03-05-2006, 07:31 PM
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It's not easy being green!
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: In the tubes to Vancouver Island
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Do You Speed?
I've noticed over the last couple of months the number of people who are always in such a rush to get everywhere. Like a guy who can't stand driving behind me at 30 km/h in a playground zone that he has to blow around me (on a two lane street) going about 70.
This got me thinking, I rarely ever speed, the only time I ever did really was before I got into a car accident and I would only go about 10 km/h over and usually on Glenmore.
So I ask....Do you speed? And if you do, by how much?
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03-05-2006, 07:35 PM
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#2
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Calgary, AB
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I speed, but usually go no more than 10 over the limit in the city, and 15 over outside the city.
I'm not really sure why, I doubt it saves me very much time at all.
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03-05-2006, 07:42 PM
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#3
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Retired
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I usually go at the flow of traffic on the major highways.
Most of the time however, I try to stick to the speed limit and someone always rides my tail.
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03-05-2006, 07:44 PM
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#4
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In the Sin Bin
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I'll do what the police will give me.
I go no more than 10kph over in city limits, since that is what photo radar cameras give you.
I generally do about 10-20 over on highways, depending on what part of the province I am in.
Of course, this depends on weather and traffic. Generally in poor conditions, I am one of the most cautious drivers on the road.
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03-05-2006, 07:50 PM
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#5
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Franchise Player
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I speed, but not that much. If the limit is 50, I'll go between 55-65 depending on the weather, traffic congestion, and time of day. In an 80 zone, I go between 90-100 depending on those three factors again. I go between 110-120 in a 100 zone. I'd rather go 10 over then 10 under
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03-05-2006, 07:53 PM
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#6
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Scoring Winger
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The only time I really go the speed limit is in playground/school zones.
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03-05-2006, 07:54 PM
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#7
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Disenfranchised
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I will go about 10 km/h over the limit now and then, however, should I be pulled over for speeding while doing so, I take the ticket and pay it.
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03-05-2006, 07:54 PM
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#8
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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I would say I never speed in residential areas, and also never in playground zones.
Anywhere else I almost always speed. Part of it is also having gone for so long without getting a ticket; 6 years since my last one. Usually about 10-20 over; depending on the situation.
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03-05-2006, 08:01 PM
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#9
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Shores of Lake Superior
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Not much anymore....maybe 5 or 10 over on the freeway. I suspect when I get the 68' RS SS on the road it may change.
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03-05-2006, 08:03 PM
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#10
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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I speed, and as it gets warmer out, I find I tend to speed even more. I also find the speed limits on roads in Edmonton so slow. 60 km/hr on most roads, which would be 70 in Calgary. Even the whitemud is slow!
My name is BlackArcher101, and I'm a speeder.
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03-05-2006, 08:07 PM
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#11
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Calgary
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Usually 10 over in the city, 15-20 on the highway. Depends on the conditions & traffic. It is just so easy to drive my car fast, you hit the gas and before you know it, you're speeding when you look over at the speedometer.
It's a good thing my car actually came with a "speeding excuse card".
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03-05-2006, 08:11 PM
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#12
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: I don't belong here
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Depends on the traffic and street. There are a few streets in Lethbridge where I'll go 5 over 50. With the police in Lethbridge you never know what they'll do. I was with my friend when was was pulled over for going 65 in a 60 zone and once I was going 90 in a 70 zone and the police saw me and didn't do a thing. I got a ticket for going 80 in a 70 zone once.
On the highways I'll go up to 120.
In my younger days I had no problem going 140 on the highways. I sped most everywhere I went. When I got my ticket for going 80 in a 70 zone, I quickly changed my ways.
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03-05-2006, 08:18 PM
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#13
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broke the first rule
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I've got the need, the need for speed. I go with the flow of traffic, or if I'm first off a light, about 10-15 over. I'll pay my ticket when I get one. The big one for me is not to be stupid about it...snowy/icy, I'm very cautious. Heavy traffic, also cautious. And I don't weave in and out of traffic to get where I'm going.
But, what infuriates me, is people going too slow for the conditions/flow of traffic.
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03-05-2006, 08:21 PM
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#14
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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My little truck is hardly capable of speeding but on my bike on an isolated road, I 'm a sinner.
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03-05-2006, 09:02 PM
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#15
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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I'll speed on the highway, but rarely in the city - and never on residential streets.
I used to live on a residential street that many people would turn onto from the highway in order go around traffic, like a short cut. I can't tell you how many times I almost got hit backing out of my driveway, or just walking down the street.
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03-05-2006, 09:06 PM
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#16
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Can't afford to speed too much... being a young male sucks when it comes to insurance.
I do what I can get away with though, usually up to 10 over... 15 on the highway. I'm pretty cautious when the weather is bad.
Sometimes in the spring/summer I'll get the itch for speed and punch it .. then regret it later when I have to fill gas prematurley
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03-05-2006, 09:21 PM
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#17
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary, AB
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Speed? Of course I speed. The speed limits, under normal conditions, is much too low.
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03-05-2006, 09:24 PM
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#18
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Calgary
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During times like this, with the snow and all, I don't speed, I go the speed limit and end up being the fastest one on the road.
I usually speed everywhere except playground/school zones. Anywhere from 5-15 km/h over the limit, not sure why.
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03-05-2006, 10:23 PM
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#19
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Turner Valley
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Most of the time I just do what feels right, like what the other cars around me are doing, which is usually 5-10km over the limit.
On the highway however, I do speed. I usually find another car going really fast and just follow him hoping the cops will pull him over giving me time to slow down.
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03-05-2006, 10:38 PM
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#20
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: saddledome
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never in playground, residential or major construction zones
highways i used to always until i got tagged doing 180, i know i know, that is dangerously fast, now its only 10-20 over tops
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