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Originally Posted by Saltheart
I used to speed all the time. I could turn an 8 hour drive into 6.5 hours by driving like what i would now call "a maniac". Somewhere along the line I slowed down. now people complain when I follow thenm or they follow me to fishing spots cause I drive real slow. Something moved me from speed demon to old lady and I can't help but think being pulled over a few times helped me along.
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Usually it's the sense that if you were to get into an accident at a high speed, you would be toast.
That, and the fact that most of "us" older drivers didn't have our first experience with cars in video games where speeding and crashes are "fun".
How many of you have seen, or been cut off by some "idiot" driving a low-riding speed-coffin in your travels? I am not a lead-foot, and I hate doing anything over the speed of 70, but when you see these little "hot-wheels" speedsters racing, weaving through traffic at 80-90, you have to wonder what is going through their pea-sized brains?
(Short of saying the truck of their car when then hit something.)
Good luck with the appeal, but also chock it up to a "lesson learned" the hard way - where the pain will be in the wallet, not in body and mind.