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GordyL

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200kph
Feb 6^th, 2016 at 10:00pm

I lol when I read stuff like this. Back in my day we did speeds like this in the local street.

I had fast motorbikes... a few person records.
180 in the Sydney Harbour tunnel before cams were installed
200+ across the bridge at about 4am
285 on the M1 freeway
http://m.smh.com.au/nsw/driver-caught-travelling-more-than-100kmh-over-speed-limit-20160206-gmni4v.html

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boxy Senior Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 400 Gender:	Re: 200kph Reply #1 - Feb 6^th, 2016 at 10:04pm Dickhead.
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GordyL Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 4365 Hate Town Gender:	Re: 200kph Reply #2 - Feb 6^th, 2016 at 10:11pm boxy wrote on Feb 6^th, 2016 at 10:04pm: Dickhead. Yeah but there are more exciting thing in life to do than play dungeons and dragons and drink fanta
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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 41026 Gender:	Re: 200kph Reply #3 - Feb 6^th, 2016 at 10:36pm Goodness, I've been pretty fast, not that much though
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boxy Senior Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 400 Gender:	Re: 200kph Reply #4 - Feb 6^th, 2016 at 10:43pm GordyL wrote on Feb 6^th, 2016 at 10:11pm: boxy wrote on Feb 6^th, 2016 at 10:04pm: Dickhead. Yeah but there are more exciting thing in life to do than play dungeons and dragons and drink fanta Piss off to the NT with your idiocy, where you're only likely to kill yourself, or a poor, unfortunate wombat.
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Its time Gold Member Offline Boot libs out Posts: 25639 Gender:	Re: 200kph Reply #5 - Feb 7^th, 2016 at 2:42am Save it for the drag strip , no not the one the mob chases you down after they find out you're a drag queen , the 400m variety
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miketrees Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6490 Gender:	Re: 200kph Reply #6 - Feb 7^th, 2016 at 4:47am Piss off to the NT with your idiocy, where you're only likely to kill yourself, or a poor, unfortunate wombat. No thanks we have quite enough knob heads driving like that up here already.
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 77706 Gender:	Re: 200kph Reply #7 - Feb 7^th, 2016 at 7:57am you weren't the guy who raced through the tunnel on his motorbike at 4am every morning and only stopped once the cops set up a trap, were you?
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GordyL Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 4365 Hate Town Gender:	Re: 200kph Reply #8 - Feb 7^th, 2016 at 8:58am John Smith wrote on Feb 7^th, 2016 at 7:57am: you weren't the guy who raced through the tunnel on his motorbike at 4am every morning and only stopped once the cops set up a trap, were you? Nah this was in the first month it opened nearly 25 years ago. At 4am not a single car
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Re: 200kph
Reply #9 - Feb 7^th, 2016 at 9:16am

GordyL wrote on Feb 6^th, 2016 at 10:00pm:

I lol when I read stuff like this. Back in my day we did speeds like this in the local street.

I had fast motorbikes... a few person records.
180 in the Sydney Harbour tunnel before cams were installed
200+ across the bridge at about 4am
285 on the M1 freeway
http://m.smh.com.au/nsw/driver-caught-travelling-more-than-100kmh-over-speed-limit-20160206-gmni4v.html

In Germany they do it legally 300km/hr:

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Re: 200kph
Reply #10 - Feb 7^th, 2016 at 10:52am

Bobby. wrote on Feb 7^th, 2016 at 9:16am:

GordyL wrote on Feb 6^th, 2016 at 10:00pm:

I lol when I read stuff like this. Back in my day we did speeds like this in the local street.

I had fast motorbikes... a few person records.
180 in the Sydney Harbour tunnel before cams were installed
200+ across the bridge at about 4am
285 on the M1 freeway
http://m.smh.com.au/nsw/driver-caught-travelling-more-than-100kmh-over-speed-limit-20160206-gmni4v.html

In Germany they do it legally 300km/hr:

No way you could do that in Australia because some tool would change lanes and the closing speed is about 100kph.

