How do you not realize you're going 109 mph?

[KYSportsWriter]

http://www.kentucky.com/2013/05/29/2657707/kentucky-lawmaker-says-she-wont.html

Kentucky lawmaker pulled over on I-75 near Lexington for going 109 mph in a 70 zone. Told an editor from the Herald Leader she wasn't going that fast and she was going to contest it. A day later, she changes her tune.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

http://www.kentucky.com/2013/05/29/2657707/kentucky-lawmaker-says-she-wont.html

Kentucky lawmaker pulled over on I-75 near Lexington for going 109 mph in a 70 zone. Told an editor from the Herald Leader she wasn't going that fast and she was going to contest it. A day later, she changes her tune.

I don't know the terrain there. I can tell you I was once driving from Phoenix to Los Angeles on Interstate 10 approaching Indio, glanced down at the speedometer and I was doing 105. Had absolutely no idea. I wasn't exactly blowing past traffic, either.

 

[Brian]

John Bonham and Keith Moon both similarly (and posthumously) can make me unconsciously drive about 90 mph.

 

[HejiraHenry]

I've blended with traffic in an unfamiliar rental and found that I was going 85 or so.
I have some vague recollection of unwinding a car to 90 when I was a kid and that was enough.

 

[EStreetJoe]

She started paraphrasing Sammy Hagar to the judge singing "I can't drive 75!"

 

[StaggerLee]

There's a stretch of I-10 between Alabama and Tallahassee where I can easily hit 100 without even realizing it, especially when driving a rental car. I've looked down several times and saw the needle pushing past 90 and never noticed I was going over the speed limit.

Now, in my car, thanks to my GPS system, I can't get above 85 without the GPS guy shouting at me to slow down.

 

[Starman]

http://www.kentucky.com/2013/05/29/2657707/kentucky-lawmaker-says-she-wont.html

Kentucky lawmaker pulled over on I-75 near Lexington for going 109 mph in a 70 zone. Told an editor from the Herald Leader she wasn't going that fast and she was going to contest it. A day later, she changes her tune.

As usual she plays the butthurt card and blames "a report in the media," despite being quoted as directly as it is possible to be.

Go to jail, *****.

 

[RickStain]

Man, people must have much less motion sense than I do. I get uncomfortable at 65.

 

[Riptide]

"While I did not realize how fast I was going until I was pulled over and cited by a police officer, it is no excuse for the fact that I broke the law, plain and simple," Bunch said. "None of us are above the law, especially when it comes to safe driving on Kentucky's highways."

Bunch said the ticket was a valuable "lesson learned" and that she hopes others realize the importance of obeying speed limits.

"I especially hope it serves as a lesson to our younger drivers, and I will chalk this up personally as a lesson learned and strive harder as a public servant, as a teacher, and as a parent and grandparent to set a better example for all Kentuckians," Bunch said in the statement.


Geez, get off the cross. Classic example of a politician ****ing up and then trying to make it into a heroic personal accomplishment.

Hey, it was a minor ****-up. Speeding like hell, but **** like that happens once in a while. Quit turning it into a 25-inch story.

 

[User 11148]

Man, people must have much less motion sense than I do. I get uncomfortable at 65.

When I was in my late teens, early 20s, I ran up against the "points" limit on my driver's license and had to go through this two-year probationary period. I couldn't get any tickets the first year, and only one the second, otherwise my 3-month suspension would become a 6-month one. That two-year period effectively ended any and all tendencies toward a lead foot for me. Unless I am in a strange car, my inner sense is very good at telling me when I'm nearing 70. Beyond that, even if it's legal, I think I'd have a hard time with.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

Man, people must have much less motion sense than I do. I get uncomfortable at 65.

When I was in my late teens, early 20s, I ran up against the "points" limit on my driver's license and had to go through this two-year probationary period. I couldn't get any tickets the first year, and only one the second, otherwise my 3-month suspension would become a 6-month one. That two-year period effectively ended any and all tendencies toward a lead foot for me. Unless I am in a strange car, my inner sense is very good at telling me when I'm nearing 70. Beyond that, even if it's legal, I think I'd have a hard time with.

