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[Mark]

APoL, it is of course your right to divulge (or not) whatever you want, but your e-penis argument simply doesn't hold. Your reply to Feek's post implies more than 690,000 miles (do the maths if you care) which to me just counts as 'starship mileage' (somewhat apt in Feek's case).

By comparison, I've done a sum total of zero (nil, nada, or however you want to put it) miles of driving. Now while that does mean that I shouldn't (and wouldn't) try to comment on driving style, that doesn't invalidate my thoughts regarding the OP, or regarding speeding in general.

I don't object to speed where the conditions are appropriate - and your comment about judgement in that respect is certainly valid for a lot of drivers, but not all (and certainly not people like Will who are also experienced bike riders). Given those thoughts, you might be surprised to learn that I've personally been on the receiving end of two crashes - once as pillion on a bike, and once as a pedestrian. Both low speed in traffic, thankfully, otherwise at least in the last case I probably wouldn't be here.

[A Place of Light]

Originally Posted by Mark

APoL, it is of course your right to divulge (or not) whatever you want, but your e-penis argument simply doesn't hold. Your reply to Feek's post implies more than 690,000 miles (do the maths if you care) which to me just counts as 'starship mileage' (somewhat apt in Feek's case).

By comparison, I've done a sum total of zero (nil, nada, or however you want to put it) miles of driving. Now while that does mean that I shouldn't (and wouldn't) try to comment on driving style, that doesn't invalidate my thoughts regarding the OP, or regarding speeding in general..

Which is exactly the opposite of what I said.
The fact that I've spent more time on the road than Feek does not make my opinion more valid than his by default.
You didn't get that from my post?

[Mark]

Actually, I think I probably did, but either confused myself, or confused you, or both en-route for reasons which are, and doubtless shall remain, entirely mysterious.

Point is - your mileage, starship or otherwise, shouldn't have any bearing whatsoever on a general discussion about speed (other than in cases where experience is clearly an important factor). Ergo, on this forum at least, thoughts of gilding your e-penis are probably more grounded in paranoia than substance, but it's your choice and if called upon I would defend your right to make it.

[iCraig]

Originally Posted by A Place of Light

Your principle is correct but your example is not.
Motorways are the safest roads because there are fewer hazards to negotiate on them than on any other road. You don't have junctions/traffic lights/cyclists/pedestrians and a whole host of other hazards/distractions to deal with.

This is true, and it echos the point rather, that speed in itself, removed from everything else isn't dangerous. It's just a single element (one of many in driving) that *can* cause danger if abused. 31mph in a 30mph doesn't immediately change safe driving into dangerous driving.

At the end of the day legal != safe all of the time.

[A Place of Light]

Originally Posted by Mark

Point is - your mileage, starship or otherwise, shouldn't have any bearing whatsoever on a general discussion about speed (other than in cases where experience is clearly an important factor). Ergo, on this forum at least, thoughts of gilding your e-penis are probably more grounded in paranoia than substance, but it's your choice and if called upon I would defend your right to make it.

I agree, but my comment was in response to someone asking If I actually do drive.....nothing more.
I have no e-penis and I care little for what opinion others have of me. This is why I didn't post what I estimate my mileage to be as it would serve no purpose other than to add some more validity to my opinion.....which is something I wouldn't even try to do.

[A Place of Light]

Originally Posted by iCraig

This is true, and it echos the point rather, that speed in itself, removed from everything else isn't dangerous. It's just a single element (one of many in driving) that *can* cause danger if abused. 31mph in a 30mph doesn't immediately change safe driving into dangerous driving.

At the end of the day legal != safe all of the time.

Definitely.
What I would say is that even in accidents where excessive speed wasn't the primary cause, it does increase the severity of the accident.

[Pebs]

You assume so much about everyone else and get so very defensive when people do the same back. Very odd.

Will your sweeping statements about this country do make me chuckle.

[Jhadur]

Originally Posted by A Place of Light

I agree, but my comment was in response to someone asking If I actually do drive.....nothing more.
I have no e-penis and I care little for what opinion others have of me. This is why I didn't post what I estimate my mileage to be as it would serve no purpose other than to add some more validity to my opinion.....which is something I wouldn't even try to do.

Surely if you weren't waving the e-peen then a response of "yes I do drive" would of been more appropriate?

Originally Posted by Will

There's no such thing as the "slow" lane.

I seldom do 70 on the motorway. I drive within the conditions of the road, and the traffic density, and the area where I'm driving. Around schools I slow down, in built up areas I slow down (usually because the roads are full of bumps and are **** anyway). On big open roads I seldom stick to the limit, on motorways I seldom stick to the limits, on fun twisty country roads I drive in a spirited fashion to enjoy the roads. I don't worry about my speed, I concentrate on what's going on around me - my observation skills are really very good, my driving skill is above average but in the UK that's not hard to achieve, however I will say that I do have very good anticipation and observational skills - that comes with riding a motorbike.

I make my choices when I ride/drive and if I get caught then as long as it's by a policeman in a car able to offer some discretion if any is required then that's fine, what I abhor is all the automated systems which do nothing to make people safer.

QFT for me too

[A Place of Light]

Originally Posted by Pebs

You assume so much about everyone else and get so very defensive when people do the same back. Very odd.

I'm not getting defensive. Several people misunderstood my post and I'm attempting to clarify. If I were being defensive I'd be defending a point I had made, not pointing out that some have made an incorrect interpretation of a comment of mine.
There's a difference

Plus you of all people already know that I assume nothing about anyone.

Originally Posted by Jhadur

Surely if you weren't waving the e-peen then a response of "yes I do drive" would of been more appropriate?

Because I could've passed my test last week and replied "yes I do drive". The reason I made my original comment was to not only point out that I do indeed drive.....but that I'm a fairly experienced driver at that.
As for the e-penis argument (which I actually brought up so I'd hardly mention it if I were doing just that, would I?) I'd have needed to trot out a long list of examples proving me to be teh king. I didn't, because it's a throwaway comment albeit an accurate one. There may well be members in here that have covered more mileage than I, but that's why I said "possible, but unlikely". A comment that I stand by.

[LeperousDust]

Originally Posted by A Place of Light

Surely though, even just to compensate to slowing down when you come up behind slower cars, you'll need to touch 100mph in places?
And that would be an actual 100mph and not an indicated 100mph.

I overtake them, pretty much everytime i drive back and fourth i'm very rarely held up, and i actually have a motion capture from my camera of most (battery died) of the way home. I'll see if i can dig it out somewhere, it's just me overtaking people and tucking out the way all the way.
And yeah that would be me doing around 100 in my car, which is actually 90 because my speedo is a nice easy 10% out. If i see a speed camera (that i should have already been warned about) ahead its quite easy to just blip off 20 back to 80 on my speedo and be within what the camera wants