Possibly just after a speed limit change?
Comment on Driver caught doing 122mph on 30mph road as UK’s shocking speed records revealed
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
how do you even manage that? was it just a particularly poorly designed road where they slapped a lower speed limit on it? because i cannot imagine being physically able to reach that speed on most low-speed roads.
Venator@lemmy.nz 1 week ago
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yes, the road has changed from 45 to 30, so naturally we’ll go…checks notes…120.
Venator@lemmy.nz 1 week ago
Yeah not saying it was an appropriate speed for the previous area 😅 (except if the road was closed for a rally) just maybe explains how it was physically possible.
echodot@feddit.uk 1 week ago
There’s a road near me that clearly should be a 50 but they can’t be arsed so they’ve just slapped to 30 limit on it. It’s long straight has no hills has two lanes and a central reservation, it’s a perfectly safe road.
But at 150 mph that road would be a death sentence, because it has a very very slight curvature to it, so slight that you barely even notice that you are going around the corner your brain just automatically has you turn the steering wheel ever so slightly. At 150 though the motion would probably destabilize the car.
Longpork3@lemmy.nz 1 week ago
The data here is simply the maximum recorded speed, which includes a bunch of edge-cases and one-time events, and is not a mean speed value. Even a stock corolla can hit 200km/h given 1km of straight road to wind up on.
hairyfeet@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
manchestereveningnews.co.uk/…/driver-caught-camer…
Any kind of residential area with a long straight road…
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I was literally thinking of Mauldeth Road as an example of where you could do this but absolutely shouldn’t.
blackn1ght@feddit.uk 1 week ago
Unrelated, but God damn I hate Reach websites. Makes me irrationally angry every time I stumble upon one.