nervosa wrote:when I get the chance to safely drive fast, I do.
I'm sorry mate but there's no such thing as diving fast 'safely' on a public road. I've got no doubt you are an excellent driver, but there are so many idiots on the road these days. Basically, you are gambling your life that everyone else on the road has the same eyesight you do; the same reactions and the same spatial awareness.
The number of times people have screeched around blind corners on quiet roads, expecting the road to be empty is frightening. Just last week I had an incident where if I'd been driving 5mph faster I wouldn't have been able to stop from crashing into a silly woman who drove straight out in front of me.
I know I'm going to sound old and crusty here mate, but you learn these things through (sometimes bitter) experience.
What’s that saying? A wise man learns from his own experience, a genius learns from other peoples!