I driving on the I-10 freeway the other night around 2am in Houston and traffic was not light. Five lanes wide and maybe 5 cars/100 feet.
I was going 70 and a dude on a street motorcycle whizzed by me in the far left lane, hugging the yellow stripe going at least 140+. I had never seen anyone outside of a racetrack go that fast before. About two minutes later, another street bike goes by in the left hand emergency lane going about the same. He was not quite going as fast as he had to pick through the debris that always litters the emergency lanes on Houston highways. Apparently it is common for those dudes to do a race circuit on the Houston highways late at night.
Looked fun as hell, but basically a deathwish. So, unless there is a life-threatening reason to do this, it is obviously not worth the risk.
I was going 70 and a dude on a street motorcycle whizzed by me in the far left lane, hugging the yellow stripe going at least 140+. I had never seen anyone outside of a racetrack go that fast before. About two minutes later, another street bike goes by in the left hand emergency lane going about the same. He was not quite going as fast as he had to pick through the debris that always litters the emergency lanes on Houston highways. Apparently it is common for those dudes to do a race circuit on the Houston highways late at night.
Looked fun as hell, but basically a deathwish. So, unless there is a life-threatening reason to do this, it is obviously not worth the risk.