BTW all these speeds I was bragging about was about 25 years ago, times were so different then.

I once got busted doing 160kph on the freeway and the cop started off all cop like and serious and thinking he was going to throw the book at me. I spotted him checking out the headers on my bike and asked him what's up. He asked me what kind they were and turns out he had a similar model bike. We talked bikes for 30 mins and he gave me the ticket at less than 15 over.

I'm not suggesting it was better/worse back then, just commenting on the way it was.

Everyone I used to know treated the speed limit as a suggestion Wink

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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 77706 Gender:	Re: 200kph Reply #11 - Feb 7^th, 2016 at 11:07am GordyL wrote on Feb 7^th, 2016 at 10:52am: Everyone I used to know treated the speed limit as a suggestion Wink it was ... until the govt. figured out how much money they could make from it
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Reply #12 - Feb 7^th, 2016 at 11:44am

GordyL wrote on Feb 7^th, 2016 at 10:52am:

Bobby. wrote on Feb 7^th, 2016 at 9:16am:

GordyL wrote on Feb 6^th, 2016 at 10:00pm:

I lol when I read stuff like this. Back in my day we did speeds like this in the local street.

I had fast motorbikes... a few person records.
180 in the Sydney Harbour tunnel before cams were installed
200+ across the bridge at about 4am
285 on the M1 freeway
http://m.smh.com.au/nsw/driver-caught-travelling-more-than-100kmh-over-speed-limit-20160206-gmni4v.html

In Germany they do it legally 300km/hr:

No way you could do that in Australia because some tool would change lanes and the closing speed is about 100kph.

BTW all these speeds I was bragging about was about 25 years ago, times were so different then.

I once got busted doing 160kph on the freeway and the cop started off all cop like and serious and thinking he was going to throw the book at me. I spotted him checking out the headers on my bike and asked him what's up. He asked me what kind they were and turns out he had a similar model bike. We talked bikes for 30 mins and he gave me the ticket at less than 15 over.

I'm not suggesting it was better/worse back then, just commenting on the way it was.

Everyone I used to know treated the speed limit as a suggestion Wink

Gee wizz - you were lucky - I lost my license in the late 70's for going 157 km/hr on a motorbike - a Kawasaki 500 triple.
At least that's what they booked me for.

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Reply #13 - Feb 21^st, 2016 at 7:49pm

Bobby. wrote on Feb 7^th, 2016 at 9:16am:

GordyL wrote on Feb 6^th, 2016 at 10:00pm:

I lol when I read stuff like this. Back in my day we did speeds like this in the local street.

I had fast motorbikes... a few person records.
180 in the Sydney Harbour tunnel before cams were installed
200+ across the bridge at about 4am
285 on the M1 freeway
http://m.smh.com.au/nsw/driver-caught-travelling-more-than-100kmh-over-speed-limit-20160206-gmni4v.html

In Germany they do it legally 300km/hr:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTa5du-dmVE

Only on their very best roads, and definitely not within a city, or in a cross harbor tunnel.

Those autobahns have had huge amounts of dollars poured into them. Given the distances in Australia, we would need to invest much, much more to come up to their standards. They are more than just dual carriageway freeways.

There are specific rules, that are heavily enforced, about when and where you can do those speed (and ensuring others keep out of your way).

Last point... "Germans".

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Reply #14 - Feb 21^st, 2016 at 9:15pm

GordyL wrote on Feb 6^th, 2016 at 10:00pm:

I lol when I read stuff like this. Back in my day we did speeds like this in the local street.

I had fast motorbikes... a few person records.
180 in the Sydney Harbour tunnel before cams were installed
200+ across the bridge at about 4am
285 on the M1 freeway
http://m.smh.com.au/nsw/driver-caught-travelling-more-than-100kmh-over-speed-limit-20160206-gmni4v.html

Just one small rock and you probably would have killed someone.

I second the dickhead motion.

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