I think most of us would be lying if we said we have never gone over the speed limit, and some of us including myself have done some very stupid and dangerous things in our time... but I have lived through it and now am far more sensible and self restained.
Unfortunately I have seen some friends and have heard of many others that were not so lucky! So my strong views aren't unfounded they are based on harsh reality, believing that you are a good driver can get you killed
and as several have said already the reality is, is that your most likley are no where as near as good a driver as you think you are
and even if you are, driving close to the limit gives you no room for error and a public road has no room for error, so the result is death or serious injury to your self and innocent bystanders... its only a matter of time and the more you race or drive recklessly on public roads the more likely you are to become another statistic.
I've lived in some country towns where 50% of the young men have been killed in cars going fast believing they were good. Hey they could drift around a bend at 180km/hr so they must have been awsome! but they are now dead! Just because you can do some awsome driving doesn't mean you will never come unstack, it's far better to have that experience in a race car on a race track than on a street corner or bend in the road with trees on the outside. Take a look at road races in the early years before safty became an issue, many drivers died and many bystanders died also. If profeesional race drivers frequently become unstack, what makes you think you can race on the streets and never have an incident? It's only a matter of time.
I personaly love speed, fast cars and the rush of racing, wouldn't be here otherwise, but I know its place... dang! I was going to make a post that lightened the atmosphere a little, cause I thought there was too much flaming going on
I guess I just can't bring myself to do it, because it is such a prevailing attitude amoung the young now and it scares me what type of horsepower and cars young people are getting now days, and I know that until you have a serious accident your unlikely to realise how fragile life really is and think it will never happen to you!