moorit Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 What's the fastest you've ever driven and what in ? I was on the back seat of a motorbike at 125mph above Gulberwick. 8O Very scared !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 About 560mph, in a 747, WELL above Gulberwick, heading north. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moorit Posted March 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 About 560mph, in a 747, WELL above Gulberwick, heading north. ..and you were driving it ?? Wow !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 30mph on a sledge over the rapids !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAStewart Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 110mph iiiwheely!!! along St Olaf Street!!! I was on the back of the bike but wholly turd it was scary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMe Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 In Shetland around 95 in a citroen......just after dawn on a summers day. Outwith Shetland 115 when I decided to slow down due to cross winds on an empty M3. Slowest......in Shetland walking pace on the main road above Gulberwick in a blizzard. Down south I twice felt it was best to stop for a while during very heavy rainstorms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoolHaddock Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 120 in a pall's astra doon the herra straights. I never tak my cars above 100, cos if I do, I get guilty that I have abused my car. When I first got my license, i did 90 (well it was really 70, but 90 soonds more impressive) aroond a right angle junction and spun my car. Since then I have been more careful. I have so many good car stories I can hardly contain myself! And girseyb, I apologise again fir nearly killing wis ootside train shetland (even though it was mostly dy fault ) I have calmed doon a lot since my days as a crazy Yell hooligan....noo I tend tae frown on speeding motorists a peerie bit more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trout Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 Have been aware of cars thundering about at ungodly speeds that I'm not even going to post on this board! Lets just say that we're talking the very top end of the speedometer with needles flailing madly! Unfortunatlely I've been involved in a few crashes too .. not all by my hand! One that I amazingly walked away from unscathed - yet had I been wearing a seatbelt and not been thrown from the vehicle, I would have been crushed!!! I've grown a lot older and looking back on these days a shudder goes down my spine when I think of the sheer idiocy of it all! There have been various deaths in recent years - these people now no more than a meer statistic to the young "fools" (of which I was one!) that thunder around our roads today. Its a sad fact that "sense" only really comes with experience and age - though we drill into todays youth right and wrong, the culture of cars and speed is one that is very much tied into the psyche of young men across the country! Shetland being virtually full of open and relatively straight roads is a heady, yet foolish, mix for many! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoolHaddock Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 I completely agree trout. I don't think a single wan o the boys that was in the hostel with me hasna written aff thier car or been in a car thats been written aff......and when I think aboot it, thats a horrifying statistic.Luckily none of them were hurt, and luckily I've never been in thier situation. Most o the time when you get guys speeding, it's when they have thier pals in the car, and thats when accidents happen. Just heard a story on Radio 1(!). A guy in a BMW had his accelerator jam as he was goin doon a motorway. He ended up doin ower 130mph, and his brakes had burnt out and he couldna get his car oot o gear. He eventually came tae a stop when he hit a roundabout. He managed tae get oot unhurt apperantly.....dat most o been scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 Most o the time when you get guys speeding, it's when they have thier pals in the car, and thats when accidents happen. This the bit i never understand. I've done some really stupid speeds in cars, bikes, other things(retain element of mystery!), but NEVER with other people in the vehicle, sure i've opened up the bike a little, but not a fraction of what i'd do on my own! Why are young lads intent on killing their pals!? Just heard a story on Radio 1(!). A guy in a BMW had his accelerator jam as he was goin doon a motorway. He ended up doin ower 130mph, and his brakes had burnt out and he couldna get his car oot o gear. He eventually came tae a stop when he hit a roundabout. He managed tae get oot unhurt apperantly.....dat most o been scary. I heard that too! 130mph,must be a crap beemer! I had a throttle stick situation going over the top of the blackhill once, Rollercoaster! I only realised it was stuck when i rounded the crest and shot down the other side, frantically trying to get my hand to the pedal to pull it off the floor!What a buzz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeriebryan Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 Njigle, wiz it dee dat crashed intae da back o my old mans crane? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 No! Dat wis Andy! I'd forgotten about that! That was a "no brakes, over eager overtake scenario" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeriebryan Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 No! Dat wis Andy! I'd forgotten about that! That was a "no brakes, over eager overtake scenario" Da old man thought dat wis a right fun You canna do much damage to the balast o an Iron Fairy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 You're not wrong! It was definately Iron Fairy(4mph) 1: Ford Granada(3.2L) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeriebryan Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 You're not wrong! It was definately Iron Fairy(4mph) 1: Ford Granada(3.2L) 0Iron Fairies have a top speed of 7mph (apart from uphill at Dale, where I believe the incident occured). Maybe we should have a 'What's your favourite crane' thread. I love cranes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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