Thank you Lord I never had a car in my youth that went that fast. My Datsun 210 (stick) would only do about 80, which I seemed to think was a nice cruising speed on roads that were not rated for that. I did run from one police officer that caught me speeding around a bend, he lost sight of me before turning around and I ducked off in some residential for a short time. He caught sight of me pumping gas 30 minutes later and drove by waving his finger (scared me)... I was young and dumb.
Not sure that guard rail would of withstood the impact without the pulled over car's buffering. Glancing blows I think are ok, but a straight on hit would of folded that rail with little effort.
I used to have a diesel mercedes when I was younger, and while it would get up to speed - I think 80 was the fastest I ever had it - it took its own sweet time getting there, so I always had plenty of time to ask myself whether I really wanted a speeding ticket before I got to the point where I was risking one.
I also had a friend who had a 60s Chevelle with a 327 into which he had dropped a racing cam, as well as a few other bells and whistles. He told me one time that he was horsing around in a residential area when he spotted a cop on a side street, he said that he passed behind a school bus (bus was between him and the cop), and over the 40 foot length of the bus he dropped the speed from way over the limit to below 25 mph (miraculously, without blowing the engine). The cop subsequently pulled him over, read him the riot act, and said "I know you were speeding, and you know you were speeding, but we both know that I can't prove it, so from now on, every time I see you, I'm pulling you over for a safety inspection." He got pulled over for about 7 or 8 safety inspections over the next few years, and twice had to get the car towed.
