Ind. trooper lauded as 'hero' for citing 'slowpoke' driver

Turtle n Peeps wrote:
So let me get this straight. You've come close to having a tie-rod separate and you have had a wheel and an axel fall off on one of your vehicles?

Sounds like you REALLY need to step up your maintenance on the vehicles you own!

Nope and nope.

My first example incident was back in late 1950's when driving an old borrowed car while going across rough railroad tracks.

My second example incident was when working my way through college on $1.10 per hour part time while also trying to keep an old MGA daily driver going with a known axle retainer clip problem in my model that was not so well known.

"Proper maintenance" does not negate the laws of physics or the known failure rate principles of complex systems ... and it certainaly does not justify taking too much for granted so as to be able to justify going fast ... and good luck with one's trust in whoever is (including one's self) doing the so-called proper maintenance. By the way, proper maintenance to ensure safety at high speeds also presupposes that the basic software and hardware design of one's vehicle is also covering ALL non-maintenance issues to ensure safety at high speeds ... good luck on presupposing/assuming that.

I'm willing to bet that driving fast is almost always based on emotionally derived reasons, while driving at posted speed limits or less is almost always based on rationally derived reasons. I'm willing to bet because I used to drive way too fast on public roads when I was under 25 years of age and and now many years later I don't drive way too fast on public roads - and I know my personal reasons for both scenarios. But of course my willingness to bet is only based on a sample size of 1 - myself.

IMHO, driving over the speed limit is for vehicles in closed course races ... and MAYBE for emergency vehicles in very special circumstances on public roads if they're doing it bright enough and loud enough.

FWIW ... I hope that other folks, myself, my DW, our dog, and the RV last a bit longer due to keeping our traveling at or under speed limits on trips. ;)