Ol' Truck - New Car - How fast am I going?

I know this isn't really a NEW car but the picture was just so good

Didja ever notice just how quiet new autos are inside. I have 3 truck type vehicles, My Truck, My Toy Truck and My Beater Van, none of which could be considered quiet when you're riding down the road.

I had an opportunity about a week ago to drive a friend's 3-year old full-size sedan. I'll tellya when I rode down ol' route 32 out of the Big Town of Savage I could hardly tell anything was happening outside or that I was going 65 in a 55 MPH zone. That doggone thing provided me with no sensation of speed other than looking out the window and seeing trees going by.

I never considered how fast I was going because I was constantly being passed by other cars. These cars were all relatively new and seemingly the drivers were driving at their normal pace. I finally managed to glance at the speedometer and realized I was going 10 mph over the speed limit. I eased off the throttle and dropped down to my normal 60 on this road.

When I drive either of my vehicles, I always know just how fast I'm going all the time, but I had no real sense of speed in this vehicle. It got me wondering if the drivers of the cars that passed me had any sense of their speed that day...did they know they were going 70+ in a 55 zone?

There are a significant number of drivers that typically drive within 5 mph of the speed limit and always have cars 'riding their bumper' due to their 'slow' speed. I'm one of those drivers. This whole subject just brings up a lot of questions about roads, speed limits, autos, etc.

I won't delve into them with this post, but I just want you to know that the next time I'm slowing you down because I'm driving 5 mph over the speed limit on a back country 2-lane road, I'm only trying to drive a reasonable speed and that I don't really appreciate you driving quite so close to my rear bumper.

Us older folks can sometimes get irritated by folks riding on our bumpers and sometimes even drive slower to prove a point to the bumper-rider driver. Not only that, but should we have an accident and you run into the back of my truck, your car will likely suffer considerably more damage than my ol' truck.

JD, just cruising the back roads near the BToS

PS - The up side of riding my rear bumper is that you'll be close enough to read the stickers on the back of the truck.