now thats what i call speeding

moaninggit

http://youtu.be/t7gmbQ8KxM4

one mistake and an lot of dead people

Iceweasel

moaninggit wrote: »

http://youtu.be/t7gmbQ8KxM4

one mistake and an lot of dead people

Nice video - didn't see anyone breaking any speed limits though.

Motorsport is Dangerous - all the spectators know that.

worried_jim

That is a real skill demonstrated. Fascinating to keep an eye on his heart rate. Loved the bit about not hitting the Subaru banner!

harveybobbles

Heart rate monitor is cool.

force_ten

Mark Higgins is a professional Rally driver in a Subaru rally car on closed roads in the isle of man

so just like somebody driving on any closed race circuit hardly speeding, if he was doing 120 mph on the M25 then that would be a different matter

as already said motor sport is dangerous and people can get hurt if things go wrong, sadly some spectators were killed in an rally accident early this year, but there will still be thousands of spectators turn out at the next event regardless of the danger

I have spent many a happy hour stood inches away from rally cars passing by flat out, and was once in a near miss incident during the 1994 network Q rally when a driver in a Ford Escort RS Cosworth lost control and entered the crowd, luckily nobody was hurt on that occasion but it was very scary

bigjl

Never has a user name been so perfectly applied.

jaydeeuk1

Thought this was a video of my drive to work at first.

agrinnall

This is what I call speeding - glad to see he got some prison time for it, although it should have been more.

Iceweasel

This is what I call speeding:

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/455958/Let-s-see-how-fast-it-ll-go-boast-of-140mph-police-driver

He only got a warning - this next guy got fined and banned:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2209382/Andre-Santos-banned-driving-clocked-140mph-Maserati.html

Funny how it's often 140mph isn't it?

How about a legal 194mph on a public motorway? - note this OAP driver was still accelerating when eventually he had to slow up for slower traffic, in the shape of a lane 3 hogger:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DzsdSWTMug

BillJones

I think that the max that I've hit on public roads was around 180 . It definitely wasn't dangerous, though, it was a car designed to do that speed, with clear visibility etc. I'd not want to do it with traffic around.