Yaris versus Corvette

[bronsin]

Originally Posted by jayeh

That is one thing that has always shocked me while visiting the US is the number of people driving attentively at or below the speed limit. Here the only people I see driving below the speed limit are people who are screwing around with their phones, or white knuckle drivers that are almost in tears they are so scared of being behind the wheel.

I drove my work truck all over the US and it was governed to 65mph and I'd be passing cars and trucks on roads with a speed limit of 65 or 70! It blew my mind! When I'm home I'll be doing 105-110kph in the right lane and be passed like I'm standing still. I've even had people tailgate me and flash their high beams at me when I'm in the right lane of a multilane highway!

You ought to come to NJ on the NJTPK. A Honda 600 Ninja blew by me a few years ago doing 150.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by bronsin

You ought to come to NJ on the NJTPK. A Honda 600 Ninja blew by me a few years ago doing 150.

I wonder if the '150 guy' got a ticket. I was telling my neighbor about an incident on the NJ Turnpike from the Fall of 2009. He told me that NJ State Troopers see violations when they (the troopers) aren't visible to motorists because of the proliferation of cameras they have access to. He moved to Texas after decades of living in Clifton, NJ.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by bronsin

You ought to come to NJ on the NJTPK. A Honda 600 Ninja blew by me a few years ago doing 150.

The closest experience I've had to that is going between 110-115 mph (converting from kph in my head) in a rental car on the Auto Strada in Italy with Mercedes, BMWs and Ferraris passing me at at least 150 mph.