Clocked at 150mph: what would likely happen?
08-28-2008, 05:07 PM
#121
Racer
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Allentown, PA
Posts: 317
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Heinrich, in an ideal world where drivers are DRIVING, rather than reading a book, putting on make-up, yapping mindlessly on the cell-phone (and most every cell phone conversation IS mindless...) I would agree with you.
Instead I must treat every driver as an oblivious moron. I NEVER trust that they will see me coming (left or right), I never trust them to stop at the stop sign/red light, I assume they will do the most dangerous or idiotic thing, and prep for it. This approach has saved my a$$ countless times.
Instead I must treat every driver as an oblivious moron. I NEVER trust that they will see me coming (left or right), I never trust them to stop at the stop sign/red light, I assume they will do the most dangerous or idiotic thing, and prep for it. This approach has saved my a$$ countless times.
.....and regarding the distractions you mentioned: Two incidents come to mind in recent road sharing time.
I recently saw a man driving on a local boulevard with a newspaper fully opened on the steering wheel and was looking down at it for significant amounts of time. In another incident I pulled up to a red light at Cedar Crest and Broadway alongside a woman who was holding the wheel with one hand with her freshly manicured and not yet dry nails sticking straight out. In the hand on the wheel she was holding a cigarette. The other held a cup of coffee and she was shouldering a cell phone involving a very animated conversation. She did not put anything down as she pulled away. Scary..........
Allen in Allentown, PA
08-28-2008, 05:25 PM
#122
928 Barrister
Rennlist Member
Rennlist Member
OK, I have a rant of a similar nature. (As if it was unique for me to have any rant) 
Bright colors are generally safer because they are seen more easily, however, those of us who prefer to not irritate or stimulate the eyes of the police realize the more subdued colors accoplish that objective better. Red is at the top of the list for attracting hungry bears, while black is not. If someone would re-arrange the priorities of the police, we could go about our business unmolested and safer. For me it is a question of balancing the two objectives: white and red and yellow and orange are safer, somber colors are not, but I want to be seen, not captured. Meteormettalic is perfect for that end IMO.
Bright colors are generally safer because they are seen more easily, however, those of us who prefer to not irritate or stimulate the eyes of the police realize the more subdued colors accoplish that objective better. Red is at the top of the list for attracting hungry bears, while black is not. If someone would re-arrange the priorities of the police, we could go about our business unmolested and safer. For me it is a question of balancing the two objectives: white and red and yellow and orange are safer, somber colors are not, but I want to be seen, not captured. Meteormettalic is perfect for that end IMO.
08-28-2008, 05:56 PM
#123
928 Collector
Rennlist Member
Rennlist Member
That is my philosophy exactly, and it is my goal. I do not want to be visible to them, or they will stop me from doing my job, which is to get where I'm going when I want at the speed I want. So, I do everything in my power to be unobtrusive, to not **** anybody off, to make the moves I need to make quickly and decisively, and to always assume the other cars do not see me. Works very well, and has done for decades. Others will tell you, I am a pretty efficient driver 
.... but I do not claim to be a good driver. All drivers suck, at some crucial time, and then ... it's all over. There is only one key, and that is to KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN and react. When you drive like I do, you must predict other drivers' moves and also the ones you don't expect them to take. Then you leave them enough room to do whatever it is they are going to do, whether or not they chose to do the thing you expected ... and NEVER get angry with them. If you expect their actions, why would you get angry.
.... but I do not claim to be a good driver. All drivers suck, at some crucial time, and then ... it's all over. There is only one key, and that is to KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN and react. When you drive like I do, you must predict other drivers' moves and also the ones you don't expect them to take. Then you leave them enough room to do whatever it is they are going to do, whether or not they chose to do the thing you expected ... and NEVER get angry with them. If you expect their actions, why would you get angry.My Father has an interesting driving philosophy: He told me that he drives as much as possible as if he is invisible to other drivers in most circumstances.
.....and regarding the distractions you mentioned: Two incidents come to mind in recent road sharing time.
I recently saw a man driving on a local boulevard with a newspaper fully opened on the steering wheel and was looking down at it for significant amounts of time. In another incident I pulled up to a red light at Cedar Crest and Broadway alongside a woman who was holding the wheel with one hand with her freshly manicured and not yet dry nails sticking straight out. In the hand on the wheel she was holding a cigarette. The other held a cup of coffee and she was shouldering a cell phone involving a very animated conversation. She did not put anything down as she pulled away. Scary..........
Allen in Allentown, PA
.....and regarding the distractions you mentioned: Two incidents come to mind in recent road sharing time.
