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Originally Posted by Mazrim
I drove 2300 km in BC a couple weeks ago, most of it single lane highway, including Highway 3 from Crowsnest Pass all the way to Hope.
Never once during my trip did I have to go 40 over the limit to pass a single vehicle. You're not doing it right if you're needing to speed THAT much to pass someone. The fastest I did was 120 km/h in a 90km/h zone to pass an idiot from Alberta between Nakusp and Galena Bay who hated corners and loved passing lanes with a passion.
Most of the time you could easily get away with 15 over at most to get past someone, and if you needed to do go that fast to pass, you probably weren't in a safe situation to start with. (ie. Strugglers who aren't paying attention to the road and notice the line paint change to passing halfway through that section. I saw that often.)
I certainly don't have any sympathy for the idiots racing down the road who got caught doing this. If I did 40km/h over the limit, I wouldn't even want to embarass myself in public about getting pulled over. =\
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So 30 km over the legal limit makes you a better person than some of the 'idiots' out there, but 40km over would be embarassing. The view must be nice from inside your glass house.