Here's the thing....

At that speed in that car, assuming good high performance tires with good brakes that don't fade out at that speed, you're going to need about 1,500ft to come to a stop give or take, including distance for reaction. In reality with factory type brakes at those speeds and factory type tires, you're looking at closer to 2,000ft stopping distance.

At that speed you're traveling about 225 feet every second. Average GOOD reaction time for a driver is about 1.5 seconds...3/4 of a second visual(see something and realize a need to react) and 3/4 of a second physical(the time to physically move). During that reaction time you travel distance, that's known as the reaction distance(distance traveled from the instant you see something to the instant you begin reacting/braking). That means the reaction distance at 225ft/s is about 340ft. So you travel more than the length of a football field JUST WHILE YOU'RE REACTING. AFTER you see something. BEFORE you even being to slow or swerve.

How far can you see at night? 150ft? Maybe 200 at most with really good headlights. In other words, at those speeds if something were in the road, you would strike it at full speed before you ever had a chance to react. 1 pothole, or a log laying in the road, an animal, and abandoned vehicle.....and you're toast. Or what about a tire blowout? Were you even running tires capable of those speeds? If not then you were playing Russian Roulette.

In other words, you were operating that vehicle in a situation where there is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY you could have reacted to anything. At least if it were during the day you could argue that you could see far enough down the road to be able to react...but not at night at those speeds.

Even more seriously, if you get in a wreck and kill your passenger(or someone else), you'd go to prison. Simon is correct, in California reckless driving is a misdemeanor, not a felony. However, reckless/negligent homicide(a death that results from an act of negligence or a lack of due regard) is a felony. In many states(California is 1) you're not even required to engage in an illegal act for it to be reckless homicide, just an act that was reckless and results in a death. In the most severe cases reckless homicide can be a 2nd degree murder charge.

Just things to consider.

 

I had an aluminum driveshaft explode (front yoke separated) at 145 mph earlier this year. I was in my S197, headed to the track. Just randomly felt like opening her up for a couple miles. I was on I-95 with not one car in sight. Scared the shat out of me when that thing let go. It whipped around and slapped the tunnel so hard that everything in my cup holder was thrown out. Point being, anything can happen while driving hard. I don't do it nearly as much anymore, but I'll still do a top end run here and there if its a wide, empty road. I'll never do it on a regular 2 lane road ever again. Two lane roads don't allow any room to lose control without ending up in the woods/ditch/dead. A multi-lane road may not save you, but at least it'll allow some room to regain control, or at least some room to spin out and lose some of that momentum before leaving the road.

 

as I explained earlier , I drove the road before I did the high speed run , to check for debris, road condition , ect . I have live close to this road for 41 years . its straight with fields and trees , although you cant see (animals) maybe 150ft , you would see head lights from a vehicle for MILES , that was my concern . yes I put my passenger and myself at risk . yes the passenger knew the risk , that don't make it right I know this . I do appreciate your concern , but your starting to sound like a bible basher now , I looked at many other post on here about high speed races , with TWO cars on populated roads with some having videos , I didn't see any comments that you made to them , so perhaps you should spread the word to them , as I said . I don't make it a habit to do this often . so as I do appreciate your concern and information you have giving me .......POINT TAKEN !!!!!

 

I will echo what Simon said (not being an LEO)... Have I done it? possibly. Would I post evidence that could hang myself? No.

Just be careful out there man...

 

You can check the road all you want... Maybe the road doesn't have anything on it and isn't damaged... But that doesn't stop someone from pulling out in front of you a mile a head and you don't see him until its to late... or an animal jumping in front of your car... You checked the road for constants... you can't check for variables, sorry but doing those kind of speeds at night on a back country road (which have a lot of animals running around on them), is just not smart.

 

never claimed it to b smart , again I got what you are saying . I don't think it would b safer during the day , in fact... just the opposite, so again ,I'll probably never do it again anyway . I hope you guys that are preaching this aren't Hypocrites !and are always law abiding citizens ! feel free to preach the word to others

 

Out of curiosity......where is a track long enough to reach those kinds of speeds? Inquiring minds want to know.

For those of you who are giving the OP a hard time you need to climb off your moral high horses. Geez you bunch of friggin polyannas are giving me a headache. This is S/S.....it's like ****.....if you don't like what you see in here GTFO.

The OP and his passenger made a decision to risk their lives in an anus clenching adrenaline charged fun ride. Too bad some of you pussies haven't done the same. Trust me.......it IS a rush.

 

lol Well played sir !!!!

 

Not something I would do but it sounds like the OP made sure he wouldn't hurt any other cars on the road. This the the street/strip section all fa'ginas should go somewhere else if you can't handle stuff like this. It's not like he was doing it fast n furious style weaving in and out of innocent commuters.

 

only if the car is made of diamond, diamond is one of the strongest metals known to man.

Also I really don't understand this idea you have of night being safer than during the day? Only safer that you don't get caught. because you'll see the headlights.. and even if you check the road first there is always the animal worry.. out here the animals get big enough they'll total your car and likely kill you.. i've seen people going ot the hospital hitting an elk at 65mph.. because the elk rolled through the windshield and hit them... anyway.. i'd say day is safer because you can see things further away.. like it was said.. head lights only show for about 200feet.. and you covering more than that distance every second.. your brain will recongize you see something just intime for it to hit you... also.. cops could be waiting somewhere with their lights off.. i suppose thats what you are looking for when you make your first @speed limit pass.