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It's very possible to exceed speed limits and still be a safe driver. Look at Nascar and Indy, those guys drive upwards of 200mph sometimes and seldom crash.
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You're comparing yourself on public roads to professional drivers on closed curcuits?
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I've been driving for about 5 years now and I have enough experience and I believe 60 is my comfortable niche.
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Who knows why they invented speed limits, when we could all just take 5 years to find our niche.
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Besides that, I have great vision and hearing, so it's not like anything like that is impairing my judgement or ability to operate a car, albeit at "illegal" speeds.# 
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Your ears and eyes may be fine, but I'd be worried about what's in between.
I hope you don't learn the hard way, by killing yourself or someone else. [/b][/quote]
You're taking this way out of context.
Almost everyone one of my friends has been in at least one accident, or has been given at least one ticket. I'm sure you could go find the same results if you surveyed teenagers in your area. I believe 5 years without an accident on my record or being pulled over for any traffic violation is enough experience to prove I can handle the road and not be a moron. If you disagree that's fine because it's your own opinion, but please don't try to act like 5 years isn't good enough for me. It might not be enough time for you to learn how to drive flawlessly, some people learn slower, that's fine, but I'm telling you it's enough for me.
As for the comparision of professional drivers, again you just missed the point by a mile. I know I'm not a professional, but it's not very hard to steer a car between to lines on a highway at 60mph (my comfortable speed). And although yes it is a closed track, it's not like they are driving with one car though, they're driving bumper to bumper with 40 other cards, much like rush hour traffic, so I think the comparison is pretty fair.
Lastly, the fact that you'd say I hope I don't learn the hard way by killing myself or someone else shows just how little you pay attention. You really think I would be exceeding speed limits if I was going to endanger my own life, and dozens of others? Of course not. I guess it's hard to take my word for it, but I mean it when I say I'm a cautious and great driver. My eyes are always on the road, as they should be, and I'm always anticipating what the other cards and drivers are going to do. I'm able to navigate my way through traffic without cutting anyone off.
@JiriHrdina: You'd think that would be enough to pull me over, but cops don't frequent that road very often, so I take the gamble. I've been lucky never to have been caught yet, knock on wood. If I ever to get pulled over there, I'll just bite the bullet and pay the ticket. I would also say to the officier when he asked if I knew how fast I'd going, I'd say "Yes, I chose to go 60 because the speed limit here is ridiuclously low." That's all. If you don't know me well enough, you do now, and that is that I'm a pretty straight shooter, I tell it like it is.