roads in urban and suburban areas
70–90 km/h (43–56 mph) on major arterial roads, arterial highways and at-grade expressways
80–110 km/h (50–68 mph) on grade-separated expressways/freeways

FUN FACT

Canada Introduces $10,000 Speeding Ticket
Ontario, Canada applies street racing penalties to motorists who are not racing anybody.

Ontario, Canada Premier Dalton McGuinty today announced that being caught driving 50km/h (31 MPH) over the speed limit will automatically trigger "street racing" penalties -- even if the accused motorist is driving alone on an otherwise empty road. The change in definition will, in effect, turn ordinary speeding into an offense that can carry a $10,000 (US $9305) fine and up to six months in jail, making it one of the most expensive traffic tickets in North America.

"If you choose to break the law, we consider you a threat to our public safety and you're going to face stiff penalties," McGuinty said in a statement.

In June, McGuinty cited the importance of combating the "organized crime" of street racing as he urged passage of the Safer Roads for a Safer Ontario Act which created the $10,000 penalty. The change in definition also means that the word of a police officer is all that it takes to confiscate a car and driver's license for at least seven days.

"There is no appeal from, or right to be heard before, a vehicle detention, driver's license suspension or vehicle impoundment under [the street racing] subsection," the Safer Roads Act states.

McGuinty also announced a proposal to hire 55 new traffic police officers and purchase a high-tech surveillance airplane in an attempt to rack up several of the expensive new fines.

Anyone driving 50 km/h (roughly 30 mph) over the speed limit should be deemed a street racer and have his or her car seized, Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Julian Fantino said Monday. Last week, we told told you how Ontario’s Attorney General said police in the Canadian province have the right to seize and crush any car modified for street racing.
The fine for road racing rose ten times in May to a whopping $10,000. The move came days after a taxi driver was killed in Toronto when a Mercedes struck his cab while racing another luxury car.
“I’m advocating that if you speed 50 kilometres over the speed limit, you’re racing,” Fantino said, according to the Canadian Press.
“And then we should apply the racing laws to that and seize the vehicles and do whatever else is necessary. We have to stop all this.”
Fantino said he visited Ohio last week to study how police there use planes to catch dangerous drivers. He said he watched police take down eight “high end” speeders in 30 minutes. He wants to bring the idea to Ontario.
“I don’t know that we’re going to have a whole lot of difficulty here, but I wanted to do all the homework, look at all the ups and downs, pluses and minuses, and then put my case forward to the decision-makers,” he said.
Planes used in Ohio to catch speeders cost $380,000 each.
Last week, Ontario Attorney General Michael Bryant started a heated debate over street racing when he said police had the right to seize and destroy any car that has been modified for street racing — without a warrant.
“We will seize it and you will never see it again. We will crush your car, we will crush the parts.”

 

[Fotowntalon]

Glad I dont live there

 

[quickspool4g63]

That was nuts. I hada very good friend of mine pass away for trying to pass someone and he got hit head on.

 

[dsm-onster]

Glad I dont live there

Why? all you have not to do is is go 31mph over the speed limit. that's almost 100mph on the interstate in VA. That's 86mph on a 55mph freeway.

Hahaha you sir just prooved my point. The thread topic says what? Speeding kills. The statistic that you say is"duh" clearly says at speeds under 45 mph. Which is not exactly speeding. Sure it takes longer to react at higher speeds but statistics show most car accidents are under 45mph which kinda shows a flaw in your theory that accidents are caused by speed. Just sayin

All of my town is 35mph zone or lower. By far the most is 25mph zone. The chances of me having an accident are higher around my home which all the surrounding area is in a 25mph zone. 45mph is EXACTLY speeding in a 25mph zone. That's nearly twice the speed limit. 35mph is nearly 50% more than a 25mph limit. The speed limit is there for the reasons of reaction/stopping time required for the area.

 

[xe0]

Speed limits may have a fragment of safety behind their design but are mostly there to generate revenue. If you don't believe me, ask why cars are not speed governed via gps to local speed limits? We have the technology to retrofit practically any vehicle with such a device so why not? Local government wouldn't make any money that's why.

