All this makes me happy that I live in Italy where the limit on the Autostrada is 130 kph and many travel at a higher speed. By and large speed limits seem to be considered as advisory. It is not that there are not radar traps but they are few and far between.

We have a ridiculous 70kph speed limit on a section of Super Strada near here. It is 4 lanes of divided road but there is the possibilty of a short section being used by bicycles and that is probably why there is such a low limit. Our entrance junction is actually in the last 100 metres of a tunnel and when you give the Plus 4 (TBs and sports exhaust) a good stamp on the accelerator the sound is wonderful. Last year I entered the Super Strada in my usual enthusiastic mode and I had observed a car approching behind me in the outside lane. I accelerated to about 90 and checked the mirrors to see where the car was, no car in sight so I turned my head and discovered that right beside me was a police car.

Italian police thought process: noisy sports car - normal, going 20 over the speed limit and still accelerating - well it is a sports car and it does sound good, oh he's backed off - well it's too much bother all that paperwork. Have a nice day.

Peter

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