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      09-27-2012, 08:50 PM   #23
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What about avoiding a stranded car (or anything really) in the left lane at 200+ km/h?
It happens all the time.

Most driver have never practiced a full emergency stop. Not even at 50 km/h.
It's about assuming an empty straight road with no other cars, no people, no animals etc. Taking into account only technical, weather and road condition factors which can cause a highest probability of losing control, for example aquaplaning.
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      09-27-2012, 09:19 PM   #24
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An M5 with all its technical prowess can get you to those amazing speeds quickly and with a sense of stability but at those speeds everything has to follow the laws of physics.
The reaction time is virtually non existent at the speeds you stated.If you had an accident you might recall how fast things go wrong even at acceptable freeway speeds.

Its all good that we have some very powerful cars but it would be dangerous to test the machines limits.In driving its not all about you ,its about how everything around you falls in the right place at the right moment. We assume that everything around us will be right.we might be right most of the time, but sometimes we are wrong and....

Check out this video...the guy with the camera was doing 160.. the one who passes him was doing 320..even at that relative difference things seem to happen extremely quick.I don't think any human being can react fast enough if anything goes wrong at those speeds.


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      09-27-2012, 10:05 PM   #25
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I think speeds above 150MPH are 100X as dangerous as speeds under 100MPH. The trick to not dying os to not cruise around all day at 180MPH.

I couple of squirts there under safe conditions is worth the risk, IMHO.

In response to the OP, I think a tire failure is what is likely to kill you in terms of a car failure, but the most likely causes of death will come from outside the car: road conditions / debris, actions of other cars/trucks/animals, etc.
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