I know it’s going to be tough for you to follow this, but try a bit harder than you have so far, OK?
You said in reply #330:
"My CL65, a relatively heavy car, will come to a stop from 70 in under 150 feet. From 170 in 1/3rd the distance you claim (distance I "claim" = 1381feet. 1/3 1381 = 460 feet).
The 1381/460 feet does
not include reaction distance. I will assume below that the under 150 feet
does include reaction distance.
The state of Florida suggests a reaction distance of 11 feet per 10mph speed. That would be 77 feet at 70mph and 187 feet at 170mph. See link:
Florida Drivers Handbook
77 x 3 = 231 feet = drunk driver reaction distance adjustment at 70mph.
So driving drunk at 70mph You can stop your CL65 in about 380 feet (149 feet driving sober braking distance + 231 feet added reaction distance for drunkenness). Add a bit more for the drunkenness and call it 400 Feet.
And driving sober at 170mph you can stop your CL65 in about 647 feet (187 feet reaction distance + 460 feet braking distance). Call it 650 feet.
Ergo it takes you 250 feet more to come to a stop sober from 170mph than it does to come to a stop drunk from 70mph.
Let’s quote the whole section of braking, shall we?
(from link, emphasis added):
I wonder what happens to that shimmy at 170mph. Reckon it just goes away, or something?
Citation, please, from a neutral, objective source, and I would prefer test results for all kinds of driving conditions.
99.99% of all cars on the road are not built to go anywhere near 170mph. Do you think there should be different speed limits for high-performance vehicles? Please keep in mind that at 170mph you are going to need a safety clearance of over two football fields distance, and at that speed most other drivers will have no idea you are anywhere around until you are right on top of them. Also, it won’t go over too well to suggest the speed demons get a whole lane to themselves, so don’t even try it.
If no one would be endangered on a open road by a car doing 170mph then how come thousands of people get hurt every year in open road accidents where no one was driving half that fast, and weren’t texting or messing with the radio, either?
130mph to 70mph was not the comparison I made. I guess I have to repeat the whole damn thing or you will be confused again. Read it carefully this time:
(from reply #322):
"In order to compare the hazards of DUI and driving 100mph over the speed limit it is necessary to imagine equal infraction rates and environments- in other words for every person driving home drunk at 30 in a 30 from the neighborhood bar there is one person driving home sober at 130. Please don't try to tell me you would feel safer with the sober guy doing 130."
The exact comparison in question was a drunk driving through your local neighborhood at 30mph in a 30mph zone, or a sober driver driving through your neighborhood at 100mph over the speed limit = 130mph.
Bad on the speed, good on the sobriety, now go ahead and sign up for that reading comprehension course.