> Because as I was hurtling down the hill doing 140 with no brakes, my first concern would be knowing what speed I was doing. Exactly -- it would be hard to di

> Because as I was hurtling down the hill doing 140 with no brakes, my first concern would be knowing what speed I was doing. Exactly -- it would be hard to discriminate between 120 and 140 on a log scale speedometer, but when you're going that fast, does the speed really matter?