Why can't cars drive fast in movies?

[xcellerate]

Are there some movie regulations that state filming must take place below 70mph or something? I just feel so cheated when a movie is trying to make me believe there's a high speed chase going on and they do one of two things:

1.) clever sound effects and camera angles to make it seem fast, but as soon as you get a point of reference, another car, the dashed lines on the road, it's obvious they're going 50mph.

2.) They film a car at 50mph then just double the play speed so everything looks ****ing stupid/"fast".

bonus: or just use a CGI car.

I know there's still some trick photography in this movie (Grand Prix), but the sad thing is that decades ago this movie still did it a lot better than most recent driving scenes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO4PifwXyiw

and it's kind of sad when a commercial is better than the last 4 or 5 F&F movies combined...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFlaNJALet4

I just don't understand why they can't find a professional driver and have him drive fast...are there any good recent examples I haven't seen yet?

 

[lame-o]

I never really noticed this tbh. That's probably why they do it.

 

[Viperidae]

a) Even if they drive fast it doesn't look like they're driving fast to the average person.

b) Easier to film slow moving things.

c) Most car scenes are chase scenes. Filming chase scenes at realistic speeds is dangerous. More danger = more cost.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMc2RdFuOxI
This was filmed at realistic speeds. Does it look all that much faster than other car chases? Not really to me. But it's still fun.

 

[Lucid]

I never even notice that they're driving slower than is depicted.

 

[PvtRyan]

Car chases are boring as shit anyway.

 

[Emporius]

Simple answer: It's really dangerous. Why do it dangerously when you can do it safely with sound and angles?

 

[StarBob]

Plus if you're going fast, you cover more ground, you gotta close more streets. and have more cameras. You're better off shaking the camera and putting it at a weird angle.