 

[dsm-onster]

31mph over the limit is still too fast for safety, regardless of the reason you may feel the limit was put there.

 

[Colt4G63 also]

That video was disturbing. Fake or not, watching kids and babies get hit by cars has to be the sadest thing I've seen since I watched the world news.

 

[xe0]

31mph over the limit is still too fast for safety, regardless of the reason you may feel the limit was put there.

I think it is largely depending on where it is. Look at the autobahn for further evidence.

In the instance you are referring to, a 25mph road, which is most likely a residential neighborhood, I completely agree with you!

 

[ramsack]

Maybe I'm just desensitized from playing Carmageddon for years, but that video and this thread is just hippyish.

 

[donniekak]

Why? all you have not to do is is go 31mph over the speed limit. that's almost 100mph on the interstate in VA. That's 86mph on a 55mph freeway.



All of my town is 35mph zone or lower. By far the most is 25mph zone. The chances of me having an accident are higher around my home which all the surrounding area is in a 25mph zone. 45mph is EXACTLY speeding in a 25mph zone. That's nearly twice the speed limit. 35mph is nearly 50% more than a 25mph limit. The speed limit is there for the reasons of reaction/stopping time required for the area.

It's going to be quite an adjustment for me when we move back east. Out here the main city streets are 45, and interstates are 75-80.

 

[kottyking]

They should have had tarantino do the film for them. The car accident from death proof scared me shatless.

 

[Fotowntalon]

Maybe I'm just desensitized from playing Carmageddon for years, but that video and this thread is just hippyish.

one of my favorite games of all time

Why? all you have not to do is is go 31mph over the speed limit. that's almost 100mph on the interstate in VA. That's 86mph on a 55mph freeway.

because 86 on a freeway is unheard of? We arnt debating safety and etc, we are debating that is very common and i believe it is an unbelievably insane punishment, 10grand and lose your car? That is WAY a worse of a punishment than a DUI. Hell I remember driving around in Columbus, going 80mph on the highway, and I am scared because I am being passed left and right, I mean I literally felt like my speedometer was broken and i was doing 40 on the highway.

Speed limits may have a fragment of safety behind their design but are mostly there to generate revenue. If you don't believe me, ask why cars are not speed governed via gps to local speed limits? We have the technology to retrofit practically any vehicle with such a device so why not? Local government wouldn't make any money that's why.

I 100% agree with you. For further proof on the technology, I believe its the GTR, when its in japan it is self governed to a certain speed, yet when it enters a racetrack of some sort, the GPS sends some stuff out and whatever (not 100% sure how it works) and it kicks the govener off. Once the car leaves the track, the govener is back on. Just an example to show the technology is there.

 

[rock1t]

so.

i would like to know why this thread has not been closed yet. it's against almost every rule here on tuners, and all it's turned into is a flame battle.

 

[Fotowntalon]

because we need to get more pages than the "evo X bumper on an eclipse" thread.

 

[MidShipCivic]

I still think driving fast is fun regardless of this video, this video belongs in some childs classroom.

 

[Dewayne Waldron]

I still think driving fast is fun regardless of this video, this video belongs in some childs classroom.

As long as its not on a public road!

 

[rock1t]

because we need to get more pages than the "evo X bumper on an eclipse" thread.

that is an awesome thread though. does look good.

 

[MidShipCivic]

As long as its not on a public road!

Oh for the video's I'll make sure I'll put ''these videos were done on the planet mars'', so you won't think I did 150+'' on the interstate.

 

[dalesmitsu]

I posted this on facebook/myspace.

This proves driving slow and fast, could still get you killed.

 

[rock1t]

I posted this on facebook/myspace.

This proves driving slow and fast, could still get you killed.

the video has nothing to do about speed. so you just failed.

the video clearly shows that 95% of people in the world don't know how to drive.


if they were paying attention, they would of been fine.

 

[ZenDSM]

I'm pretty sure the video clearly shows that DSM don't ever get into crashes which is why we're all here.

 

[yepes281]

This video is stupid, it had nothing to do with speeding, just people not paying attention and killing innocent people.