Michael Schumacher - now a cab driver?

Funnily enough, it's being reported that the car was a Mercedes. SPY SCANDAL!

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Is is possible to overspeed with those cars? (I mean non-f1/dtm):P

Kimi, so, Massa Fernando Sebastian is faster than you. Can you confirm you understood that message?

marcl Wrote:
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> Its the other people on the road though that could
> have been in trouble. Say a car moved a bit that
> he was over taking etc.

It's the same for all of us in that case, F1 driver or granny on her way to doing the shopping.

Speed limits in Germany

copy/paste from another forum.

In cities and towns, the speed limit (Tempolimit) is 50 km/h (31 mph) unless otherwise posted.

In the last decade or so, the "30-Zone" has gained great popularity. These are residential areas with a posted 30 km/h (18 mph) speed limit to protect children and pedestrians who live in the neighborhood.

On normal two-lane highways the limit is 100 km/h (62 mph). Cars towing trailers must stay under 80 km/h (50 mph).
The autobahn has a "suggested" speed limit of 130 km/h (80 mph)

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He was driving an Opel, top speed = 160Km/h

I don't blame him TBH...slow drivers suck.

Joe_Satriani Wrote:
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> He was driving an Opel, top speed = 160Km/h
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> I don't blame him TBH...slow drivers suck.


well if everyone would drove as fast as they can there would be lot's of dead people...limits are there because of safety.

gin Wrote:
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> If I was that cab driver I would be pissed off.
> Schumacher was in a hurry to pick up a dog?!


No he had already picked up his dog. He was in a rush to catch a flight. Although considering he has his own private jet I'm scratching my head over this story lol

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vesuvius Wrote:
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> Joe_Satriani Wrote:
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> > He was driving an Opel, top speed = 160Km/h
> >
> > I don't blame him TBH...slow drivers suck.
>
>
> well if everyone would drove as fast as they can
> there would be lot's of dead people...limits are
> there because of safety.

From the reports I've read he wasn't really over speeding, only driving faster than the cab driver who apparently was really slow. I don't agree with speeding either. But I don't like slow.

Joe_Satriani Wrote:
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> He was driving an Opel, top speed = 160Km/h
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> I don't blame him TBH...slow drivers suck.


Hmm how do you know the top speed of a opel ?


Btw I think you guys are Moaners!! :D

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Magic Senna

You would not be saying that if he crashed and killed someone, ok this time he did not.

lol this is class.
an F1 driver in a taxi, gonna be late, so takes the wheel.
haha.
one to remember.

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

chet Wrote:
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> lol this is class.
> an F1 driver in a taxi, gonna be late, so takes
> the wheel.
> haha.
> one to remember.


Indeed its Classic

@ marcl

It didn't happen, why are people always so serious about stuff.. This a cool action..

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IL Dottore schreef:
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> Btw I think you guys are Moaners!! :D


I couldn't agree more. Instead of having a laugh at this funny story, people bitch about how dangerous he was driving, while they don't even know what MS exactly did. Besides, what was said is that he drove full throttle. Is that full throttle when accelerating from the traffic lights, or still full throttle when you are already on 100 mph? Who said it was in a city? So maybe he was speeding, but that definately isn't the same as dangerous driving. And do you really think he'd 'put his family and cab driver in danger like that', as in overtaking with only centimeters left before crashing into a lorry? I think he's smart enough not to.

As I said before it is not a good messege to be sending out to people, there are people that look up to him.

I have my views you have yours simple as that.

Also did he have insurance as I know a few cab drivers in the UK and only they can drive the cab so was his insurance vailid?

I am probably looking at it to much anyway, I just did not think it was funny or clever when I read it.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/12/2007 04:17PM by marcl.

marcl Wrote:
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> As I said before it is not a good messege to be
> sending out to people, there are people that look
> up to him.

People have lobbied the same complaint at Top Gear, how it encourages unsafe driving etc... I've seen on this forum people calling it BS when it comes to Top Gear.

I'm sure MS won't make a habit of this. Its a funny story and I bet the cabby was happy enough with it. MS isn't stupid, I'm sure he wouldn't do anything to endanger his family and some stranger.

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People are far to serious, whether he was going to fast or not, im pretty sure ms can handle a txi ona road without putting his family in danger, not always speed that kills its poor driving. Just read the thread and laugh

red 5 Wrote:
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This was a big mistake from his
> PR. They should have deny it

Why? He's retired now. Who cares?

40 posts on Schumacher driving a cab?

Purleeeeeze.........

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GPGSL S5 Race driver for IED.

Yeah, lets go back to wanking over spy scandals. Much more interesting.

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vesuvius Wrote:
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> Joe_Satriani Wrote:
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> > He was driving an Opel, top speed = 160Km/h
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> > I don't blame him TBH...slow drivers suck.
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> well if everyone would drove as fast as they can
> there would be lot's of dead people...limits are
> there because of safety.


speed limits on british motorways are there coz Le Mans teams (Shelby specifically) used to use them for top speed tests

Sim

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