I Drive Too Fast
The Story Of A Speeder... I speed, about 90% of the time while driving, sometimes I go just 10 over the limit, and other times I go 50 over the limit. So why do I have this need for speed? Well my common excuse is: "One doesn't simply drive the speed limit, while listening to metal, in a muscle car". For example, this is what my commute home looks like: It's a 30 minute drive, down a freeway, with little to no traffic, at night, and of course I'm blasting metal music in my Dodge Challenger. Do you honestly think I'm going to be going the speed limit under these circumstances? Nope.
But there is another reason why I speed a lot, especially on highways, and that would be my ego. You see, I had this little obsession if you will, at trying to be the fastest driver on the road. I really enjoyed forcing other vehicles out of the passing lane, and then having the lane to myself, I also took pleasure in putting fear into the eyes of other drivers, when I passed people, I would often try to pass them as fast as I could. And I really hated it when people passed me, I would go to great lengths to prevent that from happening. A classic example of this happened about a year ago, I was diving down the highway going around 130km/h, when I noticed a guy on a motorcycle ripping down the right lane. I've always said that if you're driving in the passing lane, and someone still passes you, you should be ashamed of yourself, and really, you should be. So was I about to let that happen to me, no way, sure I could've moved into the right lane, and let him pass me, but I wasn't giving him the satisfaction, I slammed on the gas, and sped up, to 180 km/h, just to prevent this guy from passing me. And he never did. And at first I felt quite good about that, but when I got home I started to regret it a bit, knowing that, that could've ended quite badly, if the cops were there, or another car got in the way. I promised myself not to do that again, but that promise didn't last. Sure, I never went 180km/h again, but I still found myself, going well over the limit, just to stay ahead of everyone, all because of my ego, like when I saw a minivan speeding down the highway, I just had to out run it. I couldn't live with myself if I let a f*cking minivan out run me. And this behaviour kept going for quite a while, and I didn't see it stopping, but it would soon come to an end, when the cops showed up at my front door, to inform me that I had been caught by photo radar, going 153 km/h on a 100km/h highway. Because of this, I now had to go to court, and I knew that my license was now on the line. I guess I had that one coming. But it was the only way I was going to learn, either that, or I was going to total my car. Well, around 4 months had passed, and my court date was just around the corner. Not feeling confident in my abilities to convince the judge to give me a second chance, I decided to hire a traffic lawyer, to court on my behalf. And it proved to be a good investment, not only did he get me out of a suspension, but I got no demerits either. All I got was a $351 fine. And I had to pay him $350 to do all that for me, so the whole thing cost me $701. Still, it could've been a lot worse, I would say that I got off pretty easy. One things for sure, I'm done with speeding like that, okay I shouldn't say that, I still speed, just not as badly as I was before, No more going 50 or more over the speed limit for me, 30 over is my new limit, no more than that.
I've realized that, while trying to be the king of the asphalt jungle is fun in all, it's just not worth losing my licence for it. If I see someone flying up behind me at high speeds, I'm moving over, and letting them pass Because if I end up in court again, I might not be so lucky the second time.
But there is another reason why I speed a lot, especially on highways, and that would be my ego. You see, I had this little obsession if you will, at trying to be the fastest driver on the road. I really enjoyed forcing other vehicles out of the passing lane, and then having the lane to myself, I also took pleasure in putting fear into the eyes of other drivers, when I passed people, I would often try to pass them as fast as I could. And I really hated it when people passed me, I would go to great lengths to prevent that from happening. A classic example of this happened about a year ago, I was diving down the highway going around 130km/h, when I noticed a guy on a motorcycle ripping down the right lane. I've always said that if you're driving in the passing lane, and someone still passes you, you should be ashamed of yourself, and really, you should be. So was I about to let that happen to me, no way, sure I could've moved into the right lane, and let him pass me, but I wasn't giving him the satisfaction, I slammed on the gas, and sped up, to 180 km/h, just to prevent this guy from passing me. And he never did. And at first I felt quite good about that, but when I got home I started to regret it a bit, knowing that, that could've ended quite badly, if the cops were there, or another car got in the way. I promised myself not to do that again, but that promise didn't last. Sure, I never went 180km/h again, but I still found myself, going well over the limit, just to stay ahead of everyone, all because of my ego, like when I saw a minivan speeding down the highway, I just had to out run it. I couldn't live with myself if I let a f*cking minivan out run me. And this behaviour kept going for quite a while, and I didn't see it stopping, but it would soon come to an end, when the cops showed up at my front door, to inform me that I had been caught by photo radar, going 153 km/h on a 100km/h highway. Because of this, I now had to go to court, and I knew that my license was now on the line. I guess I had that one coming. But it was the only way I was going to learn, either that, or I was going to total my car. Well, around 4 months had passed, and my court date was just around the corner. Not feeling confident in my abilities to convince the judge to give me a second chance, I decided to hire a traffic lawyer, to court on my behalf. And it proved to be a good investment, not only did he get me out of a suspension, but I got no demerits either. All I got was a $351 fine. And I had to pay him $350 to do all that for me, so the whole thing cost me $701. Still, it could've been a lot worse, I would say that I got off pretty easy. One things for sure, I'm done with speeding like that, okay I shouldn't say that, I still speed, just not as badly as I was before, No more going 50 or more over the speed limit for me, 30 over is my new limit, no more than that.
I've realized that, while trying to be the king of the asphalt jungle is fun in all, it's just not worth losing my licence for it. If I see someone flying up behind me at high speeds, I'm moving over, and letting them pass Because if I end up in court again, I might not be so lucky the second time.
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