I recently saw a man driving on a local boulevard with a newspaper fully opened on the steering wheel and was looking down at it for significant amounts of time. In another incident I pulled up to a red light at Cedar Crest and Broadway alongside a woman who was holding the wheel with one hand with her freshly manicured and not yet dry nails sticking straight out. In the hand on the wheel she was holding a cigarette. The other held a cup of coffee and she was shouldering a cell phone involving a very animated conversation. She did not put anything down as she pulled away. Scary..........
Allen in Allentown, PA
08-28-2008, 05:58 PM
#124
928 Collector
Rennlist Member
Rennlist Member
LOL Ron ... in a perfect world ... and you know, that perfect world does exist ... but not here....
OK, I have a rant of a similar nature. (As if it was unique for me to have any rant) Bright colors are generally safer because they are seen more easily, however, those of us who prefer to not irritate or stimulate the eyes of the police realize the more subdued colors accoplish that objective better. Red is at the top of the list for attracting hungry bears, while black is not. If someone would re-arrange the priorities of the police, we could go about our business unmolested and safer. For me it is a question of balancing the two objectives: white and red and yellow and orange are safer, somber colors are not, but I want to be seen, not captured. Meteormettalic is perfect for that end IMO.
Bright colors are generally safer because they are seen more easily, however, those of us who prefer to not irritate or stimulate the eyes of the police realize the more subdued colors accoplish that objective better. Red is at the top of the list for attracting hungry bears, while black is not. If someone would re-arrange the priorities of the police, we could go about our business unmolested and safer. For me it is a question of balancing the two objectives: white and red and yellow and orange are safer, somber colors are not, but I want to be seen, not captured. Meteormettalic is perfect for that end IMO. 
08-29-2008, 12:58 AM
#126
Three Wheelin'
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: not where you think I am
Posts: 1,466
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
and after all these pages of discussion about how to evade to radar, or laser, or camera, or airplane, or which color doesn't stick out like a sore thumb.....
the one thing that's rarely talked about is the lowly CB radio.
I watched a gal in a MB CLK 550 get her third ticket (at over 140 mph) during her blast from San Antonio to Houston recently.
She had a Valentine, but got nailed three times......."instant on" gets them every time.
All the while, we truckers were hearing and talking about for miles and miles, on the CB. We knew well in advance where the cops were, but apparently she didn't.....!
--Russ
the one thing that's rarely talked about is the lowly CB radio.
I watched a gal in a MB CLK 550 get her third ticket (at over 140 mph) during her blast from San Antonio to Houston recently.
She had a Valentine, but got nailed three times......."instant on" gets them every time.
All the while, we truckers were hearing and talking about for miles and miles, on the CB. We knew well in advance where the cops were, but apparently she didn't.....!
--Russ
08-29-2008, 02:08 AM
#127
928 Barrister
Rennlist Member
Rennlist Member
I couldn't agree more with you Russ. I use my CB religiously when I'm on a cross country route. Friendly truckers help out with bear sightings all the time.
I also tell them when I'm coming up on them or when they need to change lanes and I can clear a path for them. In fact, listening to truckers chatter is more entertaining sometimes than the radio or CDs; they have some "interesting" stories. I once found a fellow 928er in New Mexico on 40 who chatted with me about his shark back home in his garage. So if you hear Bones yakking sometime, you'll know who it is.
I also tell them when I'm coming up on them or when they need to change lanes and I can clear a path for them. In fact, listening to truckers chatter is more entertaining sometimes than the radio or CDs; they have some "interesting" stories. I once found a fellow 928er in New Mexico on 40 who chatted with me about his shark back home in his garage. So if you hear Bones yakking sometime, you'll know who it is.
08-29-2008, 03:46 AM
#129
928 Barrister
Rennlist Member
Rennlist Member
On the road, the first stop is the first truck stop I see. Ask them. Different areas use different channels. In the California central valley it is channel 14, and along I-5, it is channel 19. If you aren't hearing any chatter, your next stop should be at a truck stop. And if you've been on the road for a couple of days and skunks run from your car, you can get a shower at a truck stop for $5.
If you need to nap, park between two trucks. No body messes with 'em or they'd probably have their faces full of trucker's fists. Trucks. FAR OUT !!
I don't mess with trucks 'cause they bring us what we need.
If you need to nap, park between two trucks. No body messes with 'em or they'd probably have their faces full of trucker's fists. Trucks. FAR OUT !!
I don't mess with trucks 'cause they bring us what we need.
