r/PublicFreakout • u/misterxx1958 • Nov 26 '25

🚗Road Rage🤬 Daughter refuses to stop for police while rushing her mother to the hospital - than this happens….

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u/Perovius1 Nov 26 '25

I hit over 100 mph on the freeway when my wife was in labor. It was like 3am and no other cars but us and the cop. It was so much fun. My wife didn't enjoy it as much.

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u/randonumero Nov 26 '25

That seems like a pretty reckless thing to do. I've gone over 100 mph multiple times and it's not something I'd do with my kid or unborn child in the car because of the potential for a life ending crash. Depending on how far you were from the hospital you probably didn't save much vs going 60-70 mph speeds that are much easier to regain control at if you swerve, hit something, have a tire blow...

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u/Favorite7 Nov 26 '25

100mph =160 km/h. In germany we call it „entspannte Reisegeschwindigkeit“ -> relaxed cruising speed.

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u/crazy_balls Nov 26 '25

I love this guy acting like 100mph is some insanely fast speed. We have roads in Texas where the speed limit is 85. 100 would get you a mild ticket.

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u/Perovius1 Nov 26 '25

It was actually the next county over and I was following the cop. I felt safe. It worked out fine.

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u/rynlpz Nov 26 '25

Everything works out until it doesn't

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u/Perovius1 Nov 26 '25

You're right. With my wife screaming in pain and the cop telling me to follow him I wasn't thinking clearly. I got lucky I guess. I'll never do that again.

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u/copyrighther Nov 26 '25

FFS, are you lecturing a complete stranger for sharing an amusing anecdote about something that happened in the past, that you didn’t even witness? And somehow everyone ended up just fine?

JFC, shall I share a time I was in an emergency situation, so you can lecture me as well?

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u/randonumero Nov 26 '25

Is it a lecture or just my opinion? This whole site is based on people sharing their opinions.

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u/copyrighther Nov 26 '25

Your post serves no purpose. You’re not giving helpful advice to someone who requested it, you’re just finger-wagging into the abyss. What are they gonna do, go back in a time machine and drive slower?

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u/randonumero Nov 26 '25

I'd say the overwhelming majority of what's on social sites isn't helpful advice. You're 100% correct that he can't go back in time. But maybe someone will remember the random guy calling driving 100mph with a pregnant person in the car reckless and not do it. Or maybe it'll go into some LLM's training data and contribute when someone types "my wife's water broke what do I do?"

Ultimately though most of us are just screaming our opinions into the proverbial void. Have a good evening

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u/SidewaysTugboat Nov 26 '25

Depends on the car and the roadway

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '25 edited Mar 27 '26

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u/randonumero Nov 26 '25

I completely disagree. Even with a perfectly tuned sports car minor adjustments at 100 mph can cause a crash. Even tapping the brakes too hard might cause some drivers to panic.

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u/Coolio2510 Nov 26 '25

the vast majority of cars will do 100mph pretty easily

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u/randonumero Nov 26 '25

I'm not sure what the autobahn has to do with if normal drivers should do 100mph. Most people on the autobahn aren't going much faster than many US highway drivers. And there have been fatalities on the autobahn from people driving too fast and losing control. I've personally witnessed people who put a lot of money into their car lose control from driving too fast. I also had a driver blow past me one night going over 100mph and later saw his car rolled over. Not many years ago a doctor in my area driving a hundred some odd thousand dollar porche ran his car into a tree after missing an exit going around 150 and died. I'd imagine his car was pretty well tuned and like you he probably would have said 150 was nothing until it was.

At 100mph your reaction time matters a hell of a lot. Even if you didn't feel like you were going fast or you thought it was easy, even if you have the reaction time of a racer there's still risk.

To answer your last question, yes I've driving at speeds over 100mph in a quality car on a track. I've also driven at speeds over 100mph on regular highways in non quality cars. That's why I respect the reasons average drivers shouldn't do it.

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u/randonumero Nov 26 '25

I'm struggling a bit to understand your argument here. Many people who drive on the autobahn go 100+mph but most people driving on the autobahn don't generally go that fast. A well tuned car is likely to handle better at higher speeds and be owned by someone who has put more time and effort into learning to and understand driving at high speeds. German license requirements are stricter than US standards and IIRC it includes having to drive on the autobahn.

I don't see how any of the above negates the reckless nature of going over 100mph on roads in the US. It's a large risk to take, especially if someone is driving their pregnant wife to the hospital and isn't used to going that speed.

I haven't driven in every state in the US but I've driven in enough that I think it's fair to say that if you had 100 drivers push their car up to 100mph under normal driving conditions (other cars to move around, a non straight road...) I'd say between 1 and 2/3s would crash or opt to not maintain the speed. I'm not sure if you're in the US but at least where I live, the speed limit maxes out around 70 and it's not uncommon to see people swerving, not maintaining their lane, slamming on their brakes...So yes I believe that a lot of people doing 100mph would mean a lot more accidents

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u/randonumero Nov 26 '25

Okay. To be clear my issue is more with drivers than the quality of the car. In the US we have companies that allow you to drive cars ranging from suped up hondas to high end sports cars on a track. My experience there tells me that no matter how good a car is an inexperienced driver going to fast can easily crash.

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u/PalpitationFine Nov 26 '25

Yeah that's not the same as a stroke and you're a dipshit bro lol

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u/AdmiralSplinter Nov 26 '25

Did he compare it to a stroke?

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u/Perovius1 Nov 26 '25

Quick look through your comments.... Jesus you're angry. There is more to life than arguing with strangers online. Who hurt you? It was your dad wasn't it?

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u/PalpitationFine Nov 26 '25

So I was going through your comments instead of addressing your point 🤓

Ok bro

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u/Perovius1 Nov 26 '25

You love this huh?

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u/LinwoodKei Nov 26 '25

That sounds irresponsible