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Originally Posted by donglow
I know we don’t have the autobahn in the US, but there are people who live in some central rural areas where high speed cruising is a way of life. Some parts of I-10 in Texas is 80 mph which is considerable more than the 65 mph highway speed most highway mpg is figured at. We made a trip into low population area of New Mexico recently and although the posted speed limit was 65 and we were doing 75, we were the slowest people on the road, so I decided to drive behind some speedsters and found they were going between 90 and 100 mph!
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Its very impressive that you can get such good mileage at that speed...
I have to be that one guy who points out that 100MPH is very dangerous, bordering on reckless, no matter what everyone else is doing. Speed is the single most significant variable in accident likelyhood and severity of impact force should one occur. Speeding is indicated as a primary factor in more fatal crashes than drinking or cellphones, and has an exponentially larger effect on impact force than vehicle mass. At 100mph you don't just have twice the braking distance and twice the potential impact force, you have four times as much of each. At that speed crashes are often fatal even with seatbelts and airbags properly used and deployed. Consider that crash tests are only done at about 30mph.
I'm not one to judge. In my younger days I used to hit 100mph every single day on my Ninja EX250R during a stretch of my 50 mile commute.
Just keep in mind what your risking, and be safe out there.