"Suddenly there was a bugle call and a thunder of hooves as the cavalry appeared. Quite simply I joined that cavalry charge. My adrenaline was going and I gave my horse its head. It was certainly an error of judgement not to notice the police car behind me."

Major Christopher Gilding, in a Sunday Times article on driver psychology, explains how listening to Beethoven's Wellington's Victory March on his car stereo caused him to exceed 100mph on the UK's M5 motorway.

Posted by Hg on Monday 09 September 2002 at 17:53.
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Same thing happens to me whenever I listen to Led Zep's Achilies last stand. Never misses.

Comment by mick on Monday 09 September 2002 at 21:54.

the Faithless CD would do it for me, if i still had a car

Comment by molly on Tuesday 10 September 2002 at 10:10.

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