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I live in San Diego where it is actually MORE dangerous to go the speed limit than not. I'm not kidding either. Flow of traffic is usually somewhere between 75-80 mph, if you are going under that, people are literally dodging you on the freeway.

Lovely, eh?

"Excuse me while I kiss the sky..." - Jimi Hendrix

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I have always been a speed demon, luckily with only a few tickets. I don't recommend it though. I guess I'm growing up.

However, since my head injury, if I exceed 35mph my perception gets screwy.:S



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Excuse me? Remember me? I was with you a few mornings driving to the DZ. I was in fear for my life being a passenger in your truck.
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

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i wouldn't be surprised if there's some psychological trait that would correlate a propensity to speeding to also taking up a sport like skydiving. Or vice versa. Or not.

I have a fun game i like to play.

On highway exits, when there's an exit speed posted - i like to try to take the exit at TWICE the posted speed. Not the whole exit mind you, but to at least hit 2x posted at some point...

you lose points for leaving the roadway or rolling your vehicle...
Michael Hart

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I speed all the time.

I enjoy it and some times just go out for a drive.
15 over the speed limit is usually when I feel like I am driving normal.
It is not uncommon for me to hit 100Mph on the highway.

I love driving/Riding fast
I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain

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Excuse me? Remember me? I was with you a few mornings driving to the DZ. I was in fear for my life being a passenger in your truck.



Oh bull dukee!
You were saying "Faster, Faster. . ." or was that the night before?

It all runs together now.
I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
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Based on a few posts lately and some talk around the DZ, I think it goes without saying that skydivers are speed demons when it comes to driving. So how fast do you usually go?



I drive or ride as fast as possible all the time. It's just sheer habit now. I've been using the cruise control on the car for a while though, until a few points drop off the license. I'm on yet another warning from the DMV.

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I got a ticket last Wed. getting down to SDC. 20 over in a 65. Only a $75 ticket in IL, in WI it'd be like $175.

Yes, I speed. Always. At least 15 over, otherwise it feels like I'm crawling.

C'mon, c'mon, places to go, people to do!
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. --Douglas Adams

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Based on a few posts lately and some talk around the DZ, I think it goes without saying that skydivers are speed demons when it comes to driving. So how fast do you usually go?



Depends where I'm going, what I'm driving, what the visibility is, what the laws are, and how many tickets I've had recently.

When I was going to the second closest DZ more often with no recent infractions I'd do a bit under 100 MPH since there was good visibility (miles), it would leave me six points more before I lost my license, and was still an infraction that couldn't get me sent to jail.

With more recent tickets I'll stick to under 10 over.

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I'm allergic to speeding tickets. I've had some really good ones, too. (Like 30 over the limit and getting faster-)

On the interstates I'll run with the pack. Other than that I'm 5-10 over at the most. Around Chicago you can get creamed for running the limit.

Easy Does It

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speed limits are waaay low for traffic flow in most places...

but yea out on an open road with the tunes blaring i've looked down before and realized the car was pegged... :oB|
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but yea out on an open road with the tunes blaring i've looked down before and realized the car was pegged...



Then again, that was in your Yugo and you were only doing 55mph, but man, it *felt* fast...:P
--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

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out on an open road with the tunes blaring i've looked down before and realized the car was pegged



Yeah I did that a few weeks ago driving home from the DZ. So naturally, I put on my skydiving goggles and stuck my head out the window for a "freefall simulation" :)

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I put on my skydiving goggles and stuck my head out the window for a "freefall simulation"



Just ride a motorcycle.

I have found myself checking my handle while crusing down the highway on my bike. I laughed for a while about that one.
--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

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I drive in and around Atlanta. Either you Speed or you get ran over.



So very true. My mom drives 5 below the speed limit around Atlanta and I keep telling her she needs to go faster or she'll get run over. She never listens to me though. She'll learn one day.
I'm so funny I crack my head open!

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but yea out on an open road with the tunes blaring i've looked down before and realized the car was pegged...



Then again, that was in your Yugo and you were only doing 55mph, but man, it *felt* fast...:P



:P
my stratus currently tops out at around 125 according to the radar tests we did while in FL... the LaSabre T-type i had before ive had up to 140 following a friend in the NASCAR industry to Atlanta... i still had 2000 rpm to redline, but it was geared way higher than he was and lacked the horse power to push it much faster when i wasnt drafting him..:) i miss that car...
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I have had some 12 speeding tickets over the years. Though I don't have any points on my liscence. They all came when I was in the military and out of state. And my then stete of residence (NY) did not except out of state tickets. Since then I have slowed way down.

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