If I have people in the car with me, I won't push it past 70 or 75 -- depending on the flow of traffic. If I'm by myself, I'll go 77-80 -- especially if I'm driving on a long stretch of highway I know cops aren't patrolling.

 

[Bodie_Broadus]

http://www.kentucky.com/2013/05/29/2657707/kentucky-lawmaker-says-she-wont.html

Kentucky lawmaker pulled over on I-75 near Lexington for going 109 mph in a 70 zone. Told an editor from the Herald Leader she wasn't going that fast and she was going to contest it. A day later, she changes her tune.

I don't know the terrain there. I can tell you I was once driving from Phoenix to Los Angeles on Interstate 10 approaching Indio, glanced down at the speedometer and I was doing 105. Had absolutely no idea. I wasn't exactly blowing past traffic, either.

Right outside Eugene, Oregon, I was driving to Seattle one time, looked down and I was at 95, didn't even know it. It was probably 8 pm, no traffic. I was just cruising.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

These newer cars do handle a lot better than ones from 20 years ago. I have an '04 Monte Carlo that can smoothly hit 80-85 and feel like 60. That said, going 109 is a whole different ballgame.

 

[HanSenSE]

Top of a hill on an Interstate in Montana. Nobody around. Temptation to floor it was too great.

Also easy to hit those speeds between Barstow and Kingman on I-40.

And Justin Bieber weeps [/crossthread].

 

[Vombatus]

"While I did not realize how fast I was going until I was pulled over and cited by a police officer, it is no excuse for the fact that I broke the law, plain and simple," Bunch said. "None of us are above the law, especially when it comes to safe driving on Kentucky's highways."

Bunch said the ticket was a valuable "lesson learned" and that she hopes others realize the importance of obeying speed limits.

"I especially hope it serves as a lesson to our younger drivers, and I will chalk this up personally as a lesson learned and strive harder as a public servant, as a teacher, and as a parent and grandparent to set a better example for all Kentuckians," Bunch said in the statement.


Geez, get off the cross. Classic example of a politician ****ing up and then trying to make it into a heroic personal accomplishment.

Hey, it was a minor ****-up. Speeding like hell, but **** like that happens once in a while. Quit turning it into a 25-inch story.

25 inches would be a serious butt-hurt.

 

[SpeedTchr]

I just set my speedometer to five or so mph over the limit and place it in cruise control so I can't accidentally go faster.

Why not just set it at the speed limit?

 

[joe]

120 in my '98 Cobra at night on one of the straight, flat blacktops in rural Illinois outside Champaign. With the top down.

120 in my '98 6-cylinder Mustang going west down Mineola hill on I-70 in Missouri.

120 makes 70 feel like you're going backward.

 

[RickStain]

120 in my '98 Cobra at night on one of the straight, flat blacktops in rural Illinois outside Champaign. With the top down.

120 in my '98 6-cylinder Mustang going west down Mineola hill on I-70 in Missouri.

120 makes 70 feel like you're going backward.

**** you and your selfishness.

 

[Mark2010]

http://www.kentucky.com/2013/05/29/2657707/kentucky-lawmaker-says-she-wont.html

Kentucky lawmaker pulled over on I-75 near Lexington for going 109 mph in a 70 zone. Told an editor from the Herald Leader she wasn't going that fast and she was going to contest it. A day later, she changes her tune.

I don't know the terrain there. I can tell you I was once driving from Phoenix to Los Angeles on Interstate 10 approaching Indio, glanced down at the speedometer and I was doing 105. Had absolutely no idea. I wasn't exactly blowing past traffic, either.

Ditto, but on another interstate in another state. Late at night, not a soul around, couldn't have hit anything if I tried. Just chilling, listening to music, looked down and I was going 105. Sort of eased off the accelerator.

 

[Riptide]

I just set my speedometer to five or so mph over the limit and place it in cruise control so I can't accidentally go faster.

Why not just set it at the speed limit?

Because then you have to fight off all the other traffic.
On the interstate, at least, it's less stressful to go with the flow.