Francesca Knowles wrote:
Sorta puzzled at the folks that evidently think the O.P. is concerned here about something that's "none of his business"-? I frankly think a call to the Highway Patrol was in order since the idea of sharing the road with a massive, grotesquely speeding "guided missile" is unappealing to me.
But maybe that's due to my Mother's having been passed by a speeding vehicle one fine morning, and in the next moment she saw the within-the-speed-limit pickup he next slammed into from behind (at "only" 80mph or so) go sailing straight across the freeway right in front of her. It tumbled fifty feet down a bank to land upside down on some railroad tracks. The driver of the struck vehicle and her 12 year old son were killed.
So, yeah- it IS our business!
Pardon; but think about what you just said. The same kind of envy or nannyism of that declaration is seen all the time by drivers of nice cars. I've had cops called on us because the little black car looked like it was speeding apparently. Wife drives it like a taxi. I have probably exceeded the magic number on the sign a time or two. People will speed up to get your license number or try to forceyou off the road or other idiotcy.
I certainly won't drive our coach at 102 mph even if it could do it.
Won't drive the car faaster than anyone in front, of me either.
I won't call anyone to report someone tooling down the road safely. If they are driving dangerously, then yep gotta call. guess what. It don't do any good unless the cops see it. However, if you report a high dollar hot rod they will look for you, hoping you will race away from them. They love a good chase, and they can get away with it.
To the LEO's I know, I didn't mean you or any ne around here. :)