Congratulations Behemoth!!!

**Arbiter** · Apr 24th, 2001, 06:49 AM

Everybody,

Gather round, gather round and offer three cheers to Behemoth - for today he has passed his driving test!

Hip hip, hooray!
Hip hip, hooray!
Hip hip, hooray!

Well done chopper!

**CyberSurfer** · Apr 24th, 2001, 06:52 AM

Nice one!

I'll have to start driving lessons again too..never got around to having the second...

**chrismitchell** · Apr 24th, 2001, 07:00 AM

Congrates! Well done... Did you pass first Time Behemoth?

**alex_read** · Apr 24th, 2001, 07:05 AM

Congratulations Behemoth !!!

Hope you did better than I did (7th time)

**chrismitchell** · Apr 24th, 2001, 07:11 AM

I passed 1st time.. Admittedly I was learning for about a year!

**alex_read** · Apr 24th, 2001, 07:21 AM

I [ahem] took 3 years of lessons...

Well, how'd do do then Behemoth ?
Have you got a car yet ?

**Static** · Apr 24th, 2001, 07:27 AM

Yeee Hooo!

Nice Job...Have Fun out there...Just be careful (and Buckle up

of course!)

Do you have a car yet?

I passed first time....(I drove at 20 mph he he he)...

**alex_read** · Apr 24th, 2001, 07:31 AM

....(I drove at 20 mph he he he)...

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Glad to see you're still driving that carefully today after all these years Geoff ...

**Jamagei** · Apr 24th, 2001, 07:39 AM

Congrats.

I'll give you a week of driving to break all those good habits. Like feeding the steering wheel through your hands that'll be the first to go.

Behemoth · Apr 24th, 2001, 08:47 AM

I wasn't even aware that this post existed until about 2minutes ago. Thanks for your support guys.

It was my 4th attempt. The nerves kept getting to me previously. I don't have a car, but I'm sure I can convince my dad that he doesn't really need his as much as he thinks he does...

**Static** · Apr 24th, 2001, 09:17 AM

OK..what's the FASTEST anyone has gotten their car up to...

And BE HONEST!!!!!

I have 2 speeds:

I had a 68 camaro (total hotrod) that I hit 142mph on a closed track
I had a 71 nova that I pushed to 115 on the expressway

I backed off 'cause that old POS felt like it was floating...I couldnt feel the road so...Aborted...(I was trying to peg the speedo...120 was its top mark)

**barrk** · Apr 24th, 2001, 09:25 AM

Originally posted by Behemoth
I don't have a car, but I'm sure I can convince my dad that he doesn't really need his as much as he thinks he does...

Good luck with that Behemoth

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**SurfDemon** · Apr 24th, 2001, 09:39 AM

Congratulations. Are you coming round to drive us to the pub (designated driver?)

SD

**SurfDemon** · Apr 24th, 2001, 09:46 AM

My truck tops out at 200, but that only sounds impressive until you realise that in Canada everything metric and thats only 200km/h, which is just about a healthy jog.

Actually it must be about 120mp/h.

SD

**Static** · Apr 24th, 2001, 10:15 AM

now...SD..have you actually reached that speed?

**SurfDemon** · Apr 24th, 2001, 10:31 AM

I'm not going to incriminate myself, but lets just say that the ride is still smooth and 120mph isn't that fast. I remember my dad getting his clapped out old Volvo (2.3 Turbo) up to 125mph on the M1. And beleive me the M1 is like a windy back-road compared with the highways out here.

You should see the highways out here. They are straight as a die as far as the eye can see. There's a road heading North, it's about 200 miles long and not a single curve and only a few hills, oh yeah and it's three lanes each way of dual carriage way.... and everyone sticks to the 110kph limit. If they're being risky they go to 120kph.

Now couple this with the fact that you can see a police car from miles away and radar detectors are legal in this province........

Of course the pisser is that they use spotter planes... which seems a little unsporting

My brother rented a super-charged grand-am and got it up to 265kph (about 160mph) but chickened out as the aerodynamic features of the car where threatening to turn it into plane, something it realy isn't suitable for.

Thats the problem out here, hugely powerfull cars, fabulous straight roads, but nobody abuses them!!!

SD

**SurfDemon** · Apr 24th, 2001, 10:32 AM

Aha, geoff, you're not from Britain, so alot of that last post will be lost on you!

Suffice to say, British people are far more lax about speed limits the North Americans

SD

**Static** · Apr 24th, 2001, 10:58 AM

ah..not from but have been to numerous times.
My grandmother lives in Great Hasely (1 hr outside oxford...about 15? min from Thame)

I did notice the speedy rate of travel that everyone seemed to follow.

