[Author’s note: A little disclaimer first. Nothing below is intended to be driving advice or advice on how to conduct yourself on the roads. Driving is both a responsibility and a privilege that you should exercise maturely and as carefully as possible. Everything presented below is purely for entertainment purposes.]
When you get a car that has something better than a 4 cylinder engine you naturally have the urge to see how fast and how far you can push the envelope. Specially when it comes to young men and cars. Something stirs within them when you hear about 2 or 300 horsepower. “How fast would that go? Will the engine rumble?”
so innocent looking
I mean let’s be honest. There’s no real practical purpose in a sports car or any car with more than 150 horsepower. They drink gas like crazy, they don’t carry much in the way of luggage or groceries, and their chairs really aren’t that comfortable. They’re made for one reason and one reason alone.
So, let’s say that it’s 2006 and let’s say someone was driving highway 71 between Bastrop and La Grange. Headed back to Houston from a conference in Austin in a brand spanking new Dodge Charger. That’s innocuous enough, right? Happens every day I suppose.
Let’s say then that while driving along, under the speed limit naturally, that a similar state patrol Dodge Charger pulls even next to this blue Charger. Inside is a young state trooper taking out his interceptor for the first time. Looking over as the patrol car surges ahead slightly as if making a dare or some sort of challenge. A reasonable fellow might be enticed into reciprocating, right?
Then with the challenge seemingly accepted the police Charger goes flat-out soon followed by the civilian Charger. With all restraints removed, how hard might the average person stamp on the accelerator? Just miles of open road and farmlands surrounding and 2 cars at the top of their form.
Over 90 miles an hour the power steering doesn’t help as much and you have to tussle with the steering wheel to keep control. Speeds going over 120 miles an hour and still accelerating. Not another car in sight to get in the way and nothing but the curving roads to keep you company. The police officer doing his level best to keep ahead. In such situations you would have to admit that the thought comes to mind that if the police officer loses that he will retaliate with a hefty traffic ticket. Just the chance you have to take, right?
Speed limits ought to be respected under most circumstances but these were ideal driving conditions. The thing is though that at those speeds that the distances between small towns evaporates and all too soon you’re back to regular traffic conditions.
Just as La Grange comes into view the police officer signals wildly to slow down. All too soon the adrenaline rush is over and normality re-establishes itself. With a wave the police officer heads down another road and this other fellow continues on to Houston as if nothing had ever happened.
I’m not saying or legally admitting that something like that once happened. But it might have, right?
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