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Average over the Speed Limit

Under the Speed Limit
2
4%
Drive the Speed Limit
5
9%
1-5 Mph
16
30%
6-10 Mph
15
28%
11-15 Mph
10
19%
16+ Mph
5
9%
 
Total votes: 53

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Post by Shredster »

How much over the speed limit do you drive?

This is what you comfortably average over the speed limit, not your highest ever over the speed limit

For all you that live in the Kph stuff, multiply the mph by 1.6!
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Post by SeRiAl ThIlLa~ »

really depends... i usuaslly go 20-30 over when im onm the highway

EDIT: Sorry thats in Km/h not mph.
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Post by carl winslow »

i usualy go at least 10 mph over the limit more on the highway.
sometimes i like to relax and drive the speed limit though.
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Post by kaos »

I always stay within the speed limit on highways (which is 120Km/h / 75Mph). Tickets aint worth it.

In the city I usually go 10Kmph over.
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Post by Shredster »

no fair! Your speed limit is 75??? Ours is 70 tops, but mainly 65...i hate you...:( JK
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Post by Whatsfootbag? »

highways or interstates i do like 70-80 and 85 to pass
main roads liek through towns and stuff speed limit +5-10
back roads where i know are no cops..what ever my car can get to haha
but usually i stay around 10mph above,then in busy areas etc i do the limit
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Post by Posi-Cole »

I usually do the speed limit or less in residential areas, because I find driving 50 (km/h) in a residential area with kids and stuff around seems a bit fast, and being a little bit slower is worth not taking the risk of hitting some little kid playing in the street in my opinion.

As far as on the highway, usually around the speed limit, or about 5-10 km/h over it.
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Post by kaos »

What is the speed limit in residential areas in the US and Canada? Here it is 60 km/h.
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Post by dragonhack »

this would be a perfect time for a musical interlude...

Motorhead-Speedfreak

Got to hurry, got to hurry
I don't believe you worry
Take it back, take it back
You know you can't do that
Don't want no sleep
Up for a week
Yes, I'm a speekfreak, speedfreak

Way too fast, way too fast
Gonna be the first and last
Shoot ya down, shoot ya down
Flamin' Wreck you hit the ground
Up for a week
Don't need no sleep
Cos I'm a speedfreak, speedfreak

No regrets, no regrets
You can't afford'em yet
Comin' down, comin' down
Over, under, sideways, round
Up for a week
Playin' Hide and Seek
Cos I'm a speedfreak, everlasting speedfreak
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driving fast kicks ass...although thats not what this song is about at all..
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Post by Shredster »

Kaos wrote:
What is the speed limit in residential areas in the US and Canada? Here it is 60 km/h.
Its 25 in residential, 20 in business districts
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Post by dragonhack »

us canadians actually have it a bit better than the u.s....our high ways are about 10-15 km's faster...i dunno about residential/business areas..
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Post by Jeremy »

I don't believe in cars.

I think it should be clear that there is a difference between miles and kilometers. In Australia and South Africa (and most of the world) we use kilometers. I doubt that the figures mentioned by some people are in km. Perhaps people should mention units so as to avoid confusion!!
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Post by HackingGanesh »

Usually i only go 10 mph over the speed limit, but on highways I go faster. So far my fastest is 130, and I passed a cop who was gunning people from the median with a radar. Luckily, I was going fast enough so that he couldnt catch up to me and my exit was the next one so I got off and floored it again. I dont recommend going that fast, instant on is a bitch to people with laser/radar detectors.
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Post by dragonhack »

i think the fastest ive ever travelled in a car was somewhere around(i say around due to the fact that the needle was buried...)220-240 KM/H..a nice long straight stretch of highway...
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I've gone 90-95 mph, but the highway isn't very straight and there are too many cars, and the cops are ooo so unpredictable...

Regardless, 90 feels fun
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Post by shredzilla »

Man people drive fast here. Like 90 on a 55mph freeway. I drive around 70 usually, but sometimes I'm going 80 or 90 to keep from getting sideswiped.
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