I was once driving on the autobahn averaging an easy 100mph. Was over taking someone and glanced in my rear view mirror. Something behind me way in the distance. Eyes front again and eased past the car beside me felt no urgent need to swerve back into the inner lane again. Another glance in the mirror and the way behind car was now on my tail. I moved over and he cruised past me at least 40-50mph faster than I was going.
In 1979 I was on I-5 in Central Kalifornia at 2am on a Saturday morning doing 90 mph. The road was mostly empty. I saw lights in my morror and backed off to 75 mph. About then a Lambo went by me in a blur. Had to be going 150. About 7 minutes later a CHP cruiser went by with the lights on and the engine screaming, not doing 150. Good times.
I know, huh? You really need eyes in the back of your head! LOL
mark
If that was back in 75 it could have been me. 225 stunden kilometer. Any rental Mercedes would do that.
About 25 years ago I drove on the autobahn for the first time with my future father-in-law (who had a license but had not driven in 20 years). Me I had a license from Alabama but that is another story as was the patch over one of my eyes. . . good times.
Anyway, it was dark and I was doing OK at about 80 km/h in a borrowed POS. Always on the lookout for the police I noted waaaay back in the distance a set of headlights.
Being a pilot I understood “relative motion” and in this instance it was clear that whatever was back in the distance was going like a scalded dog.
Easing into the right lane in no time at all a Porsche (I think?) zoomed by and disappeared in the distance.
About 20 minutes later I was greeted by the sight of flashing blue lights in the distance. Now me with a patch on one eye and no valid drivers license in my pocket I figured my goose was cooked.
But as I got to all the cop cars all they were interested in were the shredded remains of what I think was the Porsche that passed me.
Like I said good times!
motorcycle past me like I was standing still...