[jiggyboy]

“I had been driving for hours to visit my ailing 89-year-old mom and didn’t realize how fast I was driving."

Lame. I don't care how luxe and soundless your ride is, or how effortlessly it climbs to 110+, if you're going that fast you know it. Every curve needing extra care, other cars seemingly stopped in their lanes, hills coming at you fast out of nowhere, being unable to read a single billboard, you're gonna know it.

[KC_for_Freedom]

I agree. I once got a ticker for 71 in a 65 zone with a brand new car that truly was so smooth that I did not realize my error. Car also had auto speed control but this too was new to me at the time and I did not set it.

My only Volvo. But I got to go to class and not pay a fine.

At 119 I would have been taken to jail.

[SamAdams76]

I will occasionally get to the 80-85mph range on the highway, usually to pass traffic on the right. I only do this when conditions are good and there is little other traffic on the road. But still, I am aware that I am well above the speed limit and liable to get a speeding ticket if I continue at that speed for any length of time.

There is no way you can be at 119 mph and not be aware how fast you are driving!

[Robert DeLong]

Actually I was driving a friends Lexus LS 400 in the late 90’s & I was complaining that the person in front of me was going so slow. Then I looked down to see exactly how slow the person was going & I was doing 110, and it felt like I was doing 70 max. I exclaimed, oh lord I had no idea I was going that fast. My friend just laughed. Needless to say I slowed down & the vehicle in front of me pulled away still going lickety-split.

[Balding_Eagle]

“I don’t care how luxe and soundless your ride is, or how effortlessly it climbs to 110+, if you’re going that fast you know it. “

Obviously not everyone who has had driving experience in luxury cars agrees with you:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3606530/replies?c=115

[ReaganGeneration2]

However, although evidence tampering is possible, and it may be dated, the visual evidence on this thread points to a unanimous not-guilty verdict.

[1_Rain_Drop]

"Lame. I don't care how luxe and soundless your ride is, or how effortlessly it climbs to 110+, if you're going that fast you know it. Every curve needing extra care, other cars seemingly stopped in their lanes, hills coming at you fast out of nowhere, being unable to read a single billboard, you're gonna know it."

Not quite lame.

I drive to NYC frequently. I tend to drive 55 and rarely hit 65 mph going to the city. Driving back is a different story. After 30 miles on the Thruway, the foot kind of freezes and I catch myself driving 70 mph and have to slow down. Driving for a long time at night on an near empty and straight Thruway, one can easily drive fast without realizing it.