**SurfDemon** · Apr 24th, 2001, 11:04 AM

Originally posted by geoff_xrx

I did notice the speedy rate of travel that everyone seemed to follow.

It's because we're busy busy busy.....

or maybe we're just impatient impatient impatient

What's the speed limit down there 55mph? I seem to remember hearing sometime ago that they where trying to abolish that? Did they ever succeed?

SD

**Static** · Apr 24th, 2001, 11:07 AM

Here (NY) outside of the cities its 65mph

but in Montana (I think) they got rid of it..and left it to your own judgement

I am not sure it ever really happened but I think so.

**SurfDemon** · Apr 24th, 2001, 11:15 AM

Hey, Isn't Montana just below Alberta? I could nip over the border and give it a try?

SD

**parksie** · Apr 24th, 2001, 02:53 PM

Here in Britain the national limit is 60, and 70 on motorways & dual-carriageways. 30 in built-up areas, and at the rest of the time it's on signs how fast you can go.

Most people do about 90 down the M/W though

**chrisjk** · Apr 24th, 2001, 03:04 PM

Originally posted by geoff_xrx
OK..what's the FASTEST anyone has gotten their car up to...

I've done 120mph in my Saxo on the A27 near Brighton a few times. Funnily enough I was doing 115 ealier today, *****ing slow people kept getting in my way and I was like AHHHHHH get outta my frickin' way!!!

Most people do about 90 down the M/W though

Not me...he he. Can't wait to cruise the Autobahns in Deutchland.

**HarryW** · Apr 24th, 2001, 03:23 PM

I heard the other day (from Jamagei) that there are some tentative plans to change the regulations concerning points on your license and fines for speeding, basically making them much stricter, especially for motorway speeds. I can see the incentive to cut speeds in residential areas, but is speeding really a problem on motorways? Whenever you go on the motorway, barely 10% of the drivers are going at or below the speed limit. Where are there more problems caused by speeding, in 30 and 40 zones or 70 zones? Seems a bit silly to me.

**parksie** · Apr 24th, 2001, 04:19 PM

Originally posted by chrisjk
Not me...he he. Can't wait to cruise the Autobahns in Deutchland.

A friend of mine was going at about 120 down the Autobahn when someone burned past him doing nearly 180

Harry, I agree with you on this

You're more likely to hit a pedestrian going at 40 in a 30 zone than doing 90 on the motorway, where it's illegal for pedestrians to be anyway (totally discounting the fact that it's madness to try and cross the motorway on foot...personal experience here

)

**chrisjk** · Apr 24th, 2001, 04:51 PM

Originally posted by parksie
A friend of mine was going at about 120 down the Autobahn when someone burned past him doing nearly 180

How could he tell how fast this other geezer was going? 180 is quite frickin' fast. Someone I knew got busted for doing 140 in his Merc a while back. But he knew the copper so he let him off!!! I mean, TWICE the limit and he LET HIM OFF!!!!!!! Bent copper or what???

**parksie** · Apr 24th, 2001, 04:58 PM

Because most drivers know how fast 60 is, and if you're going 120 and see someone go past at 60 then they must be doing 180...........

**Neil Morris** · Apr 24th, 2001, 05:03 PM

Originally posted by Behemoth
I wasn't even aware that this post existed until about 2minutes ago. Thanks for your support guys.

Congrats

**chrisjk** · Apr 24th, 2001, 05:12 PM

Originally posted by parksie
Because most drivers know how fast 60 is, and if you're going 120 and see someone go past at 60 then they must be doing 180...........

mmm, possibly. Once you get above the realms of normal speeds (i.e. 100) it is much harder to have an accurate idea of someone elses speed.

**SurfDemon** · Apr 25th, 2001, 08:43 AM

Originally posted by chrisjk
mmm, possibly. Once you get above the realms of normal speeds (i.e. 100) it is much harder to have an accurate idea of someone elses speed.

I suspect we'll be scaring to the speed limit abiding North Americans by refering to 100mph as normal speed

SD

**Static** · Apr 25th, 2001, 10:28 AM

100 mph!! Normal!!

Your A** would be Sooo Busted if the cops nailed you going 100 here. they can even pull your license on the spot if they want to (all it takes is 25mph over the limit to do that)

I once was doin about 85 on a highway....and a cop came out of nowhere...winding his car down (downshift) to pull next to me....he was in a mustang (NYS Police)...motions me to slow down..which of course I do imediatley..then when I hit 75...backs off and pulls me over. Gave me a ticket for 75 in a 55. Nice of him...less points...less of a fine.

best one I had was being let go after doing 82 in a 55. The cop actually pulled me over to look at my car (the 68 camaro) checked out the engine..etc...then said "SLow Down!" and walked away.

I was BEEMING that day...Very Cool Cop

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