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Old 25-10-2006, 06:25 AM   #31
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Not for much longer........ We're getting speed limits and all the road trauma is going to go away!!!!
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Old 25-10-2006, 09:29 AM   #32
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Word on the street is that he accidentally hit the NAAAWS (one of the big ones)...I just hope he didn't blow the welds on his intake manifold.
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Old 25-10-2006, 09:49 AM   #33
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Safely isnt on the great western highway at 6.30.....
I drive on that road every day, I know what its like.. its sign posted 80km/h for a reason.
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yeah 6:30 is when all the people are on it, surely its more then a weekend detention
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Old 25-10-2006, 09:55 AM   #34
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Why did he stop???
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Old 25-10-2006, 12:47 PM   #35
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yeah what an idiot, i dont think anyone on this forum has ever had a speeding ticket, or done 200km/h on a public road
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Old 25-10-2006, 05:50 PM   #36
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i know of a bloke that just picked up his VL Turbo, 2 hours later was caught doin a heli and 160km/h in a 60 zone, middle of town aswell. the lady copper reached in his window, pulled out the keys and threw them on the road, then dragged him out ... he still has his license....that is BS
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Old 25-10-2006, 06:16 PM   #37
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im not saying that im an angel on the road, i drive an xr8 its so tempting to race everything that pulls up beside you at the lights, but a smack on the back of the head from the boss usally stops me hehehe.
i have had a few tickets (in my first 5 years) street racing, a fine of $2000 including defects and nearly all of my points stop me from being that stupid. id rather take the car on the track and race that way :
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Old 25-10-2006, 06:24 PM   #38
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Not for much longer........ We're getting speed limits and all the road trauma is going to go away!!!!
well unfortunately what the government doesn't realise is that putting a speed limit up isn't going to stop people from doing whatever speed they like on the highway...i guess they'll learn soon enough
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Old 25-10-2006, 06:53 PM   #39
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yeah what an idiot, i dont think anyone on this forum has ever had a speeding ticket, or done 200km/h on a public road
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Old 25-10-2006, 07:50 PM   #40
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Its also not the speed thats the problem here, its the education of the drivers, thats solves all problems.
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Old 25-10-2006, 09:25 PM   #41
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You lose 1 testicle for every 30k's over
That would stop it... well except for the females
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Old 25-10-2006, 09:43 PM   #42
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You lose 1 testicle for every 30k's over
That would stop it... well except for the females
funny how females don't really have a need for speed like we do...
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Old 25-10-2006, 09:48 PM   #43
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This guy watched too much TV, I Was testing the car? Some time ago a kid got off with some half **** excuse like that in a BMW high powered car, He said it was made for them speeds so i was only doing what the car was made for and the **** got off. But he's speeds were more like 220+.
I too, recall that story. I believe it was a Mr Castell (son/descendant of a co-founder of "Faber-Castell" pen company), and due to a nice high-priced lawyer, he proved that rules only apply if you can't afford to fight them. He got off with only a small fine I believe, not even a suspension.
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Old 25-10-2006, 10:32 PM   #44
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so you're telling me an evo hitting my car at 200kmph is safer than a vk or xf at 200. no one is above the law, let alone the laws of physics.
Who said he'd hit your car?
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Old 26-10-2006, 01:39 AM   #45
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I too, recall that story. I believe it was a Mr Castell (son/descendant of a co-founder of "Faber-Castell" pen company), and due to a nice high-priced lawyer, he proved that rules only apply if you can't afford to fight them. He got off with only a small fine I believe, not even a suspension.
Yep that's the one i only remember him saying it was made for it real bad excuse
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