Speed Might Not Kill...

... but it will scare the c**p out of you. If you don't believe me, the following pictures of what used to be a 1990 Hyundia GS might.

At 60MPH, with a 1/4" of snow on the edge of the road, I lost it, spun once in each direction (trying to regain it), and sailed into a telephone pole, in reverse, at around 55MPH (brakes were kinda useless in the snow).

One thing you can't see in these pictures is that the impact was so hard, it knocked the paint off the car (it had yellow primer, so we discovered).

Yes, in the bottom picture, that is where the right rear wheel ended up - eight inches off the ground, and basically in the back seat.

By some Act of Fate, I escaped the whole incident scratchless.

So, if you ask me why I don't speed so much anymore, now you know. If you see me speeding, remind me.