Why is no-one honest about speeding?

It wasn't fine that they were tailgating you, but driving away at 125mph is fucking stupid.

Subjective, being relentlessly tailgated for 2 miles by the only other car you've seen in 17 miles on a known county lines road is intimidating. I'd like to see you hold enough composure whilst being tailgated by a blacked out 3 series and having already tapped your indicator to signal the other car to pass, only for it to remain inches off your bumper. I fucked up by booting it away at 125 and the cops fucked up by goading me. We sorted that though like adults didn't we? We didn't need you to sail in hurling insukts like a child. I had a similar thing with an M5 on the same road but he passed when signalled and shot off at 140+.

Nah I'm not though. Because the OP is talking about how most people speed to some degree - 80-85mph on a clear 70 motorway, that kind of thing. I really don't think they're talking about little twats who drive 125mph

Well one of the top replies I meant then, about self righteous hive mind individuals like yourself who jump to conclusions and berate anyone being honest about speeding which is why people don't.

I've been past 120 less than a handful of times (and this instance was the first in about 5 years) in my life but you've already branded me a "prick, dipshit, little shit etc" without knowing anything about me. I don't speed anywhere but NSL's and rarely pass 95 and it's rare i'm at that speed anyway. You wouldn't know that with all your assuming though. You probably think i'm flying everywhere at 120 and sitting up peoples arses when I hypermile most places and probably leave safer stopping distances than you, despite having uprated brakes and decent tyres.

If you crash at 125mph, you are dead. And if you hit someone else, they are dead.

Dad flipped his car at 110 a few years ago, flipped several times and landed on roof. Walked away unscathed as did the fiat 500 he blew apart when he hit her front axle. Crashes are subjective, not that i'm disputing a crash at 125 is significantly more dangerous than one at 70, because it is but you're just as dead if a 40tonner shunts you into a trailer at 50mph when you've just decided to inherit its braking space on the motorway.

2am does not have good visibility.

You've clearly never driven at night with no cloud coverage and strong moonlight. Clearly, to even think about writing that.

It's dangerous for you and anyone around you. Nobody expects someone to come flying down the road at 125mph. You can't stop in a reasonable distance from 125mph, even in ideal conditions with perfect tyres

Again, jumping to conclusions. 4-5 mile stretch with 1 junction in the middle of a straight and 1 slight bend, road wide enough for 3 cars side by side and clear visibility straight down. Wouldn't need to stop, ever. Not that I regularly do that speed anyway, so it's moot.

I'm not condoning my actions or advocating them to anyone. I do think you should jump down off your high horse and give your head a wobble, especially as you haven't felt the need to address the fact you completely misread or interpreted my first comment and went gallivanting away on your high horse despite knowing sweet fuck all about me nor half the facts.

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