I was curious if anybody had discussed this on the Automotive Board but all I could find was Complete Idiot's story about the demise of the buyer of his Z06 Corvette.
https://texags.com/forums/46/topics/3389334
I'll start by saying, I speed all the time and I've driven 120+ mph several times on Interstate Highways with my top speed being 132 mph back in 2006 while driving my 2002 BMW M3 on "The 15" approaching Primm, Nevada on the way from LA to Vegas. The car had more to offer, I just ran out of road. When you make a high speed run like that, in no time, you're on those cars that were miles ahead of you when you started.
Whenever I've driven ridiculously fast, it has always been in a situation where I had nothing but open road in front of me, or very light traffic and 3-4 lanes in the same direction on "The 5" in California, or late night across "The Twin Bridges" in Waco.
In my younger days when the Speed Limit was still 55, I used to notice that people would want to speed on I-45 once they got South of Dickinson (where the Bucee's is now) and reached those wider lanes that were designed for 70 mph traffic.
As the years have gone by, I've noticed some street racing on I-45 South between the Dog Track in LaMarque and the Galveston Causeway. Most recently, in November 2022, I was driving down to The Island and I got passed on both sides simultaneously by two Corvettes (different generations but C5-C7) who had to be doing 150 mph. My estimate is based on the fact that I was doing 90 mph in a rented VW Atlas and they passed me so fast I didn't even realize I was in danger until it was already over.
I've seen a lot of street racing at night on the freeways in LA when nobody else is on the road.
Recently when I moved from California to Texas, I drove through Phoenix, AZ on a Saturday night and there was some serious street racing going on in Phoenix. Best of all, cops were chasing them too. I'd never seen a Law Enforcement Ford Explorer do 110mph before.
This weekend, I had cause to drive I-45 between Galveston and Houston Bush Intercontinental Airport a couple of times.
Yesterday, I was driving northbound in what I thought was fairly heavy traffic, through the construction zone near Bucee's. Construction speed limit was posted at 55 mph so I was doing a reasonable 75 mph in the 2nd lane from the left. I got passed by a guy in a throaty Dodge Challenger who had to be going at least 125 mph. Just like the Corvettes, by the time I felt the rumble of the exhaust and realized there was a threat, the guy was 200+ feet ahead of me.
That concerned me but I figured it was just an isolated incident. I did think the guy was an idiot for driving that fast in reasonably heavy traffic.
Today..., I can't count the number of cars that passed me going significantly faster while I was doing 77-80 mph on the way from Intercontinental back to The Island.
Historically, in Houston, the proper driving form is to do 80 mph 2 lanes from the left and leave the left lane open for the 100 mph drivers. There are two problems with that.
A bunch of these guys aren't limiting it to 100 mph and several of them are doing 100+ mph in the right lanes while weaving through traffic.
While Dodge Chargers and Challengers are common offenders, the most frequent offenders are people driving Hyundai and Kia cars.
I did have one random guy in an older Toyota 4Runner come up from behind me on the right, switch two lanes to the left to pass me and then practically took off my front bumper as he then switched across 4 lanes to barely make the exit at El Dorado. Body roll on a 4Runner at 100 mph is kind of scary to watch when it's only 3 feet off your front bumper at 80 mph.
Am I just new here and this is to be expected? Or do I need to go full James Bond 007 and equip machine guns and an oil slick?
The Diesel Bros doing 90 mph in their jacked up, low profile tires with spacers are funny to watch but they're not the ones who are weaving through traffic at 100+ mph.
Now I'm not saying I want to turn I-45 into Nolanville, Texas where they pull you over for 56 in a 55 but can we at least get law enforcement to go after the drivers doing 40+ mph over the posted limit?
Didn't see anybody doing this with paper plates though so I guess that's a win.
https://texags.com/forums/46/topics/3389334
I'll start by saying, I speed all the time and I've driven 120+ mph several times on Interstate Highways with my top speed being 132 mph back in 2006 while driving my 2002 BMW M3 on "The 15" approaching Primm, Nevada on the way from LA to Vegas. The car had more to offer, I just ran out of road. When you make a high speed run like that, in no time, you're on those cars that were miles ahead of you when you started.
Whenever I've driven ridiculously fast, it has always been in a situation where I had nothing but open road in front of me, or very light traffic and 3-4 lanes in the same direction on "The 5" in California, or late night across "The Twin Bridges" in Waco.
In my younger days when the Speed Limit was still 55, I used to notice that people would want to speed on I-45 once they got South of Dickinson (where the Bucee's is now) and reached those wider lanes that were designed for 70 mph traffic.
As the years have gone by, I've noticed some street racing on I-45 South between the Dog Track in LaMarque and the Galveston Causeway. Most recently, in November 2022, I was driving down to The Island and I got passed on both sides simultaneously by two Corvettes (different generations but C5-C7) who had to be doing 150 mph. My estimate is based on the fact that I was doing 90 mph in a rented VW Atlas and they passed me so fast I didn't even realize I was in danger until it was already over.
I've seen a lot of street racing at night on the freeways in LA when nobody else is on the road.
Recently when I moved from California to Texas, I drove through Phoenix, AZ on a Saturday night and there was some serious street racing going on in Phoenix. Best of all, cops were chasing them too. I'd never seen a Law Enforcement Ford Explorer do 110mph before.
This weekend, I had cause to drive I-45 between Galveston and Houston Bush Intercontinental Airport a couple of times.
Yesterday, I was driving northbound in what I thought was fairly heavy traffic, through the construction zone near Bucee's. Construction speed limit was posted at 55 mph so I was doing a reasonable 75 mph in the 2nd lane from the left. I got passed by a guy in a throaty Dodge Challenger who had to be going at least 125 mph. Just like the Corvettes, by the time I felt the rumble of the exhaust and realized there was a threat, the guy was 200+ feet ahead of me.
That concerned me but I figured it was just an isolated incident. I did think the guy was an idiot for driving that fast in reasonably heavy traffic.
Today..., I can't count the number of cars that passed me going significantly faster while I was doing 77-80 mph on the way from Intercontinental back to The Island.
Historically, in Houston, the proper driving form is to do 80 mph 2 lanes from the left and leave the left lane open for the 100 mph drivers. There are two problems with that.
A bunch of these guys aren't limiting it to 100 mph and several of them are doing 100+ mph in the right lanes while weaving through traffic.
While Dodge Chargers and Challengers are common offenders, the most frequent offenders are people driving Hyundai and Kia cars.
I did have one random guy in an older Toyota 4Runner come up from behind me on the right, switch two lanes to the left to pass me and then practically took off my front bumper as he then switched across 4 lanes to barely make the exit at El Dorado. Body roll on a 4Runner at 100 mph is kind of scary to watch when it's only 3 feet off your front bumper at 80 mph.
Am I just new here and this is to be expected? Or do I need to go full James Bond 007 and equip machine guns and an oil slick?
The Diesel Bros doing 90 mph in their jacked up, low profile tires with spacers are funny to watch but they're not the ones who are weaving through traffic at 100+ mph.
Now I'm not saying I want to turn I-45 into Nolanville, Texas where they pull you over for 56 in a 55 but can we at least get law enforcement to go after the drivers doing 40+ mph over the posted limit?
Didn't see anybody doing this with paper plates though so I guess that's a win.
