| I've just thought of another reason why I don't ride as fast. It's because I work at home.
What's that got to do with it? Well....
Time was when I would get up at 5:30 every morning for a 1.5 - 2 hour journey to Bracknell and join the race down the motorway, or alternatively cane the ass off the car I had at the time - usually a GTI or V6 something or other - across the backroads. I used to do a bit of rallying and sometimes this was at special stage speeds. If you do that everyday, going megafast just seems normal to you.
Working at home, I don't drive very far these days - haven't needed to touch the car for two weeks now.
The effect is like a weird experience that I had after a very lazy canal boat holiday - after chugging about at 4 mph for 10 days, driving the car home at 60 seemed to be bordering on suicidal. | 
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