As you may be able to tell I’ve watched a few films with car chases in recently, but this is a pure and simple rant that’s been brewing for some time I will try and keep a lesson in survival in here somewhere!
I live in a European country which is considered by our European neighbours to have a rather pedestrian attitude towards speed in that our motorway speed limit is 70 mph. We have cars which have an electronic limiter of 155mph because travelling beyond that speed is considered to be starting to be unsafe by my Germen brethren. The not so far away Isle of Mann has a section of road through the mountains that not only is part of one of the fastest road races in the world (one racer past an average of 140mph over a 34 mile track of twisty mountain routes), but it is open to anyone the rest of the year with NO SPEED LIMITS!
Now with that all in place why do I repeatedly see in Hollywood films cars being driven really fast away from various police, bad guys etc, then a shot of the speedo and bam 50-60mph?
This is not a fast speed, in gone in 60 seconds a car hit 100mph and the police helicopter claimed not to be able to keep up, over here non suped up police cars can hit 120, there’s modified Volvo’s on the force that can hit the 150 mark fully laden with equipment. Can I only assume that in these films I see that the protagonists don’t really want to be free they’re just teasing the Police? So here’s my tip for this one, you’re organising a bank job or some other sort of crime, be sensible and buy a European or Japanese car as your getaway, and then when you scream you want to go faster... you will!
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